The so-called Zorrita La Tabla wreck is a Dutch wreck with 6 cannons in situ. The ship has been dated between 1696 and 1723. The original name is not known. The wreck was named after the two Cuban lighthouses between which it lies.

The year 1696 is found on a tobacco box found in the wreck. A found copper coin has the year 1723. Due to the location, the artefacts and the dating, it is possible that it concerns the wreck of a Dutch West India Company ship.

At the site, six cannons have also been found, most of which are covered with coral, other concretions or sediments. Asides from this, iron shots and ballast stones were found.

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The site was partly damaged by archaeological excavations in 1994 and 1997 (11 x 6 x 0.4 m). There is present erosion of seabed and biological deterioration.

In 2014, an exposition was organised in Havana on Dutch ships in Cuban water. This was a co-operation between the Cultural Heritage Agency of the Netherlands and the Cuban government. The artefacts found at Zorrita La Tabla were part of this.

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• NADL
  Zorrita-la Tabla
• Cuban Cultural Ventures
  Nederlandse aanwezigheid in Cubaanse wateren