Guardalavaca
Banes, Holguín, Cuba
Today at a glance
Best: 9 am to 12 pm, sunset 6:32 pm6.4
4 km/h2 mph wind, Good
7.6
3 km/h2 mph wind, Great
7.7
5 km/h3 mph wind, Great
7.5
7 km/h4 mph wind, Great
5.3
17 km/h11 mph wind, Fair
6.2
5 km/h3 mph wind, Good
6.0
3 km/h2 mph wind, Good
5.9
4 km/h2 mph wind, Good
5.8
6 km/h4 mph wind, Good
5.4
11 km/h7 mph wind, Fair
5.1
9 km/h5 mph wind, Fair
This page puts what matters first for today's conditions.
Best time to swim
Best: 9 am to 12 pm. Beach score for daylight hours, with wind in km/hmph underneath.
- Air
- 24°C75°F
- Water
- 30°C85°F
- Wind
- 32 km/hmph S
- Gusts
- 85 km/hmph
- Waves
- 0.5 m2 ft
- UV
- 0 low
- Tide
- rising
- Rain
- 6%
- Sunset
- 6:32 pm
Tide, next 24 hours
- High 6 am, 0.7 m2 ft
- Low 12 pm, 0.1 m<1 ft
- High 6 pm, 0.7 m2 ft
- Low 12 am, <0.1 m<1 ft
Tide is modeled, not measured. Rip current and water quality data are not available for this beach yet.
Beach info
Lifeguards, parking and facilities before you head down.
About Guardalavaca
Guardalavaca is a tourist area in Holguín, Cuba. It is 1000 meters from the nearby town of Guardalavaca and 3511 meters from Playa Las Caletas. There are 33 food businesses within 1 kilometer of the beach.
Guardalavaca is a town in the Holguín Province of Cuba. It is a tourist location due to its white sandy beaches and warm waters. Guardalavaca beach is protected by a large coral reef and is visited by both local Cubans and tourists. Most Cuban workers in the all-inclusive hotels are transported daily in buses from neighbouring cities like Holguin, Banes, and Rafael Freyre, as only a few Cubans live in Guardalavaca due to the small size of the resort. Between Guardalavaca and Playa Esmeralda are dry tropical forest where endemic Cuban birdlife like hummingbirds Cuban emerald can be seen. Endemic Cuban knight anole lizards are numerous in these forest.
Source: Guardalavaca on Wikipedia (authors). Text available under CC BY-SA 4.0; text may have been shortened. Retrieved Oct 19, 2026. Data sources
Facilities
- Showers110 m350 ft away
- Parking6 within 500 m0.3 miNearest 50 m150 ft. Fee not listed
- Food and drink33 within 1 km0.6 miNearest 50 m160 ft
Getting there
- Nearest bus stop
- 650 m0.4 miGuardalavaca
- Nearest town
- 1 km0.6 miGuardalavaca (town)
- Nearest airport
- 108 km67 miAeropuerto Nacional Orestes Acosta (MOA)
Nearby places
- El PatioFood and drink50 m160 ft
- AcuabarFood and drink50 m170 ft
- La TurquesaFood and drink60 m200 ft
- Isla MujeresFood and drink70 m240 ft
- El RanchónFood and drink70 m240 ft
Facilities from OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Check posted signs; details change. Data sources
Nearby beaches
- Playa Las Caletas3.5 km2.2 mi west away7.6 Great later
- Playa Esmeralda4.7 km2.9 mi west away7.6 Great later
- Playita Boca de Samá6.1 km3.8 mi east away8.5 Excellent later
- Yuraguanal Beach7.1 km4.4 mi west away7.6 Great later
- Playa La Caleta9.7 km6.0 mi east away8.5 Excellent later
Where to stay near the beach
Compare hotels and apartments near Guardalavaca.
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The days ahead
Best score each day, with the stretch to aim for.
- Sat6.8 GoodBest 8 am to 1 pmWind up to 14 km/h9 mph, rain 88%
- Sun6.5 GoodBest 9 am to 1 pmWind up to 11 km/h7 mph, rain 75%
- Mon8.2 GreatBest 9 am to 2 pmWind up to 9 km/h5 mph, rain 34%
- Tue8.9 ExcellentBest 9 am to 3 pmWind up to 11 km/h7 mph, rain 34%
- Wed8.9 ExcellentBest 9 am to 4 pmWind up to 10 km/h6 mph, rain 30%