Mosquito Bay Beach
5.0★ · 14 Google ratings, Puerto Rico
✓ Short walk
At a glance
Parking
Not mapped
Walk
110 ft · under a minute
Water
85°F · modelled, no buoy nearby
Tide
1 ft range today
Map of Mosquito Bay Beach
Guide
Good to know
Book a guided night kayak tour
Tour companies provide kayaks with clear bottoms and blackout blankets to maximize viewing of the glowing water.
Expect a quiet, remote location
This is a secluded beach with minimal crowds, making it different from busier tourist destinations.
Leave your phone down
Most phone cameras cannot capture what the human eye sees in the bioluminescence.
Visit on a moonless night
A full moon or bright moonlight washes out the bioluminescence, so plan your trip around the lunar calendar.
Do not swim or bathe
Human bathing introduces chemicals that damage the bioluminescent organisms permanently, as happened to Puerto Rico's main bioluminescence bay.
Conditions
How it is right now
Air
78°F · light drizzle
Water
85°F · modelled, no buoy nearby
Waves
2.8 ft · 5 s apart
Wind
13 mph from the E
Shelter
Cross-shore · wind running along the beach
UV index
9 peak today
| Time | Tide | Height |
|---|---|---|
| 09:27 | Low tide | ↓ |
| 19:55 | High tide | ↑ |
Last updated Sep 7, 9:53 AM.
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Questions
Common questions
How far is the walk to the water at Mosquito Bay Beach?
110 ft in a straight line from the listing to the mapped shoreline, under a minute. Soft sand and dune make the real walk longer than the straight line.
Does Mosquito Bay Beach have restrooms?
No restrooms are mapped within 600 m on OpenStreetMap. That means nobody has mapped any, which is not the same as there being none.
Measured from OpenStreetMap, public aerial imagery and live conditions data, and counted from visitor reviews. Every source, in full.
