Diving & reefs · Cienfuegos
Punta Perdiz
Punta Perdiz is a shore dive at 22°05′56″N 81°06′23″W in Cienfuegos province. Rocky shore along the Bay of Pigs where divers and snorkellers enter straight from the coast.
Punta Perdiz: coast and water
3300 m at 126°: Punta El Brinco (point); 8140 m at 337°: Cueva de Los Peces (cove); 10840 m at 115°: Playa Morena (beach); 11660 m at 296°: Playa Los Cocos (beach); 12350 m at 244°: Punta Palmillas (point); 15270 m at 323°: Punta Cazones (point); 16260 m at 325°: Entrada Cazones (cove); 16770 m at 325°: Punta Guaníval (point); 16950 m at 281°: Laguna de las Salinas (lagoon); 20920 m at 339°: Playa Máquina (beach); 22660 m at 332°: Caleta Ventura (cove); 24650 m at 106°: Punta Aristazábal (point); 24810 m at 255°: Ensenada Palmillas (cove); 27090 m at 52°: Laguna Plancho Caro (marsh).
Punta Perdiz: islands
13980 m at 245°: Cayo Rancho de Cándido (island); 14730 m at 261°: Cayo Borracho (island); 14850 m at 282°: Cayo Mogote (island); 14980 m at 185°: Cayo Piedras (island); 21790 m at 250°: Cayo Blanco (island); 27930 m at 1°: Cayo La Gloria (island); 28120 m at 357°: Cayos Las Puercas (island group); 29870 m at 270°: Cayo Cayuelo (island).
Punta Perdiz: inland
1770 m at 65°: Perdices (locality); 1820 m at 345°: Finca Perdices (locality); 2030 m at 331°: Punta Perdiz (settlement); 8470 m at 115°: Villa Cubanacan Playa Giron (hotel).
Punta Perdiz: distances
8340 m at 115°: Playa Girón; 11660 m at 296°: Playa Los Cocos; 20920 m at 339°: Playa Máquina; 70250 m at 220°: Vilo Acuña International Airport ; 68880 m at 85°: Port of Cienfuegos (port); 67560 m at 86°: Marina Marlin Cienfuegos (marina).
Protected: 15460 m at 73°: Refugio de Faunas; 36280 m at 354°: Criadero de Manjuaris (Cuban gar).
Punta Perdiz: close by
2100 m at 331°: Centro de Buceo Punta Perdiz (reef); 5790 m at 116°: Cueva El Brinco (reef); 8150 m at 337°: Cueva de los Peces (reef); 8320 m at 117°: Playa Girón (reef); 12810 m at 272°: Cayo Alcatraz (cay); 13970 m at 245°: Cayo Rancho de Cándido (cay); 14730 m at 261°: Cayo Borracho (cay); 14840 m at 282°: Cayo Mogote (cay); 14980 m at 185°: Cayo Piedras (cay); 16770 m at 111°: Alquiler de equipos de snorkeling y buceo (reef); 17100 m at 247°: Cayo Miguel (island group); 19370 m at 342°: Playa Larga (Zapata) (fishing).
Punta Perdiz: on and around
Within 15 km: 64 guest houses & hostels, 9 attractions, 3 schools, 3 banks & exchange, 2 stations & terminals, 2 garages & car services, 2 clinics & polyclinics, 2 stores & supermarkets, 1 fuel stations, 1 theatres & arts.
2040 m at 329°: Playa Punta Perdiz (attractions); 3740 m at 123°: The Whirlpool (attractions); 5710 m at 117°: Sendero (attractions); 5790 m at 116°: Cueva El Brinco (attractions); 7980 m at 111°: Ivette y Ronel (guest houses & hostels); 7990 m at 111°: Lidia y Julio (guest houses & hostels); 8130 m at 338°: Cueva de los peces (attractions); 8190 m at 111°: Casa particular Lucy y Erelia (guest houses & hostels); 8300 m at 112°: Onmibus Nacionales (stations & terminals); 8500 m at 112°: Paradas a Cienfuegos (stations & terminals); 8570 m at 116°: Anfiteatro (theatres & arts); 9930 m at 339°: Playa Bea y Moy (attractions); 14570 m at 345°: Embarcadero Giorgiana y JA 1 (attractions).
Punta Perdiz: marine life records
704 records of 289 species within 10 km, 1910 to 2026: 283 fish, 150 sponges, 87 corals, 44 echinoderms, 37 crustaceans, 37 molluscs, 31 seabirds and shorebirds, 17 other, 9 seagrass and algae, 8 sharks and rays, 1 marine mammals. That is 224.1 records per 100 km².
Most recorded: Demospongiae, 28 (sponges); Sparisoma viride, 19 (fish); Agelas sceptrum, 16 (sponges); Cardisoma guanhumi, 13 (crustaceans); Benthocometes robustus, 13 (fish); Abudefduf saxatilis, 12 (fish); Antillogorgia, 11 (corals); Acanthopleura granulata, 11 (molluscs); Aplysina fistularis, 10 (sponges); Coenobita clypeatus, 9 (crustaceans); Spirastrella, 9 (sponges); Poecilopsetta beanii, 8 (fish).
Months with records, seabirds and shorebirds: Feb 1, Aug 1, Dec 2.
Records show where people have surveyed, not how many animals there are.
Punta Perdiz: notes
No depth or visibility data is held; ask a dive centre.
Getting to Punta Perdiz
- Navigation: the lighthouse Faro de Playa Girón stands about 7.8 km away.
- Navigation: the lighthouse Faro Cayo Piedras del Sur stands about 15 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.