Cayos de las Cinco Leguas

Cayos de las Cinco Leguas: coast and water

2200 m at 235°: Punta del Genovés (point); 2790 m at 60°: Punta El Factor (point); 3300 m at 55°: Ensenada de Cayo La Muerte (cove); 6540 m at 52°: Ensenada del Ferrol (cove); 8530 m at 173°: Punta Río La Palma (point); 9030 m at 253°: Boca La Manuy (inlet); 9630 m at 78°: Ensenada de la Sevilla (cove); 10300 m at 196°: Punta Palmita (point).

Cayos de las Cinco Leguas: islands

3730 m at 40°: Cayo la Muerte (island); 5150 m at 338°: Cayo Palomo (island); 5500 m at 346°: Cayo Seboruquito (island); 5600 m at 7°: Cayo Seboruco (island); 9570 m at 299°: Cayo Machos (island); 10510 m at 341°: Cayo el Sombrero (island); 11210 m at 253°: Cayos de la Manuy (island group); 11330 m at 256°: Cayuelo Grande (island); 13000 m at 300°: Cayo Hijo de Cayo Blanco (island); 13160 m at 84°: Cayos Hijos de las Cinco Leguas (island group); 15410 m at 321°: Cayo Blanco (island); 16130 m at 287°: Cayo Romero (island).

Cayos de las Cinco Leguas: inland

12700 m at 127°: Playa Menéndez (settlement); 13460 m at 145°: Casualidad (hamlet); 14460 m at 179°: Río la Palma (hamlet); 14550 m at 138°: Menéndez (locality); 15210 m at 137°: Balnearios Menéndez (settlement); 15580 m at 179°: La Caobita (locality).

Cayos de las Cinco Leguas: distances

10270 m at 139°: Playa Musulmanes; 14790 m at 118°: Salinas La Teja; 17440 m at 110°: Salinas Bidos; 55710 m at 258°: Juan Gualberto Gomez International Airport ; 68970 m at 262°: Port of Matanzas (port); 23540 m at 276°: Marina Gaviota Varadero (marina).

Protected: 15900 m at 319°: Reserva Ecológica Cayo Mono Galindo; 26270 m at 283°: Reserva Ecológica Varahicacos; 26530 m at 284°: Varahicacos.

Cayos de las Cinco Leguas: close by

2270 m at 225°: Cayo Genovés (cay); 3730 m at 40°: Cayo la Muerte (cay); 4200 m at 334°: Cayo Factor (cay); 4530 m at 335°: Cayo Perro (cay); 5150 m at 338°: Cayo Palomo (cay); 5400 m at 344°: Cayos Redondos (island group); 5500 m at 346°: Cayo Seboruquito (cay); 5610 m at 7°: Cayo Seboruco (cay); 5770 m at 7°: Cayo Partido (cay); 6600 m at 290°: Cayo Machito (cay); 6610 m at 290°: Cayo Hijo de Cayo Machos (cay); 6840 m at 353°: Cayo Melón (cay).

Cayos de las Cinco Leguas: on and around

Within 15 km: 1 attractions.

11690 m at 302°: Delfinario aguas abiertas Rancho Cangrejo (attractions).

Cayos de las Cinco Leguas: marine life records

98 records of 56 species within 15 km, 1931 to 2025: 36 molluscs, 18 seabirds and shorebirds, 13 crustaceans, 13 marine mammals, 9 seagrass and algae, 8 fish, 1 corals. That is 13.9 records per 100 km².

Most recorded: Tursiops truncatus, 13 (marine mammals); Coenobita clypeatus, 12 (crustaceans); Arenaria interpres, 7 (seabirds and shorebirds); Cocos nucifera, 5 (seagrass and algae); Pelecanus occidentalis, 3 (seabirds and shorebirds); Larus smithsonianus, 3 (seabirds and shorebirds); Laguncularia racemosa, 2 (seagrass and algae); Avicennia germinans, 2 (seagrass and algae); Littoraria angulifera, 2 (molluscs); Calidris alba, 2 (seabirds and shorebirds); Abudefduf saxatilis, 2 (fish); Tonna pennata, 1 (molluscs).

Months with records, marine mammals: Mar 2, Apr 2, May 1, Jul 2, Aug 3, Nov 1, Dec 2.

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

Cayos de las Cinco Leguas: notes

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