About Our Caribbean Whale Migration

From December through April, waters off Caliente Caribe Resort are alive with migrating North Atlantic Humpback Whales enroute to breeding and calving zones throughout the area.  These breeding and calving grounds include the waters of the Dominican Republic within site from Caliente Caribe Resort (primarily Silver Bank).

The Silver Bank is located 100 km north of the Dominican Republic and approximately the same distance from the Turks and Caicos Islands and is one of numerous breeding and calving zones of humpback whales.  Research indicates that the Silver Bank contains the largest population of humpbacks in the North Atlantic Ocean, if not the world.  Conservative estimates believe three to five thousand humpbacks pass through this odd shaped twenty square miles encompassing the Silver Bank during a season.

The humpbacks gather during late winter and early spring to mate and breed. Male humpbacks serenade females with the longest and most complex songs in the animal kingdom.  And you'll probably be encountering a lively party of other whales and dolphins.

View slide show of whales seen at Caliente Caribe