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Leaving Culebra and Heading for Culebrita

Checked the weather this morning and Boston was like twenty degrees fahrenheit. Yikes, that’s cold!

Leaving Culebra and Heading for Culebrita
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Meanwhile here on Culebra the weather was eighty five degrees and sunny.

Is it Snowy and Cold Where You Are?

How is the weather where you are?

Culebra has nice weather. 

The lone palm tree, fabulous weather, and no snow on Culebra!

Culebrita photos

A couple of posts ago I had written about taking a day trip over to Culebrita as part of the Culebra One Day itinerary series.

Well, today we remembered to take the camera along and below are a few photos:

The Culebra municipal dock as we get ready to head to Culebrita.
Culebra Municipal Dock
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Heading out of the harbor.
Culebra Harbor
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The Culebrita lighthouse.
Culebrita Lighthouse
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Culebrita sea turtle nesting sign.
Culebrita Sea Turtle Nesting
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Culebrita beach.
Culebrita Beach
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Culebra One Day Itinerary – Activity Three

If you would like to read the first two recommended “Culebra One Day Activities” then have a look at Biking to Zoni Beach and Visiting Flamenco Beach.

For the final installment in this series on “Culebra One Day Activities,” the day trip is not actually on Culebra, at all.

On the contrary, would you like to spend the day on an island that is even smaller and more pristine than Culebra? Then you should hire a water taxi and think about heading on over to Culebrita Island for some exploration. The island, which is only accessible by boat, has some amazing beaches and boasts the oldest operating lighthouse in the Caribbean. 

Culebrita Island, Culebra, Puerto Rico
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Culebrita is a coral island approximately one mile in length and there are six beaches there. The primary beach is Playa Tortuga (Turtle Beach) and is so named for the many sea turtles that use the beach as breeding grounds.

The other two large beaches are Trash Beach and West Beach. Trash Beach is on the windward side of the island and debris often blows onto the beach.

There are also large tidal pools on the east side of the island where people lounge as if they were large baths.

If you decide you would like to actually do all three activities and need to stay over on Culebra then give us a call at the Palmetto Guesthouse.