Up to 3,000 North Atlantic humpbacks use these waters each winter, and Samaná Bay is where mothers bring newborn calves…Up to 3,000 North Atlantic humpbacks use these waters each winter, and Samaná Bay is where mothers bring newborn calves, breaching, tail-lobbing and singing males in a sheltered bay you can watch from a comfortable boat. The most family-friendly whale encounter in the Caribbean. Samaná was one of the first places in the world to regulate whale watching, from 1994, with a permit system, approach distances and a ban on swimming inside the bay, the offshore Silver Bank handles the in-water encounters instead. The split has kept the calving ground calm. Anchorage: Anchor or berth in Samaná Bay, sheltered and central to the action. Hazards: Operator crowding at peak; approach rules are regulated. More