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Overview
The Bay of Pigs is a renowned dive site in Cuba, famous for its calm, clear waters and vibrant marine ecosystem. Divers can explore a dramatic wall that drops to over 30 meters, alongside various cenotes and caverns. The site is home to diverse marine life, including barracudas, tarpon, and eagle rays, making it a popular destination for both scuba diving and snorkeling.
What you'll see
3 species curated- year-roundBarracuda
- year-roundTarpon
- year-roundEagle Ray
Reef data for this area
Jurisdiction-level snapshotsBenthic snapshot — AGRRA
Cuba — Jardines de la Reina (AGRRA)
Current mean coral cover
30.5%in 2018
Earlier survey
32%in 2012
↓ -1.5 pts
AGRRA Caribbean benthic transects in Jardines de la Reina National Park. Jardines de la Reina is one of the best-protected reef systems in the Caribbean; cover is consistently high in the AGRRA record.
Reported at the jurisdictionscale, not the dive site — the published surveys don’t resolve a single reef. AGRRA Cuba country summary →
Sightings evidence
3 records on file- high confidenceBarracuda
- Last confirmed
- Jun 2024
- Recent records
- 5 within 25 km
- Cluster months
- Year-round
- high confidenceTarpon
- Last confirmed
- Jun 2024
- Recent records
- 5 within 25 km
- Cluster months
- Year-round
- high confidenceEagle Ray
- Last confirmed
- Jun 2024
- Recent records
- 5 within 25 km
- Cluster months
- Year-round
Sources & methodology
How we summarise this
We aggregate confirmed occurrence records from GBIF and OBIS within a fixed radius of each dive site. Occurrence records confirm presence and reveal seasonality clustering, but they DO NOT measure per-dive probability — there is no eligible-effort denominator. We deliberately do not publish a numeric '% chance of sighting' from this data.
Sources
- Ocean Biodiversity Information System — IOC-UNESCO
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility — GBIF Secretariat
- OBIS-SEAMAP — Duke University Marine Geospatial Ecology Lab / OBIS
- iNaturalist — California Academy of Sciences & National Geographic Society
- IUCN Red List of Threatened Species — International Union for Conservation of Nature
- WoRMS — World Register of Marine Species — Flanders Marine Institute (VLIZ)
- FishBase — FishBase Consortium
- Atlas of Living Australia — CSIRO / GBIF Australia
- REEF Volunteer Fish Survey — Reef Environmental Education Foundation
Conditions
| Month | Water | Visibility | Current |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 26–29 °C | 20–25 m | mild |
| Feb | 26–29 °C | 20–25 m | mild |
| Mar | 26–29 °C | 20–25 m | mild |
| Apr | 26–29 °C | 20–25 m | mild |
| May | 26–29 °C | 20–25 m | mild |
| Jun | 26–29 °C | 20–25 m | mild |
| Jul | 26–29 °C | 20–25 m | mild |
| Aug | 26–29 °C | 20–25 m | mild |
| Sep | 26–29 °C | 20–25 m | mild |
| Oct | 26–29 °C | 20–25 m | mild |
| Nov | 26–29 °C | 20–25 m | mild |
| Dec | 26–29 °C | 20–25 m | mild |
Season calendar
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