Together with Canas, Playa, Vayas, and Capitanejo, Bucaná is one of the municipality's five coastal barrios.

[8] It is bounded on the North by Marginal Street/PR-578 (one block north of PR-1), on the South by the Caribbean Sea, on the West by Rio Bucana, PR-2 (roughly), Rio Portugues, and the Portugues-Bucana Rivers Channel, and on the East by Bucara Street/Los Caobos Avenue, PR-52 (roughly), and the Costa Caribe Country Club East Access Road.

[9] In terms of barrio-to-barrio boundaries, Bucaná is bounded in the North by Sabanetas, in the South by the Caribbean Sea, in the West by San Anton and Playa, and in the East by Vayas.

The communities of Los Caobos and Camino del Sur are found in Bucana.

[22] Barrio Bucaná is home to the Julio Enrique Monagas Family Park.