Playa Girón

Playa Girón: coast and water

9450 m at 299°: Punta Ceibita (point); 14490 m at 102°: Caleta del Toro (cove); 16820 m at 282°: Estero Migote (cove); 16960 m at 278°: Punta Migote del Padre (point); 19160 m at 293°: Punta Las Navajas (point); 21100 m at 328°: Caletón Avalo (cove); 22490 m at 94°: Caleta de Zabala (cove); 23930 m at 315°: Entrada Cazones (cove); 24210 m at 94°: Caleta de la Cruz (cove); 24420 m at 316°: Punta Guaníval (point); 25060 m at 286°: Laguna de las Salinas (lagoon); 26560 m at 318°: Punta Palizada (point); 27640 m at 328°: Playa Máquina (beach); 29830 m at 323°: Caleta Ventura (cove).

Playa Girón: islands

14120 m at 218°: Cayo Piedras (island); 20210 m at 264°: Cayo Rancho de Cándido (island); 20660 m at 282°: Cayo Alcatraz (island); 22030 m at 274°: Cayo Borracho (island); 22990 m at 287°: Cayo Mogote (island); 23360 m at 263°: Cayo Miguel (island group); 28130 m at 262°: Cayo Blanco (island).

Playa Girón: inland

300 m at 57°: Villa Playa Giron (hotel); 760 m at 36°: Playa Girón (settlement); 2020 m at 3°: Playa Giron (airfield); 7580 m at 1°: Laguna Palmar (lake).

Playa Girón: distances

200 m at 31°: Playa Girón; 19990 m at 296°: Playa Los Cocos; 27640 m at 328°: Playa Máquina; 64580 m at 81°: Jaime Gonzalez Airport ; 61950 m at 81°: Port of Cienfuegos (port); 60570 m at 82°: Marina Marlin Cienfuegos (marina).

Protected: 11140 m at 41°: Refugio de Faunas.

Playa Girón: close by

2540 m at 298°: Cueva El Brinco (reef); 8320 m at 297°: Punta Perdiz (reef); 8520 m at 106°: Alquiler de equipos de snorkeling y buceo (reef); 10130 m at 303°: Centro de Buceo Punta Perdiz (reef); 14120 m at 218°: Cayo Piedras (cay); 15470 m at 317°: Cueva de los Peces (reef); 20210 m at 264°: Cayo Rancho de Cándido (cay); 20650 m at 282°: Cayo Alcatraz (cay); 22030 m at 274°: Cayo Borracho (cay); 22990 m at 287°: Cayo Mogote (cay); 23360 m at 263°: Cayo Miguel (island group).

Playa Girón: on and around

Within 15 km: 64 guest houses & hostels, 8 attractions, 3 banks & exchange, 3 schools, 2 garages & car services, 2 stores & supermarkets, 2 stations & terminals, 2 clinics & polyclinics, 1 theatres & arts, 1 fuel stations.

260 m at 56°: Nuestra Casa (guest houses & hostels); 310 m at 79°: Anfiteatro (theatres & arts); 580 m at 50°: Casa Tony (guest houses & hostels); 650 m at 52°: Hostal Marisel (guest houses & hostels); 760 m at 38°: Paradas a Cienfuegos (stations & terminals); 770 m at 23°: Onmibus Nacionales (stations & terminals); 2540 m at 298°: Cueva El Brinco (attractions); 2610 m at 297°: Sendero (attractions); 4610 m at 292°: The Whirlpool (attractions); 7170 m at 108°: Playa Maceo (snorkeling) (attractions); 8380 m at 106°: Baño con peces (attractions); 8460 m at 106°: Caleta Buena (attractions); 10110 m at 303°: Playa Punta Perdiz (attractions).

Playa Girón: marine life records

438 records of 179 species within 10 km, 1938 to 2026: 163 fish, 123 sponges, 45 corals, 26 crustaceans, 23 molluscs, 21 seabirds and shorebirds, 20 echinoderms, 9 other, 8 seagrass and algae. That is 139.4 records per 100 km².

Most recorded: Demospongiae, 28 (sponges); Agelas sceptrum, 16 (sponges); Sparisoma viride, 12 (fish); Antillogorgia, 11 (corals); Spirastrella, 9 (sponges); Coenobita clypeatus, 8 (crustaceans); Cardisoma guanhumi, 8 (crustaceans); Acanthurus coeruleus, 8 (fish); Acanthopleura granulata, 6 (molluscs); Spirastrella coccinea, 6 (sponges); Thalassoma bifasciatum, 6 (fish); Acanthurus tractus, 6 (fish).

Months with records, seabirds and shorebirds: Aug 1, Dec 2.

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

Playa Girón: notes

No depth or visibility data is held; ask a dive centre.

Getting to Playa Girón

• Navigation: the lighthouse Faro de Playa Girón stands about 0.5 km away.
• Navigation: the lighthouse Faro Cayo Piedras del Sur stands about 14 km away.