Wow!
We love Punta Frances. We're anchored in 4.5m in crystal clear
water, pure sand, flat seas, surrounded by a long white beach and we
have the best wall dive in Cuba (according to the Waterway Guide)
half a mile from the big boat.
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| our pet pelican |
The
diving is very good. We take the dinghy to the top of the wall and
anchor in 8m of sand between the spur and grooves that lead us out to
the drop off. Visibility is easily 40m, perhaps 50m with no current
to drag us away, there are lobsters (one or two less by the time we
left) plenty of fishes, a sleeping nurse shark and no-one else is
here. It's pristine reef.
Before
hurricane Irma in 2016 there was a small cruise ship anchorage which
brought in tourists to a rangers station and restaurant and bar in
the next bay. With the landing jetty destroyed and yet to be rebuilt
the rangers guard the park for the occasional passing yachties.
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| ranger's station |
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| miles of white sand |
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| rangers Jose and Carlos |
We
took the dinghy around to visit the two gentlemen and they were very
welcoming. With our standard mix of my poor Spanish and their
limited English we had a chat and read the park information boards.
This is paradise and my personal favourite stop in Cuba.
We
stayed in Punta Frances for blissful four days until we had the next
weather window of opportunity to continue eastwards under Isla
Juventud to Cayo Mathias.
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| wow! |
Anchor
position 21.35.60N 83.10.06W 4.5m sand
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| vultures |
We
took the dinghy around to visit the two gentlemen and they were very
welcoming. With our standard mix of my poor Spanish and their
limited English we had a chat and read the park information boards.
This is paradise and my personal favourite stop in Cuba.
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