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Samaná Bay

NA-1330 – Residency

4th sighting in Samaná Bay
Fluke of NA-1330
NA-1330 Confirmed in the catalog @8367
Jan 15 – 30, 2026 · Samaná Bay

Samaná Bay · Jan 2026

9 m
Deepest dive
0:55
Longest dive
24
Dives
Sightings
3
Days between first and last sighting
15

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jan 15, 2026-3 m27.5°C—
Jan 28, 202610 m27.4°C9 m
Jan 30, 2026-3 m27.4°C—

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
Jan 15, 2026 — seafloor -3 m (measured), deepest dive — (modelled)Jan 15Jan 28, 2026 — seafloor 10 m (measured), deepest dive 9 m (modelled)Jan 28Jan 30, 2026 — seafloor -3 m (measured), deepest dive — (modelled)Jan 30

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

Dives

9 m
Deepest dive
0:55
Longest dive
24
Dives
6 m
Avg dive depth
3
Sightings
15
Days first → last

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Dive profile

modelled
025509 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (10 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 28, 2026

measured
Seafloor depth
10 m
Sea-surface temperature
27.4°C
Distance from shore
3.0 km

Across the residency · 3 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
-3 m – 10 m
Sea-surface temperature
27.4°C – 27.5°C
Distance from shore
3.0 km – 6.0 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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