🧭 Pilotage / Boarding Trusted Secondary Source · Verified Jul 01, 2026 Bahia de Samaná: pilotage compulsory; send ETA via agent; pilot boards at seaward end of the entrance channel; recommended not to enter at night. 90% Confidence ✓ Confirm 💬 Comment
🧭 Position / Location Trusted Secondary Source · Verified Jul 01, 2026 Puerto Botado 19°12'N, 69°27'W — about 2.5 miles WNW of Punta de los Corozos. 88% Confidence ✓ Confirm 💬 Comment
🧭 Shoals / Safe Channel Trusted Secondary Source · Verified Jul 01, 2026 Outer half of Bahia de Samaná encumbered with shoals; only safe channel is close to N shore, N of Cayos Levantado; least draft reported 11 m; channel marked by buoys. 88% Confidence ✓ Confirm 💬 Comment
🧭 Entrance Depths / Surveys Trusted Secondary Source · Verified Jul 01, 2026 Surveys show considerable changes in depths in the entrance to Bahia de Samaná; caution necessary. 86% Confidence ✓ Confirm 💬 Comment
🧭 Buoyage Reliability Trusted Secondary Source · Verified Jul 01, 2026 Buoyage in Bahia de Samaná has been substantially altered; several buoys reported missing; charted positions unreliable. 85% Confidence ✓ Confirm 💬 Comment
🧭 Currents Trusted Secondary Source · Verified Jul 01, 2026 An outward set of 1.5 to 3 knots may be experienced in the rainy season in Bahia de Samaná. 84% Confidence ✓ Confirm 💬 Comment