Archaeology · Mayabeque
Jibacoa
Jibacoa is an archaeological site at 23°09′15″N 81°55′02″W in Mayabeque province. Jibacoa, or more properly Playa Jibacoa, is a fishing village in the Mayabeque Province of Cuba. It is located in the municipality of Santa Cruz del Norte, at the mouth of the Jibacoa River, 60 km east of Havana.
Jibacoa: coast and water
470 m at 173°: Caleta Chipiona (cove); 1820 m at 285°: Punta Bauzá (point); 1820 m at 105°: Caleta El Segundo Chivito (cove); 1820 m at 105°: Playa Rotilla (beach); 4770 m at 90°: Playa El Fraile (beach); 6890 m at 94°: Playa de Jibacoa (beach).
Jibacoa: inland
1710 m at 254°: San Juan de la Mar (locality); 1820 m at 105°: Zorrilla (locality); 3500 m at 98°: Concepción (locality); 3630 m at 293°: Realengo Dos Hermanos (locality); 3920 m at 227°: Camilo Cienfuegos (settlement); 4070 m at 161°: San Mateo (hamlet); 4170 m at 179°: Beitio (locality); 4170 m at 124°: Castro (locality); 4170 m at 124°: Rincón (locality); 5080 m at 265°: Sierra del Arzobispo (hills); 5190 m at 95°: Serrote (locality); 5350 m at 219°: El Hospital (locality); 5350 m at 219°: Tres Hermanos (locality); 5360 m at 216°: El Comino (settlement); 5530 m at 99°: Boca de Jibacoa (settlement); 5650 m at 97°: tropicoco (hotel).
Jibacoa: distances
980 m at 279°: Santa Cruz del Norte; 1820 m at 105°: Playa Rotilla; 1820 m at 105°: Playa La Chivita; 51060 m at 105°: Juan Gualberto Gomez International Airport ; 37350 m at 108°: Port of Matanzas (port); 60290 m at 264°: Marina Hemingway (marina).
Protected: 18810 m at 276°: Area Protegida Rincón de Guanabo; 21210 m at 246°: Área Protegida La Coca; 22110 m at 228°: Área Protegida Escaleras de Jaruco.
Jibacoa: close by
9530 m at 283°: Base de Pesca (fishing); 9960 m at 287°: Fortín Boca de Jaruco (site); 20110 m at 284°: Bajo Jaruco (reef).
Jibacoa: on and around
Within 15 km: 23 farms & plantations, 18 schools, 13 stores & supermarkets, 12 attractions, 11 camp sites, 9 stations & terminals, 9 guest houses & hostels, 8 places of worship, 8 stadiums & sport, 8 trails & viewpoints.
510 m at 281°: Monumento a Guiteras (attractions); 510 m at 278°: Malecón de Santa Cruz (urban parks & plazas); 540 m at 256°: Museo Local (museums); 600 m at 260°: Cine Santa Cruz (theatres & arts); 1090 m at 211°: Terminal Ómnibus (stations & terminals); 1610 m at 264°: Estadio de Béisbol (stadiums & sport); 1780 m at 259°: Santa Cruz del Norte (attractions); 1780 m at 257°: Zona de vuelo en Parapente "Santa Cruz del Norte" (stadiums & sport); 2510 m at 213°: Jardines de Hershey (urban parks & plazas); 2740 m at 281°: Monumento (historic & heritage); 3340 m at 228°: Jesser & Katia's tours (guest houses & hostels); 3790 m at 91°: Casa de Yuliet (guest houses & hostels); 4140 m at 91°: Casa Villa El Relincho (guest houses & hostels).
Jibacoa: marine life records
275 records of 126 species within 10 km, 1830 to 2025: 166 fish, 28 corals, 20 molluscs, 20 crustaceans, 18 seabirds and shorebirds, 10 echinoderms, 7 marine mammals, 2 sponges, 2 seagrass and algae, 1 turtles, 1 other. That is 87.5 records per 100 km².
Most recorded: Acanthurus coeruleus, 11 (fish); Physalia physalis, 11 (corals); Malacoctenus, 10 (fish); Thalassoma bifasciatum, 9 (fish); Ocypode quadrata, 7 (crustaceans); Tripneustes ventricosus, 5 (echinoderms); Fregata magnificens, 5 (seabirds and shorebirds); Charadrius vociferus, 5 (seabirds and shorebirds); Abudefduf saxatilis, 5 (fish); Chaetodon capistratus, 5 (fish); Coenobita clypeatus, 5 (crustaceans); Diadema antillarum, 4 (echinoderms).
Months with records, marine mammals: Jan 3, Feb 1, Mar 1, Apr 1, May 1.
Records show where people have surveyed, not how many animals there are.
Jibacoa: notes
Painted caves are fragile, so follow the guide.
Getting to Jibacoa
- Navigation: the lighthouse Faro de Canasí stands about 12 km away.
Sources and data
Name and position: Wikidata (CC0) (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.