Cayos Cinco Balas

Cayos Cinco Balas: coast and water

6600 m at 17°: Canal Cinco Balas (channel); 13930 m at 40°: Canal Corrales (channel); 14730 m at 20°: Bajo Blanco (shoal); 17430 m at 323°: Bajo Lobo (shoal); 23160 m at 43°: Cayo Piedra (reef); 23680 m at 129°: Laguna Boca de Guano (lagoon); 23980 m at 317°: Canal Bretón (channel); 24620 m at 132°: Punta Seboruco de la Piedra (point).

Cayos Cinco Balas: islands

4460 m at 188°: Cayo Casimba (islet); 6070 m at 164°: Cayo Alcatracito (island); 6880 m at 138°: Cayo Inglés (island); 9880 m at 282°: Cayo Bretón (island); 15630 m at 56°: Cayo Niara (islet); 16300 m at 55°: Cayo Rabihorcado (island); 28080 m at 12°: Cayo Burgao (island); 31540 m at 70°: Cayos Paloma (island group); 42560 m at 108°: Cayo Cargado (island); 47440 m at 327°: Cayo Zaza de Afuera (island); 53510 m at 128°: Cayo Anclitas (island group); 57630 m at 128°: Cayo Miraflores (island).

Cayos Cinco Balas: inland

53830 m at 5°: Rincón de Lugones (locality); 54650 m at 19°: Los Derrames (locality); 56000 m at 332°: Sabana de Ciego Banao (settlement); 56230 m at 355°: Arroyo de Boquerones (stream); 56360 m at 6°: Los Galleguitos (airfield); 56570 m at 8°: Manuel Casas (hamlet).

Cayos Cinco Balas: distances

71940 m at 350°: Guasimal; 74380 m at 7°: La Sierpe; 83830 m at 358°: Bacuino de Reyes; 103510 m at 318°: Alberto Delgado Airport ; 164120 m at 316°: Port of Cienfuegos (port); 100330 m at 317°: Marina Trinidad (Casilda) (marina).

Cayos Cinco Balas: close by

4460 m at 188°: Cayo Casimba (cay); 6070 m at 164°: Cayo Alcatracito (cay); 6880 m at 138°: Cayo Inglés (cay); 6910 m at 149°: Cayo Alcatraz (cay); 7080 m at 152°: Cayo Alcatraz Grande (cay); 9880 m at 282°: Cayo Bretón (cay); 15630 m at 56°: Cayo Niara (cay); 15640 m at 56°: Cayuelo de Rabihorcado (cay); 16300 m at 55°: Cayo Rabihorcado (cay); 23150 m at 43°: Cayo Piedra (reef).

Cayos Cinco Balas: on and around

Within 15 km: 45 coral reefs.

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Cayos Cinco Balas: marine life records

2188 records of 83 species within 15 km, 2001 to 2025: 1145 fish, 1041 corals, 1 other, 1 seabirds and shorebirds. That is 309.5 records per 100 km².

Most recorded: Acropora palmata, 223 (corals); Millepora complanata, 139 (corals); Siderastrea siderea, 136 (corals); Porites astreoides, 127 (corals); Acanthurus coeruleus, 117 (fish); Sparisoma viride, 106 (fish); Scarus iseri, 78 (fish); Agaricia agaricites, 69 (corals); Sparisoma aurofrenatum, 66 (fish); Microspathodon chrysurus, 65 (fish); Lutjanus apodus, 58 (fish); Acanthurus bahianus, 54 (fish).

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

Cayos Cinco Balas: notes

Ask an operator which cays can be reached.

Getting to Cayos Cinco Balas

• Navigation: the lighthouse Faro de Cayo Bretón stands about 13 km away.