Ceiba Tree Beach

Details

Alternate name:
Playa Mosquito

Good for:
Beachcombing, walking the dogs, fishing, paddleboarding, and spending quiet time. Bonus: wave at the planes as they come in to land at the airport.

Amenities:
None

Sand Type/Color:
Golden/tan sand

Cleanliness:
This beach still has a some trash around the parking area because there are no trash cans around. Some wonderful volunteers recently cleaned several bags of ocean trash up, but quite a bit remains.

Water Quality:
The water quality varies here quite a bit, from quite clear to somewhat cloudy. The west end of this beach can capture large amounts of seaweed at times.

Directions

Directions:

From town, go west on Rte 200 toward the airport. Past the airport but before the Mosquito Pier, is the old Ceiba Tree and its unassuming little park. Once you find the Ceiba Tree on your right, you can see the beach straight ahead. Park in the shade and enjoy.

You can go down the gravel road to the right and find a couple of shady pullouts which are great for setting up to spend an entire day. There is also a good spot slightly to the left of the main pullup area. Finally, at the far left side of this beach, toward the Rompeolas causeway, there is a large area accessible on the right side of the pier road; it’s good for a party.

This northside beach is just east of the Rompeolas (aka Mosquito) Pier, at the sage old Ceiba, a 375-year-old beauty of a tree. It was completely stripped of its foliage by Hurricane María (and doubtless in many hurricanes in the past), but today you wouldn’t know it. The old gal is as beautiful and green as ever. Once you find the Ceiba Tree, you have found the beach.

This is a long beach about 3/4 of a mile end to end. It’s easy to find and to get to, and is great for beachcombing, or spending a day in the water, fishing, paddle boarding, etc.

There are many places on this beach with good shade trees.

A large piece of driftwood, once part of a majestic tree, lies on a sandy beach in Puerto Rico at sunset, with clouds in the sky and green foliage in the background.

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