Cayos de la Manuy

Cayos de la Manuy: coast and water

2190 m at 77°: Boca La Manuy (inlet); 3960 m at 97°: Playa El Patabán (beach); 6930 m at 87°: Canalizo del Genovés (channel); 7300 m at 249°: Punta de Piedras (point); 7610 m at 249°: Punta Corojal (point); 9460 m at 221°: Corojal (estuary); 10360 m at 130°: Punta Palmita (point); 12410 m at 356°: Punta Carenero (point).

Cayos de la Manuy: islands

7130 m at 40°: Cayo Hijo de Cayo Machos (island); 11270 m at 52°: Cayo Factor (island); 11360 m at 302°: Cayo Diana (island); 12730 m at 48°: Cayo Seboruquito (island); 13260 m at 1°: Cayos Blancos (island group); 14410 m at 53°: Cayo Seboruco (island); 14460 m at 65°: Cayo la Muerte (island); 14570 m at 10°: Cayos de las Brujas (island group); 15470 m at 248°: Cayo Cupey (island); 17910 m at 21°: Cayo La Pluma (island); 18080 m at 63°: Cayo Hornilla (island); 19140 m at 250°: Cayo Marcote (island).

Cayos de la Manuy: inland

13010 m at 117°: La Palma (stream); 13570 m at 214°: Pelayo (locality); 13770 m at 206°: Río Rancho Boyeros (stream); 14410 m at 182°: Laguna Cayama (pond); 14470 m at 170°: Retribución (locality); 14860 m at 140°: La Vega (locality).

Cayos de la Manuy: distances

17050 m at 307°: Laguna Mangón; 17820 m at 155°: La Laguna; 18060 m at 105°: Playa Musulmanes; 44550 m at 259°: Juan Gualberto Gomez International Airport ; 57890 m at 263°: Port of Matanzas (port); 13830 m at 294°: Marina Gaviota Varadero (marina).

Protected: 15160 m at 1°: Reserva Ecológica Cayo Mono Galindo; 17440 m at 302°: Reserva Ecológica Varahicacos; 17740 m at 302°: Varahicacos.

Cayos de la Manuy: close by

500 m at 331°: Cayuelo Grande (cay); 7130 m at 40°: Cayo Hijo de Cayo Machos (cay); 7130 m at 40°: Cayo Machito (cay); 8170 m at 17°: Cayo Machos (cay); 9120 m at 329°: Cayo Romero (cay); 9270 m at 80°: Cayo Genovés (cay); 9450 m at 5°: Delfinario aguas abiertas Rancho Cangrejo (fishing); 9650 m at 357°: Cayo Hijo de Cayo Blanco (cay); 9870 m at 345°: Cayos Careneros (island group); 9940 m at 315°: Cayo Chalupa Alta (cay); 11210 m at 73°: Cayos de las Cinco Leguas (island group); 11270 m at 52°: Cayo Factor (cay).

Cayos de la Manuy: on and around

Within 15 km: 1 attractions, 1 guest houses & hostels, 1 surfing & kiteboarding.

9450 m at 5°: Delfinario aguas abiertas Rancho Cangrejo (attractions); 14450 m at 305°: Casa presidencial de Raúl Castro (guest houses & hostels).

Cayos de la Manuy: marine life records

488 records of 192 species within 15 km, 1898 to 2026: 178 molluscs, 128 seabirds and shorebirds, 83 marine mammals, 43 crustaceans, 22 seagrass and algae, 13 corals, 13 fish, 3 sponges, 2 echinoderms, 2 other, 1 sharks and rays. That is 69.0 records per 100 km².

Most recorded: Tursiops truncatus, 77 (marine mammals); Pelecanus occidentalis, 22 (seabirds and shorebirds); Sterna maxima, 19 (seabirds and shorebirds); Coenobita clypeatus, 17 (crustaceans); Physalia physalis, 12 (corals); Arenaria interpres, 12 (seabirds and shorebirds); Calidris alba, 11 (seabirds and shorebirds); Ocypode quadrata, 9 (crustaceans); Charadrius vociferus, 9 (seabirds and shorebirds); Fregata magnificens, 9 (seabirds and shorebirds); Cocos nucifera, 8 (seagrass and algae); Rynchops niger, 7 (seabirds and shorebirds).

Months with records, marine mammals: Jan 2, Feb 3, Mar 11, Apr 3, May 4, Jun 8, Jul 14, Aug 24, Oct 3, Dec 11; seabirds and shorebirds: Jan 1, Feb 4, May 5, Jul 1, Nov 10, Dec 25.

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

Cayos de la Manuy: notes

Ask an operator which cays can be reached.

Getting to Cayos de la Manuy

• Navigation: the lighthouse Faro de Cayo Diana stands about 11 km away.