Jobos Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve

Jobos Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve protects a stretch of intertidal coastline near Aguirre in Salinas, where mangrove forests, seagrass beds, and coral reefs meet along Puerto Rico's southern coast. As a federally protected estuary, it functions as a research site and habitat for marine life, offering a chance to see mangrove-lined shorelines and coastal ecosystems that are otherwise uncommon in the developed southern region of the island.