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 Silver Banks

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Description:
Largest mating/calving grounds of humpback whales in the world located 80 miles North East of the Dominican Republic. In 1996 declared a Marine Mammal Sanctuary.

Details:
 Average visibility: 25 Horizontal metres
 Bottom composition: Corals
 Dive conditions: Salt water


  Marinelife in the area:
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 Humpback whales
Some 3,000 come to breed and give birth in these warm waters.
  Probability of encounter:  0%,   0 > 60%,   60 > 90%,   90 > 100%