Diving in Giron Beach
Giron Beach is a small beach on the eastern shore of the Bay of Pigs, in south central Cuba, which today is a turistic center. Located in one of the largest wetlands in the world, Cienaga de Zapata. This dive site went down in history in 1961, when it was chosen as one of the landing sites for the invasion of the Bay of Pigs. Some of the nearby spas in this bay are Maceo Beach and Long Beach.
Almost 210 kilometers separate Giron Beach from Havana, a trip that takes place in a northwest direction. Regarding another important city of Cuba, it is the capital of Massacres, where it separates it to around 150 kilometers by road. To the north it borders the forests of Cayo Ramona, to the east with those of Guasasa, to the south with the Caribbean Sea and to the west with the coast of the Bay.
The climate in that area is tropical as in the rest of the Island of Cuba. In winter, there is much less rainfall in Giron Beach than in summer. In Giron Beach, the average annual temperature is 25.1 ° C. Precipitation here averages 1016 mm. August is the warmest month of the year with an average temperature of 27.5 ° C. While in February it has the lowest average temperature of the year with 22.1 ° C, both temperatures being great for a good dive.
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Thermocline
Debido a que el agua no es perfectamente transparente, la mayoría de toda la luz solar es absorbida en la capa superficial, calentándose. El viento y la circulación de ondas mueven el agua en esta capa, distribuyéndola dentro de ella, haciendo que la temperatura, relativamente es uniforme en las primeras decenas de metros.
Thermocline varies with latitude and season but in a tropical climate like that of the island of Cuba., pues es permanente. En el mar abierto, se caracteriza por una negativa gradiente de velocidad sónica.
En el buceo, una termoclina de unos pocos grados celsius pueden sentirse como estar entre dos cuerpos de agua. Y da al agua una apariencia de vidrio opaco, causado por la refracción alterada de la columna de agua fría o caliente; esta misma refractiva puede observarse cuando el aire caliente sube del pavimento negro en carreteras de áreas desérticas, causando espejismos.
Watch the following video so you can see thermocline appreciated at Playa Giron.