Localidad de caletones gibara holguin cuba — Caletone. Photo: Irám René GD, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons

About Guardalavaca

Guardalavaca is a town in Holguín Province, Cuba. From Guardalavaca you can reach 2 surf spots and 1 sailing spot, 1 of the surf spots more than 20 km away. The nearest is Guardalavaca, a surf spot 1 km from the centre. Overture lists 12 places to stay within 2 km of the centre. The nearest airport is HOG, 62 km away.

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Staying in Guardalavaca

12 places to stay within 2 km of the centre (Overture places)
Nearest airports: HOG, 62 km, BYM, 115 km, VTU, 115 km

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Where it is

Each place is ringed by its best day this week, a surf spot for beginners: green on a good day. The dashed circle is 20 km from Guardalavaca. Spots further out are listed below.

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Surf within 20 km

The next 7 days. Each day's wave height, green on a good day for beginner surfers. A spot that does not suit them is tagged with the level it suits and never goes green for them.

Wave height in feet, the wave energy in kJ under it.GoodUnder each day, the wind in knots: the arrow points where it blows to.A tag under a spot's name is the level its colours are for: Intermediate

Spot

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Guardalavaca1 kmabout 5 min by carIntermediate and up

1 ft5 kJ

2 ft4 kJ

2 ft37 kJ

1 ft25 kJ

1 ft15 kJ

1 ft13 kJ

1 ft10 kJ

Forecast and score for intermediate surfers at Guardalavaca, each day
Day	Scorefor Intermediate	Swell	Energy	Wind	Temp
Sun 18Oct	8, too small	1 ft4 shollow	5kJ	wind from the south, 2 knots, offshore	32°C
Mon 19Oct	10, too small	2 ft3 shollow	4kJ	wind from the east, 4 knots	30°C
Tue 20Oct	14, too small	2 ft9 shollow	37kJ	wind from the north-east, 6 knots	29°C
Wed 21Oct	15, too small	1 ft9 shollow	25kJ	wind from the east-north-east, 3 knots	28°C
Thu 22Oct	13, too small	1 ft9 shollow	15kJ	wind from the south-south-east, 1 knot, offshore	28°C
Fri 23Oct	11, too small	1 ft9 shollow	13kJ	wind from the south-south-east, 2 knots, offshore	29°C
Sat 24Oct	10, too small	1 ft9 shollow	10kJ	wind from the south-east, 5 knots, offshore	26°C

Distances are in a straight line from the middle of Guardalavaca, to spots that land joins: none across a bay or on another island. A drive marked "about" is our estimate: the straight line times 1.8 minutes a km, measured on the drives we have routed (half of those come within 21% of the routed time).

Further out

This spot is more than 20 km from Guardalavaca. It is the nearest town with beds, so it stays here.

Wave height in feet, the wave energy in kJ under it.GoodUnder each day, the wind in knots: the arrow points where it blows to.A tag under a spot's name is the level its colours are for: Intermediate

Spot

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Caletone43.8 kmabout 1h 20 by carIntermediate and up

1 ft5 kJ

1 ft4 kJ

2 ft5 kJ

1 ft13 kJ

1 ft7 kJ

1 ft6 kJ

1 ft4 kJ

Forecast and score for intermediate surfers at Caletone, each day
Day	Scorefor Intermediate	Swell	Energy	Wind	Temp
Sun 18Oct	10, too small	1 ft4 shollow	5kJ	wind from the south-west, 3 knots, offshore	31°C
Mon 19Oct	10, too small	1 ft3 shollow	4kJ	wind from the north, 6 knots	29°C
Tue 20Oct	12, too small	2 ft3 shollow	5kJ	wind from the north-east, 5 knots	28°C
Wed 21Oct	10, too small	1 ft9 shollow	13kJ	wind from the south-south-east, 0 knots	29°C
Thu 22Oct	9, too small	1 ft8 shollow	7kJ	wind from the south-west, 2 knots, offshore	28°C
Fri 23Oct	6, too small	1 ft8 shollow	6kJ	wind from the south-south-east, 3 knots	28°C
Sat 24Oct	7, too small	1 ft8 s	4kJ	wind from the north-north-west, 4 knots	27°C

Sailing near Guardalavaca

Punto Náutico 10.3 km · stays here

Places to eat near Guardalavaca

Restaurante El Ancla0.8 km from the centre
Taberna BucaneroCuban · 0.9 km from the centre
El GuayaberoCuban · 1.0 km from the centre
La Maison sunset0.9 km from the centre

Within 2 km of the town centre, listed by how complete the listing is (website, opening hours, cuisine) and whether two sources name it. Not a judgement of the food: we have no reviews. Listings © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL) and Overture Maps Foundation. Credits

Guardalavaca, Cuba