Cayo de Buenavista

Cayo de Buenavista: coast and water

3600 m at 277°: Faro Cayo de Buenavista (lighthouse); 3640 m at 284°: Estero Segismundo (estuary); 5680 m at 150°: Surgidero Los Arroyos (anchorage); 5970 m at 152°: Punta de la Cienaguita (point); 7710 m at 47°: Punta Perché (point); 7730 m at 169°: Punta Los Cocos (point); 8850 m at 76°: Punta Santa Isabel (point); 9780 m at 69°: Ensenada Santa Isabel (bay).

Cayo de Buenavista: islands

490 m at 356°: Cayo de Buenavista (island); 8750 m at 43°: Cayo Rapado Chico (island group); 13530 m at 45°: Cayo Babún (island); 14040 m at 54°: Cayo Murias (island); 14400 m at 38°: Cayo Rapado Grande (island); 22450 m at 187°: Cayo Zapato (island); 22490 m at 182°: Cayo Montano (island); 22500 m at 54°: Cayo Escalón (island); 23100 m at 57°: Cayo Largo (island); 23650 m at 45°: Cayo Diego (island); 23940 m at 180°: Cayo San Francisco (island); 24860 m at 47°: Cayería de Limones (island group).

Cayo de Buenavista: inland

5880 m at 140°: Arroyo de La Vigía (stream); 8430 m at 81°: Río Santa Isabel (stream); 9450 m at 139°: Dos Hermanos (locality); 10660 m at 132°: Pizarro (settlement); 12170 m at 84°: Cayo Largo (locality); 12770 m at 135°: Malcasado (settlement).

Cayo de Buenavista: distances

13950 m at 63°: Playa Las Canas; 17330 m at 133°: Mantua; 32450 m at 50°: Playa Alejo; 178850 m at 110°: Rafael Cabrera Airport ; 182620 m at 69°: Port of Mariel (port); 80970 m at 224°: Marina Gaviota Cabo de San Antonio (marina).

Cayo de Buenavista: close by

490 m at 357°: Cayo de Buenavista (cay); 8760 m at 43°: Cayo Rapado Chico (island group); 13530 m at 45°: Cayo Babún (cay); 14040 m at 54°: Cayo Murias (cay); 14400 m at 38°: Cayo Rapado Grande (cay); 22450 m at 187°: Cayo Zapato (cay); 22500 m at 182°: Cayo Montano (cay); 22500 m at 54°: Cayo Escalón (cay); 23100 m at 57°: Cayo Largo (cay); 23650 m at 45°: Cayo Diego (cay); 23940 m at 180°: Cayo San Francisco (cay); 24340 m at 55°: Cayo Dos Hermanos (island group).

Cayo de Buenavista: on and around

Within 15 km: 1 marinas, 1 markets & malls, 1 schools, 1 stores & supermarkets, 1 guest houses & hostels.

5860 m at 148°: Arroyos de Mantua (marinas); 11650 m at 115°: Marlén y Juanito (guest houses & hostels).

Cayo de Buenavista: marine life records

444 records of 159 species within 15 km, 1914 to 2022: 230 sponges, 133 molluscs, 48 corals, 11 other, 11 marine mammals, 6 turtles, 1 sharks and rays, 1 crustaceans, 1 fish, 1 echinoderms, 1 seabirds and shorebirds. That is 62.8 records per 100 km².

Most recorded: Demospongiae, 52 (sponges); Niphates arenata, 24 (sponges); Spirastrella coccinea, 17 (sponges); Agelas, 16 (sponges); Petrosiidae, 15 (sponges); Spirastrella, 12 (sponges); Stichopathes, 11 (corals); Plexauridae, 10 (corals); Trichechus manatus, 10 (marine mammals); Coelocarteria bartschi, 9 (sponges); Ellisella elongata, 8 (corals); Plakortis, 8 (other).

Months with records, marine mammals: Jan 9.

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

Cayo de Buenavista: notes

Trips to island groups are booked in advance.

Getting to Cayo de Buenavista

• Navigation: the lighthouse Faro de Cayo Buenavista stands about 3.6 km away.