María La Gorda: Centro International de Buceo

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What you'll see (19)

Stoplight ParrotfishSparisoma virideseen 14× near here

Atlantic Sergeant MajorAbudefduf saxatilisseen 13× near here

Caribbean Bluehead WrasseThalassoma bifasciatumseen 13× near here

Blue ChromisAzurina cyaneaseen 11× near here

Rock BeautyHolacanthus tricolorseen 10× near here

Royal GrammaGramma loretoseen 10× near here

Yellowtail SnapperOcyurus chrysurusseen 9× near here

Black TriggerfishMelichthys nigerseen 9× near here

Four-eyed ButterflyfishChaetodon capistratusseen 9× near here

Bicolor DamselfishStegastes partitusseen 9× near here

Common LionfishPterois volitansseen 8× near here

Creole WrasseBodianus parraeseen 8× near here

Redband ParrotfishSparisoma aurofrenatumseen 7× near here

French AngelfishPomacanthus paruseen 6× near here

West Indian Fuzzy ChitonAcanthopleura granulataseen 6× near here

Longspine SquirrelfishHolocentrus rufusseen 6× near here

Banded ButterflyfishChaetodon striatusseen 6× near here

Purple Sea FanGorgonia ventalinaseen 6× near here

Smooth TrunkfishLactophrys triqueterseen 6× near here

Planning a trip

8–12 days

worth going for

Long haul, usually two flights.

17,285km from Singapore — about 24h each way, so two of those days are travel. the only logged site in the area.

When people dive it

Busiest Jan · almost nobody dives it Feb, May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct.

From 624 logged sightings — when divers are in the water, which is not quite the same as when visibility is best.

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Moon and tides

Waning gibbous

71% lit · day 20 of the lunar month

Neap tides

Neap tides — the smallest range of the month, so the weakest currents. Easy conditions and usually the clearest water, though a drift site may barely drift.

New 10 Oct Full 26 Oct

Phase computed here, not fetched. This is the spring/neap cycle, which sets how hard the water moves — not a tide table: no free source publishes high and low water for Southeast Asian reefs, and the range peaks a day or two after the moon does, by an amount that varies with the coast. For times on the day, ask the operator.

Getting there

~31h 15m

door to water, each way · 4 legs

FlightHavana (HAV)~25h 27mFlight time plus the airports at both ends. A connection adds to it.Find flights →
Transferthe jetty~3h 18mRoad transfer to the coast, usually arranged by the resort or liveaboard.Directions →
Ferrythe crossing~2hAt this distance the last stretch is a scheduled crossing rather than a dive boat, so book it before the flight — a missed sailing usually costs a day. Which crossing it is has been worked out from the distance and not from a timetable; ask the operator.
Dive boatMaría La Gorda: Centro International de Buceo~30 minThen the dive boat out from the island.

📍 María La Gorda: Centro International de Buceo on Google Maps 🧭 Route from Havana

Times marked ~ are estimated from straight-line distance and will be roughly right at best. The road legs are the ones Google Maps answers properly; it will not plan the ferry or the dive boat at all. A dive site's coordinates put a pin in open water, so the map link drops you on the site, not on a jetty.

Details

Country: Cuba
Marks: 21°49.141'N 84°29.748'W
Position: 21.8190, -84.4958

Where it is

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Nearby

Cabezo Punta de Domingoreef51km

Sightings and photographs from iNaturalist contributors, research-grade records within 6km, under Creative Commons licences. Counts are what divers and snorkellers have bothered to log — a common fish with few records is common all the same.