Cayos de la Herradura

Cayos de la Herradura: coast and water

1870 m at 247°: Boca de las Manchitas (channel); 4660 m at 358°: Laguna Blanca (lagoon); 6190 m at 245°: Pasa Restinga de los Machos (channel); 7850 m at 99°: Punta Catecismo (point); 9720 m at 3°: Ensenada de Las Brujas (cove); 9810 m at 271°: Canalizo de Juan Simón (channel); 11500 m at 357°: Punta del Este (point); 12910 m at 329°: Punta La Puntilla (point).

Cayos de la Herradura: islands

550 m at 93°: Cayos Las Loras (island group); 4560 m at 329°: Cayo La Trina (island); 6470 m at 301°: Cayo Pueblo Viejo (island); 7560 m at 341°: Cayo Cobos (island group); 11160 m at 18°: Cayuelo de Piedra (island); 13550 m at 34°: Cayos Ensenachos (island group); 13620 m at 196°: Cayo Guainabo (island); 14320 m at 181°: Cayo Almita (island); 14590 m at 210°: Cayo Salinas (island); 14810 m at 187°: Cayo Cueva (island); 15180 m at 28°: Cayo Guanal (island); 15370 m at 227°: Cayo Lucas (island).

Cayos de la Herradura: inland

9470 m at 11°: villa las brujas (hotel); 13570 m at 34°: Iberostar Coral Ensenachos (hotel); 13710 m at 35°: Cayo Ensenachos (settlement); 16030 m at 30°: Meliá Buenavista (hotel); 16800 m at 39°: Sol Cayo Santa María (hotel); 17190 m at 167°: Cueva de Colón, Caguanes (cave).

Cayos de la Herradura: distances

19010 m at 202°: Playa Victoria; 19950 m at 218°: Playa Bofill; 20560 m at 218°: Playa Júcaro; 80150 m at 266°: Abel Santamaria International Airport ; 138210 m at 252°: Port of Cienfuegos (port); 51540 m at 85°: Marina Marlin Cayo Guillermo (marina).

Protected: 15080 m at 176°: Parque Nacional Caguanes; 24250 m at 58°: Refugio de Fauna Cayo Santa María; 29480 m at 187°: Jobo Rosado.

Cayos de la Herradura: close by

370 m at 92°: Cayo Las Loras (cay); 550 m at 93°: Cayos Las Loras (island group); 4550 m at 329°: Cayo La Trina (cay); 5460 m at 93°: Cayo Boca Ciega (cay); 6470 m at 301°: Cayo Pueblo Viejo (cay); 7320 m at 306°: Cayuelo del Pan de Azúcar (cay); 7560 m at 341°: Cayo Cobos (island group); 8180 m at 349°: Cayo las Brujas (cay); 8320 m at 323°: Cayo La Potala (cay); 8450 m at 348°: Cayo Tío Pepe (cay); 10220 m at 270°: Barco hundido (reef); 10920 m at 341°: Cayo Francés (cay).

Cayos de la Herradura: on and around

Within 15 km: 4 stadiums & sport, 2 mines & quarries, 1 fuel stations, 1 marinas, 1 urban parks & plazas, 1 coral reefs.

8850 m at 4°: Quarry (mines & quarries); 9340 m at 354°: Marina Las Brujas (marinas); 9990 m at 8°: Plaza Flor de Sal (pasa día) (urban parks & plazas); 12620 m at 28°: Nautical Center (stadiums & sport); 13630 m at 33°: Nautical Sport Center (stadiums & sport); 13790 m at 36°: Sport Club (stadiums & sport).

Cayos de la Herradura: marine life records

805 records of 202 species within 15 km, 1931 to 2026: 419 fish, 156 seabirds and shorebirds, 117 corals, 50 molluscs, 38 crustaceans, 9 seagrass and algae, 9 echinoderms, 3 marine mammals, 2 sharks and rays, 2 other. That is 113.9 records per 100 km².

Most recorded: Pelecanus occidentalis, 44 (seabirds and shorebirds); Acropora palmata, 26 (corals); Haemulon flavolineatum, 20 (fish); Sparisoma viride, 20 (fish); Montastraea cavernosa, 18 (corals); Haemulon sciurus, 18 (fish); Lutjanus apodus, 18 (fish); Sterna maxima, 17 (seabirds and shorebirds); Acanthurus coeruleus, 17 (fish); Microspathodon chrysurus, 16 (fish); Scarus iseri, 16 (fish); Acanthurus bahianus, 15 (fish).

Months with records, seabirds and shorebirds: Mar 7, Apr 2, Aug 16, Dec 32.

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

Cayos de la Herradura: notes

The pin is one reference point of a larger group.

Getting to Cayos de la Herradura

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