Puerto de Vita : Profile

Docking

Marina Internacional Puerto de Vita
Gaviota, Carretera de Guardalavaca, km. 38, Holguín
Tel:+53 24 30 475, Fax:+53 24 30 446 or 53 24 30 475, VHF Channel 13, 16
comercial@marinavita.co.cu
This Marina is located on the northeastern coast of Cuba and is a useful port of entry for yachts arriving from the Bahamas and southeast Florida. Latitude 21°05'N, Longitude 75°57'W. Vita Bay offers protection from hurricanes. There is a 30 meter high lighthouse that signals the entrance to the bay. Contact the marina on VHF 16 or 13 (24 hours). 38 slips with services including water, electricity, chandlery, fuel, restaurant, e-mail, laundry, car hire, taxi. There is also an anchorage with a water taxi service. Some repairs are possible.

Related Reports

Clearing in at Maria La Gorda, Cuba (26 Jun 2008)

The Truth About Cuba for Cruisers (13 Jun 2008)

Grenada to the Virgin Islands, A Cruising Guide to the Lesser Antilles: Book Review (23 May 2008)

Cruising Report On Cuba & Venezuela (11 Mar 2008)

Question About Crew Joining Yacht In Cuba (13 Dec 2007)

Spanish for Cruisers: Book Review (06 Dec 2007)

Australia 31's Cruising Report On Cuba (27 Aug 2007)

Hemingway International Yacht Club Ready To Assist All Visiting Sailors (02 Mar 2005)

Crew Joining In Cuba (03 Feb 2003)

New expanded "Cruising Ports: Florida to California via Panama" now published (07 Jan 2003)

Related News

Caribbean Marine Association Lobbies for the Interim Suspension of the Advanced Passenger Information System for Yachts (01 Nov 2007)

Caribbean Marine Association Formally Launched (27 Feb 2006)

Crackdown On US Yachts To Cuba Does Not Affect Non-US Yachts (18 Oct 2005)

Canadian Sailors Invited To 2005 Cuban Rendezvous (16 Jun 2004)

New powers to seize vessels in US territorial waters (29 Apr 2004)

Cuba tightens entry procedures for yachts (26 Feb 2002)