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Samaná Bay

HW-MN0104423 – Residency

3rd sighting in Samaná Bay
Fluke of HW-MN0104423
HW-MN0104423 Confirmed in the catalog @142649
Jan 22 – Feb 1, 2026 · Samaná Bay

Samaná Bay · Jan – Feb 2026

31 m
Deepest dive
1:31
Longest dive
25
Dives
Sightings
3
Days between first and last sighting
10
Deepest dive on record
31 m · this residency

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jan 22, 202646 m27.5°C31 m
Jan 26, 202616 m27.4°C10 m
Feb 1, 202628 m27.6°C25 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
Jan 22, 2026 — seafloor 46 m (measured), deepest dive 31 m (modelled)Jan 22Jan 26, 2026 — seafloor 16 m (measured), deepest dive 10 m (modelled)Jan 26Feb 1, 2026 — seafloor 28 m (measured), deepest dive 25 m (modelled)Feb 1

Depth runs down from the surface. The modelled dive never passes the measured seafloor at that sighting.

Dives

31 m
Deepest dive
1:31
Longest dive
25
Dives
12 m
Avg dive depth
3
Sightings
10
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
0255031 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (46 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.

Deep Effort Score

Deep

Depth, duration and recovery resolved into a single number for this session.

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Place

Where this happened · Jan 22, 2026

measured
Seafloor depth
46 m
Sea-surface temperature
27.5°C
Distance from shore
9.0 km

Across the residency · 3 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
16 m – 46 m
Sea-surface temperature
27.4°C – 27.6°C
Distance from shore
2.0 km – 9.0 km

Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · NOAA OISST sea temperature · PacIOOS coastline distance

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 3 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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