Cueva de los Peces
A deep, fish-filled cenote on the Bay of Pigs coast near Playa Girón, said to connect to the sea through an underground tunnel and to exceed 70 m in depth. It is used for snorkelling and diving, including cave diving.
Cueva de los Peces is a small, deep cenote (a water-filled sinkhole) on the Zapata Peninsula's Bay of Pigs coast, in the Playa Girón area of Matanzas province. The Cuban encyclopedia EcuRed describes clear water full of colourful tropical fish and states that the cenote connects with the sea through an underground tunnel.
EcuRed gives a depth of more than 70 m and describes the site as suitable for cave diving as well as snorkelling, with a rustic restaurant on site. Independent survey data, official access rules and named cave-diving operators were not found for this edition, so details should be checked locally.
The environment
Clear water in a cenote said to connect underground with the sea; abundant reef fish near the surface.
Conditions
Described as connected to the sea by an underground tunnel, so marine fish are present; no published temperature, visibility or halocline data were found.
Typical ranges from published sources, not current conditions.
Facilities
A rustic restaurant (ranchón) serving seafood is reported on site.
For orientation, not navigation. Hollow dots are approximate.
Every fact on this page, with its source (6)
| Fact | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|
| The cenote is more than 70 m deep.Single encyclopedia source, undated; no survey found. | Reported | [1] |
| The cenote connects with the sea through an underground tunnel. | Reported | [1] |
| EcuRed describes it as an ideal site for cave diving and also used for snorkelling.EcuRed also calls it the largest flooded [cave] of the archipelago, a claim not corroborated elsewhere. | Reported | [1] |
| A rustic restaurant serving seafood and crocodile meat is on site.Undated. | Reported | [1] |
| GeoNames lists Cueva de Los Peces in Matanzas province at 22.1663, -81.13734.Rounded and marked area-level. | Reported | [2] |
| EcuRed describes the site as visited for snorkelling and diving, with a restaurant; it publishes no access rules, fees or operators.Access status left as unknown. | Reported | [1] |
Verified: stated by an official or primary source we opened. Reported: from a secondary source only. Sources conflict: the note gives both versions. May be out of date: the newest source we found is old.
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