Cayos Empalizada de Barlovento

Cayos Empalizada de Barlovento: coast and water

4300 m at 294°: Ensenada Rincón del Infierno (cove); 5010 m at 230°: Canal de Carahatas (channel); 5370 m at 62°: Punta La Gata (point); 5400 m at 196°: Punta Collado (point); 6250 m at 341°: Bahía Isabela de Sagua (bay); 6360 m at 216°: Estero de Bamba (inlet); 6770 m at 159°: Punta Caballero (point); 7000 m at 351°: Bajos del Esponjal (shoal).

Cayos Empalizada de Barlovento: islands

3900 m at 312°: Cayo Rancho del Cojo (island); 4450 m at 229°: Cayo Bamba (island); 4600 m at 56°: Cayos Redondos (island group); 5990 m at 292°: Cayo Ocho Arrobas (island); 7550 m at 106°: Cayo Levisa (island); 8100 m at 295°: Cayo El Barbero (island); 8190 m at 236°: Cayo Veloz (island); 8570 m at 282°: Las Picuas (island); 10540 m at 65°: Cayo del Cristo (island); 11180 m at 91°: Cayo de la Cruz (island); 13320 m at 261°: Cayo Las Toninas (island); 14100 m at 99°: Cayo Mariposa (island).

Cayos Empalizada de Barlovento: inland

11000 m at 144°: Fortuna (hamlet); 11970 m at 155°: El Dorado (settlement); 12740 m at 189°: Alcover (locality); 12880 m at 214°: Pozo de Lima (locality); 12950 m at 166°: Hacienda Ganadera (hamlet); 13700 m at 203°: Durán (locality).

Cayos Empalizada de Barlovento: distances

9570 m at 137°: Playa de Punta Gorda; 10720 m at 126°: Isabela de Sagua; 15130 m at 234°: Playa de Durán; 58240 m at 164°: Abel Santamaria International Airport ; 100490 m at 201°: Port of Cienfuegos (port); 101970 m at 201°: Marina Marlin Cienfuegos (marina).

Protected: 19630 m at 194°: Mogotes de Jumagua.

Cayos Empalizada de Barlovento: close by

3000 m at 13°: Cayos Rabihorcados (island group); 3900 m at 312°: Cayo Rancho del Cojo (cay); 4440 m at 229°: Cayo Bamba (cay); 4600 m at 56°: Cayos Redondos (island group); 6000 m at 292°: Cayo Ocho Arrobas (cay); 6400 m at 30°: Cayo Esquivel (cay); 6540 m at 21°: Cayo Esquivel del Sur (cay); 6650 m at 242°: Cayo Las Glorias (cay); 6930 m at 229°: Cayo Punta Rosas (cay); 7550 m at 106°: Cayo Levisa (cay); 8090 m at 260°: Cayo Cuadrado (cay); 8100 m at 295°: Cayo El Barbero (cay).

Cayos Empalizada de Barlovento: on and around

Within 15 km: 6 salt works, 2 factories & works, 1 clinics & polyclinics, 1 historic & heritage, 1 stations & terminals, 1 schools, 1 marinas, 1 cuban cuisine & lechón.

10640 m at 125°: La Casona (historic & heritage); 10650 m at 127°: Concha (Isabela) (stations & terminals); 10750 m at 123°: Marinas & Náutica Marlin Isabela (marinas); 10860 m at 123°: Paladar la Estrella (cuban cuisine & lechón).

Cayos Empalizada de Barlovento: marine life records

467 records of 138 species within 15 km, 1931 to 2024: 324 fish, 84 corals, 25 crustaceans, 20 marine mammals, 5 other, 4 sharks and rays, 3 molluscs, 2 echinoderms. That is 66.1 records per 100 km².

Most recorded: Haemulon sciurus, 21 (fish); Tursiops truncatus, 19 (marine mammals); Acropora palmata, 18 (corals); Montastraea cavernosa, 16 (corals); Lutjanus apodus, 15 (fish); Acanthurus bahianus, 14 (fish); Acanthurus coeruleus, 14 (fish); Microspathodon chrysurus, 14 (fish); Sparisoma viride, 13 (fish); Haemulon flavolineatum, 12 (fish); Gammaridea, 9 (crustaceans); Anisotremus virginicus, 9 (fish).

Months with records, sharks and rays: Apr 3, Dec 1; marine mammals: Jan 19, Jun 1.

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

Cayos Empalizada de Barlovento: notes

Trips to island groups are booked in advance.

Getting to Cayos Empalizada de Barlovento

• Navigation: the lighthouse Faro Cayo Cristo stands about 12 km away.