Cayos Boquerones

Cayos Boquerones: coast and water

420 m at 181°: Punta Inés de Soto (point); 3430 m at 102°: Punta Gervasio (point); 3540 m at 211°: Laguna Tumba Cuatro (marsh); 3820 m at 52°: Punta Hicacal (point); 4090 m at 76°: Ensenada de Playuelas (bay); 5140 m at 95°: Punta Playuelas (point); 8670 m at 36°: Punta Gallegos (point); 11880 m at 240°: Punta Santa Lucía (point).

Cayos Boquerones: islands

6440 m at 60°: Cayo Largo (island); 6460 m at 60°: Cayo Prieto (island); 6970 m at 245°: Los Cayuelos (island group); 7790 m at 40°: Cayo Inés de Soto (island); 8860 m at 59°: Cayo Redondo (island); 9830 m at 77°: Cayo la Pasa de la Legua (island); 9960 m at 59°: Cayos Legua (island group); 11700 m at 61°: Cayo Pescador (island); 14320 m at 237°: Cayos de Santa Lucía (island group); 14320 m at 237°: Cayos La Garza (island group).

Cayos Boquerones: inland

1760 m at 104°: Río Duque (stream); 4790 m at 115°: San Bernabé (locality); 5890 m at 91°: Arroyo Ojo de Agua (stream); 6320 m at 198°: Corralillo (locality); 6590 m at 231°: Arroyo Correas (stream); 7840 m at 180°: Río Bejuquera (stream).

Cayos Boquerones: distances

12240 m at 81°: La Esperanza; 15630 m at 228°: Santa Lucía; 20470 m at 138°: Viñales; 149920 m at 80°: José Martí International Airport ; 115710 m at 77°: Port of Mariel (port); 143000 m at 74°: Marina Hemingway (marina).

Protected: 19680 m at 161°: Parque Nacional Viñales.

Cayos Boquerones: close by

6440 m at 60°: Cayo Largo (cay); 6460 m at 60°: Cayo Prieto (cay); 6960 m at 245°: Los Cayuelos (island group); 7790 m at 40°: Cayo Inés de Soto (cay); 8860 m at 59°: Cayo Redondo (cay); 9830 m at 76°: Cayo la Pasa de la Legua (cay); 9960 m at 59°: Cayos Legua (island group); 11450 m at 279°: Cabezo El Tingo (reef); 11700 m at 61°: Cayo Pescador (cay); 12330 m at 79°: Muelle (Jetée, Pier) (fishing); 13690 m at 268°: Arrecifes de Los Colorados (reef); 14310 m at 237°: Cayos de Santa Lucía (island group).

Cayos Boquerones: on and around

Within 15 km: 32 guest houses & hostels, 5 schools, 3 stores & supermarkets, 2 historic & heritage, 2 theatres & arts, 2 clinics & polyclinics, 2 marinas, 2 garages & car services, 1 coral reefs, 1 fuel stations.

11540 m at 99°: La Cabaña de la Doctora Maricely (guest houses & hostels); 12130 m at 82°: Casa Maribel - Cabana del Sol (guest houses & hostels); 12170 m at 79°: Las Cabañas (guest houses & hostels); 12190 m at 84°: El Barchito (historic & heritage); 12340 m at 81°: Cine (theatres & arts); 12400 m at 79°: Martí (historic & heritage); 12520 m at 79°: La Pesca Deportiva (marinas); 12690 m at 79°: La Pesca Profesional (marinas); 13390 m at 173°: Pan de Azucar (peaks & volcanoes); 14520 m at 227°: La Sabana (theatres & arts); 14640 m at 137°: Mirador (attractions); 14750 m at 227°: Paladar Rosymar (cuban cuisine & lechón).

Cayos Boquerones: marine life records

41 records of 15 species within 15 km, 1914 to 2025: 12 seabirds and shorebirds, 9 other, 8 fish, 6 marine mammals, 4 seagrass and algae, 1 crustaceans, 1 molluscs. That is 5.8 records per 100 km².

Most recorded: Charadrius vociferus, 10 (seabirds and shorebirds); Gaussia princeps, 7 (other); Trichechus manatus, 6 (marine mammals); Cocos nucifera, 4 (seagrass and algae); Pelecanus occidentalis, 2 (seabirds and shorebirds); Poeciliidae, 2 (fish); Dactyloscopus poeyi, 2 (fish); Cichlidae, 1 (fish); Euthynnus alletteratus, 1 (fish); Dolichopodidae, 1 (other); Pterois, 1 (fish); Myripristis jacobus, 1 (fish).

Months with records, marine mammals: Jan 3; seabirds and shorebirds: Jan 1, Mar 1, May 2, Sep 1.

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

Cayos Boquerones: notes

Trips to island groups are booked in advance.