Destination Guides · Samaná & the Samaná Bay
Anchorages of Samaná
A short guide to the anchorages, ashore moments, and best sailing windows for each coast reachable from our home base at Marina Puerto Bahía, on the south-east coast of Samaná.
Every coast within a day's sail
Samaná packs an extraordinary range into a single island — white-sand beaches, an uninhabited island offshore, sea caves and world-class dive reefs, and a UNESCO World Heritage Dominican Caribbean capital — each a short sail from the next. From our home base at Marina Puerto Bahía, every coast is reachable as a day charter or as a stop on a week-long private voyage through Samaná and the neighbouring Samaná Bay. And because the island lies in our winter sailing season, we sail reliably all year.
Home base
Marina Puerto Bahía (Marina Puerto Bahía)
Our home base. The Marina Puerto Bahía — a vast, fully protected natural lagoon on Samaná's south-east coast, and the calmest boarding day in the southern Caribbean.
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2 nautical miles
Bahía de San Lorenzo
The the bay reef, Bahía de San Lorenzo Island, and the old jetty — the easy first sail and the best shallow snorkel a short reach from the base.
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4 nautical miles
Las Terrenas
The resort beach near the base — beach clubs, easy dining, clear swimming water, and the best sunset spot a short reach from Marina Puerto Bahía.
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7 nautical miles
Santa Bárbara de Samaná
The UNESCO capital — the Handelskade waterfront, the Queen Emma floating bridge, the floating market, and the Las Terrenas district.
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14 nautical miles
Playa Playa Rincón
The west-coast double-reef snorkel beach — clear water, a famous twin reef, and Playa Rincón a short reach along the leeward shore.
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16 nautical miles
Cayo Levantado
The uninhabited white-sand island offshore — the old lighthouse, sea-turtle snorkelling, and shipwrecks. The signature day sail.
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28 nautical miles
Playa Frontón
The far north-west tip — Playa Rincón and Kalki, the Los Haitises sea cave, Los Haitises mangroves diving, and Los Haitises National Park.
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30 nautical miles
Las Galeras
The neighbouring island east — the Las Galeras National Marine Park, Cayo Levantado, and the diving capital of the Caribbean. An extended itinerary.
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Winter base (Dec–Apr)
Samaná Bay
Our winter base. A long, sheltered bay on the Dominican north-east where the fleet migrates each December for humpback-whale season — Marina Puerto Bahía and the Bannister Hotel ashore.
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12 nautical miles
Los Haitises National Park
The flagship Samaná day — karst limestone mogotes rising out of the sea, mangrove channels, Taíno-petroglyph caves, and over 200 bird species across the bay from the winter base.
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4 nautical miles
Cayo Levantado
The iconic palm-fringed white-sand day anchor four miles off the winter base — popularly known as Bacardi Island — with Las Galeras, Playa Rincón, and Playa Frontón at the bay mouth beyond.
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