Cayos Blancos del Sur

Cayos Blancos del Sur: coast and water

5310 m at 73°: Ensenada Palmillas (cove); 5910 m at 107°: Las Lavanderas (reef); 9080 m at 309°: Boca de Bandera (channel); 20110 m at 267°: Canal Diego Pérez (channel); 21410 m at 69°: Estero Migote (cove); 24150 m at 315°: Estero la Vaca (cove); 28510 m at 53°: Bay of Pigs (bay); 28950 m at 43°: Entrada Cazones (cove).

Cayos Blancos del Sur: islands

8590 m at 86°: Cayo Blanco (island); 16490 m at 82°: Cayo Rancho de Cándido (island); 18280 m at 62°: Cayo Alcatraz (island); 18420 m at 282°: Cayo Diego Pérez (island); 19630 m at 272°: Cayo Flamenco (island); 26610 m at 300°: Cayo del Masío (island); 28670 m at 104°: Cayo Piedras (island); 31760 m at 264°: Cayo Rabihorcado (island); 31770 m at 142°: Cayo Arenoso (island); 36240 m at 279°: Cayo Palanca (island); 42660 m at 189°: Cayos Los Pájaros (island group); 47960 m at 250°: Cayo Traviesa (island).

Cayos Blancos del Sur: inland

24610 m at 15°: San Lázaro (locality); 27550 m at 40°: Las Vacas (locality); 30370 m at 67°: Lagunillas (locality); 31420 m at 61°: Rosario (locality); 31860 m at 74°: Perdices (locality); 32020 m at 33°: Río Negro (locality).

Cayos Blancos del Sur: distances

22750 m at 55°: Playa Los Cocos; 33570 m at 32°: Ciénaga de Zapata; 34550 m at 35°: Playa Larga; 48410 m at 200°: Vilo Acuña International Airport ; 98630 m at 82°: Port of Cienfuegos (port); 49570 m at 203°: Marina Marlin Cayo Largo (marina).

Protected: 31410 m at 306°: Parque Nacional Ciénaga de Zapata.

Cayos Blancos del Sur: close by

1460 m at 302°: Cayo Ernest Thaelmann (cay); 5920 m at 107°: Las Lavanderas (reef); 8220 m at 354°: Cayo Cayuelo (cay); 8590 m at 86°: Cayo Blanco (cay); 11040 m at 308°: Cayo El Calvario (cay); 13350 m at 84°: Cayo Miguel (island group); 14400 m at 326°: Cayo Cancamán (cay); 15370 m at 191°: Cayo Sigua (cay); 15580 m at 68°: Cayo Borracho (cay); 15960 m at 329°: Cayo Cobo (cay); 16500 m at 82°: Cayo Rancho de Cándido (cay); 18270 m at 52°: Cayo Mogote (cay).

Cayos Blancos del Sur: on and around

Within 15 km: 2 coral reefs, 1 historic & heritage, 1 attractions.

7850 m at 303°: Ernst-Thälmann-Büste (historic & heritage); 14450 m at 49°: Las Salinas (attractions).

Cayos Blancos del Sur: marine life records

3449 records of 125 species within 15 km, 1939 to 2026: 1695 fish, 1501 corals, 227 seabirds and shorebirds, 14 seagrass and algae, 7 crustaceans, 3 marine mammals, 1 molluscs, 1 echinoderms. That is 487.9 records per 100 km².

Most recorded: Acropora palmata, 339 (corals); Siderastrea siderea, 191 (corals); Scarus iseri, 163 (fish); Sparisoma viride, 157 (fish); Orbicella annularis, 145 (corals); Sparisoma aurofrenatum, 123 (fish); Haemulon flavolineatum, 119 (fish); Porites astreoides, 115 (corals); Orbicella franksi, 112 (corals); Agaricia agaricites, 108 (corals); Acanthurus coeruleus, 95 (fish); Orbicella faveolata, 95 (corals).

Months with records, seabirds and shorebirds: Jan 1, Feb 25, Mar 22, May 4, Jun 1, Sep 3, Dec 17.

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

Cayos Blancos del Sur: notes

Remote cays may need a permit, arranged by an operator.