Diving & reefs · Holguín
Guardalavaca
Guardalavaca is a dive area at 21°07′16″N 75°50′03″W in Holguín province. Holguín north coast, resort area with dive centres.
Guardalavaca: coast and water
2260 m at 53°: Punta Cañetes (point); 2410 m at 273°: Punta Guardalavaca (point); 2780 m at 58°: Punta Cayuelo (point); 3670 m at 253°: Estero Ciego (cove); 3980 m at 258°: Playa Esmeralda (beach); 4600 m at 261°: Punta Barlovento (point); 5030 m at 237°: Bahía de Naranjo (bay); 5130 m at 265°: Punta Sotavento (point); 5280 m at 95°: Punta San Marcos (point); 6260 m at 195°: Punta Guarda la Barca (point); 6590 m at 96°: Punta Guayacanes (point); 6680 m at 95°: Bahía de Samá (inlet); 7000 m at 94°: Canal el Cañón (inlet); 7370 m at 108°: Punta Pescadores (point); 9560 m at 85°: Punta Samá (point); 10430 m at 263°: Punta Pesquera Nueva (point); 10560 m at 257°: Playa Pesquera Nueva (beach); 10560 m at 261°: Punta Linguete (point); 12110 m at 88°: Punta Caleta Honda (point); 12670 m at 88°: Caleta Tío Basilio (cove); 13410 m at 249°: Bahía de Vita (cove); 13550 m at 255°: Punta Garza (point); 13650 m at 253°: Punta Gorda (point); 13930 m at 251°: Punta Tumbadero (point).
Guardalavaca: inland
280 m at 263°: Hotel Playa Costa Verde (hotel); 690 m at 50°: Brisas Guardalavaca (hotel); 690 m at 50°: Playa Pesquero (hotel); 2840 m at 136°: Yaguajay (settlement); 3340 m at 257°: Paradisus Rio De Oro Adults 18 (hotel); 3350 m at 256°: Royal Service Paradisus Rio De Oro Resort and Spa (hotel); 4130 m at 256°: Sol Río De Luna y Mares (hotel); 4130 m at 256°: Hotel Sol Rio de Luna Mares Resort (hotel).
Guardalavaca: distances
1580 m at 95°: Guardalavaca; 3980 m at 258°: Playa Esmeralda; 10560 m at 257°: Playa Pesquera Nueva; 62410 m at 233°: Frank Pais International Airport ; 32740 m at 163°: Port of Antilla (port); 127180 m at 182°: Marina Marlin Santiago de Cuba (marina).
Protected: 9030 m at 142°: Área en Conservación de Bosque Nativo; 21550 m at 148°: Comité Militar Banes.
Guardalavaca: close by
4470 m at 155°: El Chorro de Maita (site); 4470 m at 155°: Museo de Sitio Chorro de Maíta: Cementerio Aborígen (site); 4760 m at 246°: Delfinario Bahía de Naranjo (fishing); 4850 m at 115°: Sitio Arqueológico El Porvenir (site); 9070 m at 87°: Los Corrales (fishing); 9160 m at 143°: Loma de Samá (site); 9170 m at 143°: Sitio Arqueológico Loma de Samá (site); 18570 m at 109°: 1er Corral (fishing); 18590 m at 109°: 1er Corral (fishing); 19870 m at 254°: Sitio Arqueológico (site); 19890 m at 252°: Cayo Bariay (cay); 20630 m at 257°: Cayo Bariay (cay).
Guardalavaca: on and around
Within 15 km: 38 guest houses & hostels, 21 schools, 19 stores & supermarkets, 12 clinics & polyclinics, 10 stadiums & sport, 8 factories & works, 8 attractions, 7 historic & heritage, 6 coral reefs, 6 urban parks & plazas.
320 m at 164°: El Colonial (guest houses & hostels); 340 m at 156°: Paradiso Gladysel (guest houses & hostels); 350 m at 141°: Casa Rubiselda Serra (guest houses & hostels); 1270 m at 124°: Campamento Cuba-Holanda (camp sites); 2290 m at 171°: Quarry (mines & quarries); 2840 m at 261°: Las caleticas beach (attractions); 2870 m at 151°: Área de Visitas (urban parks & plazas); 4100 m at 253°: acceso público playa esmeralda (attractions); 4370 m at 255°: Sendero Las Guanas (attractions); 4440 m at 154°: Aldea Taina (museums); 4440 m at 157°: Rey montana (attractions); 4470 m at 155°: Museo de Sitio Chorro de Maíta: Cementerio Aborígen (historic & heritage); 4500 m at 254°: Seaquarium (attractions).
Guardalavaca: marine life records
562 records of 184 species within 10 km, 1995 to 2026: 253 fish, 84 seabirds and shorebirds, 66 molluscs, 65 crustaceans, 37 corals, 25 echinoderms, 18 seagrass and algae, 11 sponges, 2 other, 1 sharks and rays. That is 178.9 records per 100 km².
Most recorded: Coenobita clypeatus, 24 (crustaceans); Halichoeres bivittatus, 18 (fish); Scarus iseri, 18 (fish); Acanthurus coeruleus, 16 (fish); Gorgonia ventalina, 16 (corals); Thalassoma bifasciatum, 15 (fish); Charadrius vociferus, 15 (seabirds and shorebirds); Sparisoma viride, 13 (fish); Himantopus mexicanus, 13 (seabirds and shorebirds); Ocypode quadrata, 12 (crustaceans); Cenchritis muricatus, 12 (molluscs); Actitis macularius, 12 (seabirds and shorebirds).
Months with records, seabirds and shorebirds: Jan 5, Feb 2, Mar 1, May 5, Oct 3, Nov 2.
Records show where people have surveyed, not how many animals there are.
Guardalavaca: notes
A reef on a gazetteer is not always a dive site.
Getting to Guardalavaca
- Navigation: the lighthouse Faro de Puerto de Vita stands about 14 km away.
Sources and data
Name and position: CubaAtlas editorial; position from GeoNames (CC BY 4.0) (record). Distances are straight-line measurements from these coordinates. Satellite imagery: Esri, Maxar. Named places: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Positions from public gazetteers can be approximate, so confirm a location with a local operator before you travel.