South Coast Beaches - Porta Caribe - Puerto Rico

Ponce Yacht and Fishing Club “Club Náutico de Ponce”

Ponce, Puerto Rico - The Ponce Yacht and Fishing Club, known as “Club Náutico de Ponce”, is a sports complex located on the southern coast of the island of Puerto Rico, in the municipality of Ponce. The club is located next to Gatas Island, near La Guancha recreational and cultural area, and next to Puerto de Ponce. The Ponce Nautical Club is the largest Marina on the South Coast of Puerto Rico. The complex consists of two restaurants, a private beach, a gym, a running track, two swimming pools, several basketball, tennis and volleyball courts and a marina. The Ponce Yacht and Fishing Club...

Gatas Island “Isla de Gatas”

Ponce, Puerto Rico - Gatas Island “Isla de Gatas” is a small island in the municipality of Ponce in southern Puerto Rico. The island is home to Club Náutico de Ponce, a private sports complex, and is located near La Guancha Boardwalk and next to Ponce Port. Although geographically it is considered a separate island, Gatas Island is physically connected to the island of Puerto Rico, thanks to construction in the 1950s. In this sense, it is now a cape rather than an island. The island’s levee grew from an original acre to the current 13 acres. Gatas Island has an elevation of 10 feet, and...

Polita’s Beach

Salinas, Puerto Rico - Polita’s Beach is a beautiful beach located on the southern coast of the island of Puerto Rico in the town of Salinas. This beach is preferred by many for its excellent location and facilities. In this beautiful beach, surrounded by beautiful mangroves, you will enjoy an excellent day with the family. The beach is perfect for children as it has a very shallow pond for them to swim safely. The area has an excellent restaurant with ocean view, bar, bathrooms and showers. You can also find a rental service for water sports and equipment such as “kayak” and “jet ski”. Very close...

Marine Beach – Marina de Salinas

Salinas, Puerto Rico - Marine Beach or Marina de Salinas located on the southern coast of the island of Puerto Rico, also known as Porta Caribe or Puerta del Caribe. The beach is located in a bay of the Caribbean Sea, protected by a natural barrier of keys and mangroves that create a unique and beautiful maritime-terrestrial landscape. Marine Beach is a true tropical paradise with the sun shining all year round with people as warm and friendly as its climate. The beach has a variety of alternatives for your enjoyment and relaxation. With 8 miles of keys, you can explore in kayaks, walk and...

Jauca Beach – Jauca Bay

Santa Isabel, Puerto Rico - Jauca Beach is located in the south of the island of Puerto Rico in the municipality of Santa Isabel and east of Ponce. The beach is part of the Jauca Bay, where mangroves and palm trees abound. The sand is dark in color. Jauca Beach is a quiet beach where the majority of visitors are local residents, since it is located in a residential area which is not very crowded. However, it is frequently visited by windsurfers from other parts of the island, due to its reliable breeze. If you want to entertain yourself collecting seashells, fresh stones and weathered driftwood, the south...

Mala Pascua Beach

Patillas, Puerto Rico - Mala Pascua Beach is a beautiful beach located in the southeast of the island of Puerto Rico in the town of Patillas next to Highway # 3 and adjacent to the town of Maunabo. It is a beach very frequented by families, who gather to have a BBQ and enjoy the sun and the beach. A characteristic that makes this beach different, in addition to its distinctive turquoise colored water, is that its coastline is a combination of sand and river rock. On the shore there are quite a few palms and shade trees that make it perfect to stop and...

Punta Guilarte Beach “Vacation Center”

Arroyo, Puerto Rico - Punta Guilarte Beach is located on highway # 3, km. 126, southeast of the island of Puerto Rico in the coastal area of Arroyo. The facilities include bathrooms, showers and green areas among others. The resort has as an alternative to the side trailer house and camping areas, with cabins and villas for rent. The price for camping is $ 10.00 and parking prices range from $ 2.00 for motorcycles, $ 3.00 for cars, $ 4.00 for minivans and $ 5.00 for buses. This National Park has 28 cabins and 32 villas on a boardwalk overlooking the sea. Both the cabins and the...

Ponce Beach

Ponce, Puerto Rico - Ponce Beach is located on the southern coast of the island of Puerto Rico, in the town of Ponce, about 48 miles (or 77 km) southwest of the capital city of San Juan. It is a charming beach characterized by a long and narrow sandy shore, bordered by vegetation and trees and bathed by a beautiful turquoise, transparent and crystalline sea. The beach has calmer waters than those in the north of the island. It is not a beach for swimming, as it has hedgehogs and stones, however, it is perfect for sunbathing and getting your feet wet. For those who...

Cayo Matías Beach

Salinas, Puerto Rico - Cayo Matías Beach is a small hidden mangrove island located in the south east part of Puerto Rico, off the coast of Salinas. It is a secluded beach famous for its welcoming views and attractive waters ideal for practicing water sports or swimming, both very popular activities on this beach. It is a beautiful island full of mangroves where you can spend a fun day with friends and family. If you like to venture, you can visit this little island through its already marked paths and reach a small lighthouse. On the way you will find many dead corals that have washed ashore...

