Cuba
Cueva de los Peces (Playa Girón)
- Max depth70 m (230 ft)
- CertificationCavern
- Water temperature≈ 23–30 °C (73–86 °F), varies with the seasonestimated, no reports yet
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What it looks like
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The dive
Cuba's best-known cenote: a long, narrow cleft with crystal-clear water, where you see tropical fish and coral against a backdrop of stalactites.
Profile and sections
Cuba's best-known cenote: a long, narrow cleft with crystal-clear water, where you see tropical fish and coral against a backdrop of stalactites. Fresh water lies over salt water.
An underwater tunnel connects the cleft to the sea ~70 m away. A diver who dived it twice with a local guide reports a second cave (Cueva Dagmar) ~460 m to the north that can be reached through the cleft; that lies far beyond what the law allows.
Practical: protected area since 2006. In lists the cave is also called 'El Cenote'.
- Depth and profile
- A cleft along a fault with several diveable fissures; the water sits just below ground level. Sources disagree on the depth: ~30 m (CubaPLUS), ~37 m at the deepest point of a guided dive (diver, forum), 60 m (dive.site) and more than 70 m (Prensa Latina, 2024). What counts for you is the law: at most 40 m, 60 m of penetration, in daylight.
- Configuration
- Roomy cleft: backmount or sidemount with ordinary recreational gear, as the centre dives it. A CCR is not forbidden but unusual; discuss it beforehand.
- DPV: Not DPV-suitable (estimate)
- Guided cavern dive: no scooter.
Who can dive where
- At least Cavern
- Configurations: Backmount / twinset / Sidemount / CCR / Small cylinders / no-mount (speleo sumps)
- Goes down to 70 m (trimix or deco may be needed)
This is how the planner decides who in your team may dive this cave. Rules your own trip adds (organizer, a mail, the AI) show with your trip.
How to get there
On the coast road between Playa Larga and Playa Girón, ~18 km from Playa Girón: car park, a short path up to the pool, restaurant (Ranchón) and a dive centre that runs snorkelling and dive trips. Open 8:30–17:00, free entry. Guided only, with the cavern-dive approval arranged by the centre.
Around Cueva de los Peces (Playa Girón)
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