Bajo Jaruco

Bajo Jaruco: coast and water

1170 m at 122°: Punta Rincón (point); 2790 m at 200°: Playa Veneciana (beach); 2850 m at 164°: Playa de El Rincón (beach); 3030 m at 126°: Caleta de los Muertos (cove); 3320 m at 219°: Punta Macao (point); 3460 m at 221°: Punta de Guanabo (point); 3500 m at 194°: Playa de Guanabo (beach); 4380 m at 112°: Punta Cruces (point); 4490 m at 113°: Arenales de Parodi (beach); 4530 m at 250°: Boca Ciega (cove); 4530 m at 250°: Banco de Jaruco (shoal); 5440 m at 110°: Playa del Muerto (beach); 5620 m at 107°: Boca de Calderas (cove); 8190 m at 253°: Playa Santa María del Mar (beach); 8500 m at 97°: Caletas de Raíces (cove); 9200 m at 256°: Playa El Mégano (beach); 9500 m at 261°: Punta El Cobre (point); 9920 m at 258°: Playa Tarará (beach); 10420 m at 99°: Punta de Barlovento (point); 11160 m at 98°: Punta Tijeras (point); 12380 m at 261°: Punta Los Cocos (point); 12410 m at 101°: Punta la Jijira (point); 13070 m at 102°: Ensenada Los Roncos (bay); 13570 m at 260°: Playa Bacuranao (beach); 13640 m at 260°: Punta Bacuranao (point); 13900 m at 262°: Ensenada Bacuranao (cove); 14190 m at 261°: Punta de Judío (point).

Bajo Jaruco: inland

3600 m at 197°: Peñas Altas (settlement); 4250 m at 143°: Nuestra Señora del Rosario (hamlet); 5230 m at 232°: Marbella (settlement); 5320 m at 189°: La Yolanda (locality); 5440 m at 192°: Guanabo Viejo (settlement); 5840 m at 206°: Loma Bella (hill); 6430 m at 243°: Blau Arenal Havana Beach (hotel); 6760 m at 219°: Santo Domingo (locality).

Bajo Jaruco: distances

2790 m at 200°: Playa Veneciana; 2850 m at 164°: Playa de El Rincón; 3500 m at 194°: Playa de Guanabo; 38490 m at 233°: José Martí International Airport ; 24520 m at 255°: Port of Havana (port); 41980 m at 254°: Marina Hemingway (marina).

Protected: 2890 m at 163°: Area Protegida Rincón de Guanabo; 13280 m at 180°: Área Protegida La Coca; 19790 m at 171°: Área Protegida Escaleras de Jaruco.

Bajo Jaruco: close by

10190 m at 100°: Fortín Boca de Jaruco (site); 10580 m at 104°: Base de Pesca (fishing); 20040 m at 260°: Cojímar (fishing); 20110 m at 104°: Jibacoa (site); 24920 m at 254°: USS Maine (reef).

Bajo Jaruco: on and around

Within 15 km: 244 guest houses & hostels, 15 stores & supermarkets, 15 farms & plantations, 13 schools, 10 police & fire, 9 attractions, 7 clinics & polyclinics, 6 places of worship, 6 urban parks & plazas, 6 fuel stations.

2890 m at 163°: Area Protegida Rincón de Guanabo (parks & reserves); 3000 m at 209°: Playa El Espigón (attractions); 3010 m at 158°: Casa Renta Coral en Guanabo (guest houses & hostels); 3080 m at 176°: Brisas del Mar (attractions); 3150 m at 211°: Casa Manuel (guest houses & hostels); 3220 m at 208°: Casa Ernesto (guest houses & hostels); 3550 m at 206°: Busto a José Martí (historic & heritage); 3690 m at 216°: Museo Municipal de La Habana del Este (museums); 3710 m at 207°: Playas del Este (stations & terminals); 4370 m at 224°: Cine Guanabo (theatres & arts); 4400 m at 193°: Finca Artonomista (theatres & arts); 4550 m at 228°: Parque Nacional de Leonel Guerrero Castro (urban parks & plazas); 4800 m at 229°: Parque Los Caballitos (urban parks & plazas).

Bajo Jaruco: marine life records

91 records of 57 species within 10 km, 1956 to 2025: 22 molluscs, 21 fish, 16 corals, 14 crustaceans, 6 marine mammals, 6 seabirds and shorebirds, 6 seagrass and algae. That is 29.0 records per 100 km².

Most recorded: Physalia physalis, 11 (corals); Cocos nucifera, 5 (seagrass and algae); Ocypode quadrata, 5 (crustaceans); Xiphias gladius, 4 (fish); Thunnus albacares, 4 (fish); Lepidocybium flavobrunneum, 4 (fish); Charadrius vociferus, 3 (seabirds and shorebirds); Goniopsis cruentata, 3 (crustaceans); Fregata magnificens, 2 (seabirds and shorebirds); Americardia media, 2 (molluscs); Orcinus orca, 2 (marine mammals); Dallocardia muricata, 1 (molluscs).

Months with records, marine mammals: Jul 1, Aug 2, Oct 2, Nov 1.

Records show where people have surveyed, not how many animals there are.

Bajo Jaruco: notes

Hotels and dive centres arrange guides and equipment.