Bay of Pigs · Cuba · Wall · Reef
Punta Perdiz
Walk-in reef and wall on the Zapata coast
Area photo: Tisquesusa · CC BY 4.0
Punta Perdiz is a shore dive on the Zapata coast between Playa Larga and Playa Girón, where a sandy flat with small coral formations leads to the edge of a drop-off. The entry is easy and the current light, so beginners and experienced divers dive the same site, and the more advanced ones slip over the wall.
0Where it is and how deep
22.1148° N, 81.1162° WApproximate position — the dashed circle shows where the site lies; your operator's briefing has the mooring.
The dive
The dive begins over an extensive sand flat with small coral formations, only a couple of metres deep. The bottom runs out to the edge of the slope at 6-7 m, where a coral crest begins and rises back toward the surface before the bottom falls away as a wall.
Most of the dive stays on the flat and the crest, among corals, gorgonians, sponges and schools of tropical fish. More advanced divers can slip over the wall that is accessible during the dive.
Marine life and season
- Reef fish swarms
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Prime | Prime | Prime | Prime | Good | Good | Fair | Fair | Fair | Fair | Prime | Prime |
Season follows Bay of Pigs: Nov–Apr is Cuba's dry season and the settled half of the year; May–Oct is the rainy season and sits inside the Atlantic hurricane season, which runs June to November.
Dive videos
PUNTA PERDIZ, CUBA - Scuba Cuba Diving - GoPro · TRAVEL. SHOOT. ENJOY. by Ludovic Farine on YouTube
Sources
- Punta Perdiz - EcuRed — EcuRed
- Bucear en Cuba: Punta Perdiz, Girón y las sorpresas del occidente cubano — QuintaEsencia
- Punta Perdiz - ScubaGo — ScubaGo
- Bucear en la Ciénaga de Zapata — Onlinetours
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