Tides & Towns
Puerto Rico · PR

Culebra

Flamenco Beach, and the island that pushed out the Navy.

Population
1,792 (2020 census)
Settled
1880
Range closed
1975

Then

  1. 1880

    Cayetano Escudero Sanz settles the island after surveying it.

  2. 1903

    Theodore Roosevelt creates the Culebra Naval Reservation.

  3. 1909

    A bird refuge is set up, among the oldest in US territory.

  4. 1939

    The Navy begins gunnery and bombing practice.

  5. 1975

    After protests that began in 1971, the range closes.

Now

Culebra is Puerto Rico's least populous municipality. Flamenco Beach is regularly ranked among the world's best.

3 tide stations around Culebra

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