Playa de Caletona

beach · Holguín

Playa de Caletona

Playa de Caletona is a beach in Holguín, Cuba. It is located at approximately 21.2°, -76.2167°. Named places mapped nearby include Punta de Caletones, Reserva Ecológica C

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Overview

Playa de Caletona is a beach in Holguín, Cuba. It is located at approximately 21.2°, -76.2167°.

In a straight line it lies 35.1 km from its provincial capital, 668.0 km from Havana and 47.3 km from the nearest airport with scheduled flights. Wikidata records an elevation of 3 m.

The nearest recorded places in the atlas are Playa Juan Antonio (4.9 km to the north-west), Playa Velázquez (7.9 km to the south-east), Playa Gibara (15.7 km to the south-east), Playa de Puercos (17.7 km to the south-east), Playa Azul (17.8 km to the north-west) and Papaya Crystals Cavern (2.7 km to the south-east).

Highlights

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Conditions

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Get there

21.20000, -76.21670

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Tropical outlook

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Weather

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Air temperature, wind, rain chance and UV for planning your day.

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Marine conditions

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Sea-surface temperature, wave height, swell and currents for swimming, diving and boating.

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Water & safety

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Wildlife

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Fishing

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Conditions for fishing, plus the standing reminder that legality is local.

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Daylight & season

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Sunrise
18:40
Sunset
11h 38m
Daylight

Local time CDT (UTC−4). Computed from the date and coordinates — accurate to about a minute. Recent

Wet seasonSeasonal

Within the Atlantic hurricane season (Jun 1 – Nov 30). Check active advisories before coastal or boating plans.

Seismic activity

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Emergency

  • Police (PNR)Recent
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  • Ambulance / medicalRecent
    104
  • FireRecent
    105
  • Asistur (traveler assistance)Recent

    State travel-assistance service for visitors (medical, legal, financial help).

    +53 7 866 4499

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What's near Playa de Caletona

Nearby places

Distances are straight-line, measured between recorded coordinates — not driving distance.

Mapped features nearby

Named places recorded in OpenStreetMap around this one, nearest first — distance shown for each.

Named places mapped nearby include Punta de Caletones, Reserva Ecológica Caletones, Playa la Escobacha, Punta Grande, Lomas de Cupeycillo, Parque Eólico Gibara, Cueva de los Majaes, Casa de Cultura Juan Arjona González, Los Haticos Adentro, Anoncillo, La Aguada Dos, Loma de Almiquí, El Centro Guabasiabo, Palmarito de Arroyo Seco, Guabasiabito and Arroyo Tranquera.

Punta de Caletones · point
0.0 km
Reserva Ecológica Caletones · reserve
1.2 km
Playa la Escobacha · locality
2.6 km
Punta Grande · point
5.9 km
Lomas de Cupeycillo · hills
7.6 km
Parque Eólico Gibara · works
10.4 km
Cueva de los Majaes · cave
11.6 km
Casa de Cultura Juan Arjona González · theatre
15.6 km
Los Haticos Adentro · hamlet
16.6 km
Anoncillo · locality
18.3 km
La Aguada Dos · hamlet
19.4 km
Loma de Almiquí · hamlet
24.3 km
El Centro Guabasiabo · hamlet
25.5 km
Palmarito de Arroyo Seco · hamlet
26.6 km
Guabasiabito · hamlet
26.8 km
Arroyo Tranquera · river
27.1 km

Around Playa de Caletona

85 named civic, cultural, natural and service places are mapped within about 15 km of Playa de Caletona, across 28 categories. Open any category to see it on the map, centred on Playa de Caletona.

What Playa de Caletona makes

6 working sites mapped — energy, industry, mining, farming, fishing and ports.The whole economy →

⚡ Energy 4

Parque Eólico de Gibara I · Parque Eólico de Gibara II · Parque Eólico Gibara · Parque Eólico Gibara

⛏️ Mining 2

Molino doscientos mil · Molino doscientos mil

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