Do whales or dolphins travel through the port area?

Whales remain in the open waters of the Gulf of Chiriquí, near Coiba, and do not enter the estuary or the Bahía de Muertos. Bottlenose dolphins are only found at the canal entrance, where vessel traffic will be limited.

It is important to note that the Puerto Barú navigation channel is already an area with considerable marine traffic from fishing and tourism vessels, and there have been no recorded impacts on dolphins. Likewise, in open waters there are no records of whale impacts from traffic moving through Coiba and Puerto Armuelles.