Fishing sites · Santiago de Cuba
Punto de pesca
Punto de pesca is a fishing at 19°58′26″N 75°52′17″W in Santiago de Cuba province.
Punto de pesca: coast and water
220 m at 304°: Punta Puntilla (point); 330 m at 149°: Punta Estrella (point); 420 m at 9°: Punta Churruca (point); 1470 m at 238°: Punta Caracoles (point); 1630 m at 311°: Ensenada Don Tomás (cove); 1630 m at 311°: Punta Fortalezas (point); 1630 m at 311°: Punta Nicolás (point); 1990 m at 306°: Ensenada Cabañitas (cove); 2480 m at 65°: Punta Jutías (point); 2540 m at 345°: Punta Azules (point); 2960 m at 10°: Punta Chivos (point); 3250 m at 7°: Punta Julián (point).
Punto de pesca: islands
580 m at 311°: Cayo Granma (island); 3000 m at 16°: Cayo Ratones (island); 4800 m at 6°: Cayo Paradas (island); 5680 m at 19°: Caimanes (island).
Punto de pesca: inland
240 m at 215°: La Socapa (settlement); 320 m at 80°: Ciudamar (settlement); 1160 m at 304°: Jucarito (settlement); 1170 m at 25°: Cinco Reales (hamlet); 1830 m at 276°: Júcaro (locality); 1840 m at 24°: Níspero (locality); 4110 m at 99°: Playa de Aguadores (settlement); 4280 m at 54°: Versalles (district).
Punto de pesca: distances
3680 m at 38°: Playa los Coquitos; 4280 m at 102°: Playa de Aguadores; 4410 m at 38°: Reparto Altamira; 3760 m at 88°: Antonio Maceo International Airport ; 450 m at 160°: Port of Santiago de Cuba (port); 830 m at 304°: Marina Marlin Santiago de Cuba (marina).
Protected: 490 m at 161°: Castillo de San Pedro de la Roca; 11050 m at 97°: Biosfera ecológica Siboney-Juticí; 32830 m at 87°: Reserva de Biosfera Baconao.
Punto de pesca: close by
350 m at 356°: USS Merrimac (1894) (wreck); 360 m at 345°: USS Merrimac (reef); 580 m at 312°: Cayo Granma (cay); 640 m at 253°: Batería Alta de La Socapa (site); 670 m at 200°: Bajo Diamante (reef); 2860 m at 9°: Muelle de la Refinería (fishing); 3010 m at 16°: Cayo Ratones (cay); 3390 m at 28°: Embarcadero (fishing); 4800 m at 6°: Cayo Paradas (cay); 4990 m at 33°: Muelle de Granos (fishing); 5680 m at 19°: Caimanes (cay); 6740 m at 34°: Puerto Guillermón Moncada (fishing).
Punto de pesca: on and around
Within 15 km: 280 guest houses & hostels, 120 schools, 94 historic & heritage, 68 factories & works, 58 stores & supermarkets, 57 clinics & polyclinics, 51 attractions, 44 theatres & arts, 39 places of worship, 28 urban parks & plazas.
220 m at 72°: Casa de Visita (guest houses & hostels); 280 m at 289°: La Socapa (stations & terminals); 310 m at 27°: Ciudamar (stations & terminals); 370 m at 140°: Murallas defensivas (historic & heritage); 440 m at 303°: El Cayo (stations & terminals); 450 m at 312°: Casa de Cultura "Aurora Ochoa" (theatres & arts); 460 m at 259°: Bateria Alta de la Socapa (trails & viewpoints); 490 m at 161°: Castillo de San Pedro de la Roca (parks & reserves); 600 m at 168°: Castillo de San Pedro de la Roca (El Morro) (museums); 640 m at 253°: Batería Alta de La Socapa (historic & heritage); 1050 m at 24°: Paladar de César El Capitán (cuban cuisine & lechón); 1110 m at 19°: Adria (guest houses & hostels); 1280 m at 0°: Sol y Mar (guest houses & hostels).
Punto de pesca: marine life records
297 records of 130 species within 10 km, 1884 to 2025: 87 seabirds and shorebirds, 45 crustaceans, 45 echinoderms, 40 molluscs, 35 corals, 21 other, 14 fish, 5 marine mammals, 4 sponges, 1 seagrass and algae. That is 94.5 records per 100 km².
Most recorded: Pelecanus occidentalis, 18 (seabirds and shorebirds); Coenobita clypeatus, 14 (crustaceans); Cardisoma guanhumi, 12 (crustaceans); Actitis macularius, 8 (seabirds and shorebirds); Himantopus mexicanus, 7 (seabirds and shorebirds); Menippe mercenaria, 6 (crustaceans); Nicella obesa, 6 (corals); Asteroschema oligactes, 6 (echinoderms); Ophiocamax hystrix, 6 (echinoderms); Egretta tricolor, 6 (seabirds and shorebirds); Chrysogorgia thyrsiformis, 5 (corals); Rynchops niger, 4 (seabirds and shorebirds).
Months with records, marine mammals: Jan 1, Feb 2, May 1, Sep 1; seabirds and shorebirds: Feb 2, Mar 1, Jul 1.
Records show where people have surveyed, not how many animals there are.
Punto de pesca: notes
Boat, guide and permit usually come with a booked trip.
Getting to Punto de pesca
- Navigation: the lighthouse Faro del Morro de Santiago de Cuba stands about 0.8 km away.
Sources and data
Name and position: OpenStreetMap (ODbL) (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.