Can you swim with humpback whales in the Caribbean?

Yes, you can swim with humpback whales in the Caribbean, but legally only in one place: the Silver Bank off the Dominican Republic. It is one of a handful of spots on earth where regulated, in-water encounters with humpbacks are allowed, run from permitted liveaboards during the January-to-April breeding season. Guests slip quietly into the water with a guide as mothers and calves rest below. Everywhere else in the region the rule is watch, not swim — approaching whales in the water is restricted or banned to protect them. Numbers are capped and permits sell out a year ahead. For most charters, watching from the deck is the realistic version. Time a winter sail past the Virgin Islands.