Puerto Limon, Costa Rica

Puerto Limon, Costa Rica is a submarine cable landing point in Costa Rica (coordinates 9.9886°, -83.0377°). It serves 3 submarine cable systems, making it a multi-cable landing site in Costa Rica's international connectivity infrastructure.

Limón, also known as Puerto Limón, is the capital city of both the province and canton of the same name. One of Costa Rica's seven "middle cities", Limón has a population of 71,514, which made it, as of 2022, the most-populous city in the country outside of the Greater Metropolitan Area and the second most-populous district in the nation. Wikipedia

Connected submarine cables

Operators landing at Puerto Limon, Costa Rica

Cables landing at Puerto Limon, Costa Rica are operated by 21 distinct consortium partners and carriers, including AT&T, Alestra, América Móvil (Claro), Bahamas Telecommunications Company, Belize Telemedia, CANTV, Claro Dominicana (Codetel), Enitel, Hondutel, ICE (Kolbi), and 11 others. Each cable is typically jointly owned by a consortium of tier-one carriers and hyperscale operators who share construction costs and capacity; the operator mix reflects both regional incumbents and global players with interest in the routes served by this landing point.

Connectivity profile

From Puerto Limon, Costa Rica, international traffic can reach 15 countries through 3 cable systems. Destinations include Bahamas, Belize, Brazil, Colombia, Curaçao, Dominican Republic, Guatemala, Honduras and 7 more.

Monitoring status

No monitoring incidents were recorded on cables serving Puerto Limon, Costa Rica in the past 90 days — all connected systems remained within normal latency thresholds. Our monitoring network continuously samples latency from external probes to targets reachable via these cables.

About the cables

• TAM-1 (2026) — TAM-1 is a major intercontinental submarine cable system spanning 8 countries across South America, Central America, North America. With 10 landing points — including Barranquilla, Butler Bay, Cancún, Hollywood, Maria Chiquita, and 5 more — it forms one of the backbone links carrying international internet traffic between continents. Read more →
• America Movil Submarine Cable System-1 (AMX-1) (2014) — The America Movil Submarine Cable System-1 (AMX-1) is a 17,800 km submarine cable running down the Atlantic and Caribbean coasts of the Americas, connecting eight countries — the United States, Mexico, Guatemala, Colombia, the Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, Costa Rica, and Brazil. Read more →
• ARCOS (2001) — ARCOS is a major intercontinental submarine cable system spanning 14 countries across Central America, South America, North America. With 24 landing points — including Belize City, Bluefields, Cancún, Cartagena, Cat Island, and 19 more — it forms one of the backbone links carrying international internet traffic between continents. Read more →

Submarine cable data from TeleGeography. Geographic context from Wikipedia. Monitoring metrics updated continuously by GeoCables.