Cardona Island

Ponce, Puerto Rico - Cardona Island, also known as Sor Isolina Ferré Island, is a small, uninhabited island located 1.30 nautical miles south of the mainland off the coast of Puerto Rico on the west side of the entrance to the port of Ponce. The island measures approximately 6 acres (24,000 m²) of land and is another beach option that Ponce offers, in addition to Pelícan Beach in Caja de Muerto Cay. Curiously, the storm surges as a result of Hurricane María, reconfigured the sand, so that now the island is wider than it is long. The island is a paradise for those who love...

Caja de Muertos Island “Coffin Island”

Ponce, Puerto Rico - Caja de Muertos Island also known as Coffin Island is a small island located on the south central coast of the island of Puerto Rico just 4.8 nautical miles from the south coast of the Municipality of Ponce. The island measures approximately 2.75 km. long and 1.85 km. wide, with a total area of 412.22 cords of dry and arid land. The reserve also includes the Cayo Morrillito Cay and Cayo Berberia Cay keys. Nicknamed one of Puerto Rico’s top enchanting attractions, Caja de Muertos is a secluded and uninhabited nature reserve with one of the most pristine settings you’ll find on the island....

El Tuque Beach

Ponce, Puerto Rico - El Tuque Beach is a recreational, family beach and a tourist complex located in the Punta Cucharas sector of Ponce, Puerto Rico. The beach is located on the PR-2 highway, Km 220.1, in the El Tuque sector of the Canas neighborhood in Ponce. The beach was deserted, but it was converted into a seaside resort by the Puerto Rican government in the mid-1960s, as part of an attempt by the central government to provide a network of these types of playgrounds throughout the island, designed for the whole family. The beach includes gazebos and fire pits near the beach, a restaurant, restrooms with...

Ventana Beach

Guayanilla, Puerto Rico - Ventana Beach “Window Beach” is located in the south of the island of Puerto Rico in the Boca neighborhood of the municipality of Guayanilla between Cerro Toro and Punta Ventana. This beach is known as Ventana beach “window beach” because in the middle of the rock raised above the sea, there was a hole that gave the sensation of looking at the sea through a window. Ventana Beach is one of the many natural window-shaped arches that were carved out by sea water striking against rocky outcrops for eons. This iconic natural beauty of Puerto Rico collapsed when a 5.79 magnitude...

Inches Beach

Patillas, Puerto Rico - Inches Beach is located in the town of Patillas just off Highway # 3. This beautiful beach is very frequented by surfers, since almost all year round it has waves suitable for practicing all kinds of water sports. This beach is unique because it does not have sand; its surface is of Chinese rock or river. Near the beach there are grocery stores and restaurants where you can enjoy tasty fried foods and succulent dishes. The beach is one of the favorite surfing spots in the southern area of Puerto Rico. It is a beautiful beach, with its distinctive aqua color, its...

Guardarraya Beach

Patillas, Puerto Rico - Guardarraya Beach is located right on the side of highway # 3 paronímica to the southeast of the island in the town of Patillas. It is a beach very frequented by families, which park among its palm trees, to enjoy barbecues, the sun and the waters of the beach. This beach is very particular because its coast is a combination of sand and Chinese rock or what we call river stones. The beach is ideal for swimming, diving, snorkeling, fishing, camping and / or enjoying all that this beach has to offer. The water is shallow “close to shore” and the...

Villa Pesquera Beach

Patillas, Puerto Rico - Villa Pesquera Beach of Patillas also known as Villa Tranquila Beach is one of the beautiful beaches located in the Barrio Bajo in the town of Patillas southeast of the island of Puerto Rico. The Villa Pesquera Beach is ideal to spend with the family and practice water sports. This beach is the favorite of many to practice water sports such as “snorkeling”, “Paddleboarding”, “jet ski”, “kayaking”, pedal boats or just swimming since its waters are calm, low and crystalline that allow you to swim in a safely way or e able to snorkel in coral areas. To get to this beach you have...

Tamarindo Beach in Guánica

Guánica, Puerto Rico - Tamarindo Beach belongs territorially to the town of Guayanilla however access is through the town of Guánica at the end of the road # 333 in the Dry Forest of Guánica. This beach is part of the Guánica dry forest and is currently a refuge and the only place on the island where concho toad is being procreated. This beach is one of the best points to appreciate the forest ecosystem. The beach has an extensive coast, the water is crystal clear and the sand is white, we recommend being cautious when swimming, since the beach faces the open sea. Tamarindo Beach...

Pelican Beach

Ponce, Puerto Rico - Pelican Beach is located on the Caja de Muertos Island and is a small uninhabited island 8 km from the south coast of Puerto Rico, in front of the Ponce Playa neighborhood of the municipality of Ponce. With crystalline waters and a coastline of white sand this beach is of great attraction for all its visitors and owners of private boats that arrive at the place, parking on its coast. The beach is perfect for swimming. The water is amazing, not too salty, it almost feels like fresh water on the skin. The colors are one of the most beautiful in all of Puerto...

La Guancha Boardwalk

Ponce, Puerto Rico - La Guancha Boardwalk is one of the most visited places in Ponce. On the left side of the recreational complex you will find Ponce Beach, with sanitary facilities and an area for sports such as volleyball. It’s not a beach for swimming, as it has hedgehogs and stones, however, it’s perfect for sunbathing and getting your feet wet. The Recreational and Cultural Complex of La Guancha offers multiple attractions; an observation tower, a boardwalk, restaurants, light food kiosks with a platform with dance music, boat ramp, a passive children’s park and an outdoor amphitheater for the offering of artistic and cultural events. ...

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