Cayo Cobos

Cayo Cobos: coast and water

2450 m at 99°: Lagunato de Chauchau (channel); 4680 m at 23°: Punta del Este (point); 5130 m at 125°: Lagunato Sur de Las Brujas (lagoon); 5440 m at 318°: Punta del Norte (point); 8350 m at 157°: Laguna de Las Loras (lagoon); 8980 m at 210°: Pasa de Monte (channel); 9320 m at 145°: Boca de las Manchas (channel); 10790 m at 194°: Restinga de los Machos (shoal).

Cayo Cobos: islands

1330 m at 33°: Cayo Tío Pepe (island); 2610 m at 259°: Cayo La Potala (island); 4920 m at 219°: Cayo Pueblo Viejo (island); 6130 m at 37°: Cayo Borracho (island); 6820 m at 60°: Cayuelo de Piedra (island); 7770 m at 158°: Cayos Las Loras (island group); 10770 m at 68°: Cayos Ensenachos (island group); 10870 m at 74°: Cayo Chivo (island); 12240 m at 69°: Cayo Majá (island); 14690 m at 77°: Cayo La Vieja Pepilla (island); 20280 m at 184°: Cayo Guainabo (island); 21090 m at 220°: Cayo La Aguada (island).

Cayo Cobos: inland

4770 m at 63°: villa las brujas (hotel); 4840 m at 48°: Occidental Royal Hideaway Cayo Ensenachos (hotel); 14220 m at 65°: Sol Cayo Santa María (hotel); 15730 m at 69°: Husa Cayo Santa Maria (hotel); 16080 m at 69°: Hotel Starfish Cayo Santa Maria (hotel); 16460 m at 70°: Royalton Cayo Sta Maria (hotel).

Cayo Cobos: distances

24950 m at 203°: Playa Bofill; 25240 m at 191°: Playa Victoria; 25520 m at 204°: Playa Júcaro; 78560 m at 261°: Abel Santamaria International Airport ; 138360 m at 249°: Port of Cienfuegos (port); 53760 m at 92°: Marina Marlin Cayo Guillermo (marina).

Protected: 22480 m at 171°: Parque Nacional Caguanes; 23680 m at 76°: Refugio de Fauna Cayo Santa María; 36430 m at 182°: Jobo Rosado.

Cayo Cobos: close by

1170 m at 43°: Cayo las Brujas (cay); 1330 m at 33°: Cayo Tío Pepe (cay); 2610 m at 259°: Cayo La Potala (cay); 3270 m at 179°: Cayo La Trina (cay); 3370 m at 341°: Cayo Francés (cay); 4490 m at 231°: Cayuelo del Pan de Azúcar (cay); 4920 m at 219°: Cayo Pueblo Viejo (cay); 6140 m at 37°: Cayo Borracho (cay); 6810 m at 60°: Cayuelo de Piedra (cay); 7350 m at 55°: Cayo Agustín (cay); 7480 m at 66°: Cayo El Ensenachito (cay); 7560 m at 161°: Cayos de la Herradura (island group).

Cayo Cobos: on and around

Within 15 km: 5 stadiums & sport, 3 theatres & arts, 2 mines & quarries, 2 coral reefs, 2 banks & exchange, 1 marinas, 1 urban parks & plazas, 1 fuel stations, 1 stores & supermarkets, 1 cuban cuisine & lechón.

2600 m at 35°: Marina Las Brujas (marinas); 3410 m at 61°: Quarry (mines & quarries); 4720 m at 55°: Plaza Flor de Sal (pasa día) (urban parks & plazas); 9290 m at 65°: Nautical Center (stadiums & sport); 10700 m at 66°: Nautical Sport Center (stadiums & sport); 11180 m at 69°: Sport Club (stadiums & sport); 13850 m at 63°: Anfiteatro (theatres & arts); 14140 m at 65°: Teatro de Animación (theatres & arts); 14150 m at 66°: Bolera (stadiums & sport); 14150 m at 66°: Cubano (cuban cuisine & lechón); 14520 m at 69°: Motelera Cayo Santa María (guest houses & hostels).

Cayo Cobos: marine life records

689 records of 186 species within 15 km, 1931 to 2026: 394 fish, 118 corals, 71 seabirds and shorebirds, 45 molluscs, 35 crustaceans, 9 seagrass and algae, 8 echinoderms, 5 marine mammals, 2 sharks and rays, 2 other. That is 97.5 records per 100 km².

Most recorded: Pelecanus occidentalis, 29 (seabirds and shorebirds); Acropora palmata, 26 (corals); Haemulon flavolineatum, 20 (fish); Sparisoma viride, 20 (fish); Montastraea cavernosa, 18 (corals); Lutjanus apodus, 18 (fish); Acanthurus coeruleus, 17 (fish); Microspathodon chrysurus, 16 (fish); Haemulon sciurus, 16 (fish); Scarus iseri, 16 (fish); Acanthurus bahianus, 15 (fish); Haemulon plumierii, 14 (fish).

Months with records, marine mammals: Jun 1, Sep 1, Oct 1; seabirds and shorebirds: Mar 7, Apr 2, Aug 16, Dec 7.

Records show where people have surveyed, not how many animals there are.

Cayo Cobos: notes

Trips to island groups are booked in advance.

Getting to Cayo Cobos

• Navigation: the lighthouse Faro Cayo Francés stands about 5.8 km away.