Cayos Las Balsas

Cayos Las Balsas: coast and water

5410 m at 229°: Punta Tabaco (point); 7470 m at 258°: Pasa Versagua (channel); 8850 m at 318°: Playa La Uva (beach); 9970 m at 224°: Ensenada de Cayo Vaca (bay); 10110 m at 320°: Punta Las Lavanderas (point); 12190 m at 189°: Laguna El Don Chicho (lagoon); 12750 m at 187°: Laguna de los Barretos (lagoon); 14530 m at 170°: Playa Nazabal (beach).

Cayos Las Balsas: islands

3010 m at 224°: Cayo Isidoro (island); 7160 m at 289°: Cayo Monte Seco (island); 7400 m at 269°: Cayo Versagua (island); 9670 m at 291°: Cayo Culebra (island); 9720 m at 123°: Cayos de la Tocinera (island group); 10290 m at 329°: Cayuelos de Jutías (island group); 11240 m at 125°: Cayo Marcos (island); 18590 m at 271°: Cayos de la Enfermería (island group); 19740 m at 112°: Roca Vinson (island); 22030 m at 295°: Cayo Maravillas (island); 25430 m at 295°: Cayo de la Cruz (island); 26540 m at 283°: Cayo Mendoza (island).

Cayos Las Balsas: inland

8900 m at 234°: Dolores (locality); 11840 m at 244°: Venturilla (locality); 13810 m at 203°: Estero de Granadillo (locality); 14510 m at 171°: Playa Emilio Córdova (settlement); 16200 m at 206°: Granadillo (locality); 17050 m at 164°: Carratala (locality).

Cayos Las Balsas: distances

14530 m at 170°: Playa Nazábal; 16200 m at 248°: Playa Piñón; 17110 m at 178°: Emilio Córdova; 48680 m at 202°: Abel Santamaria International Airport ; 108340 m at 220°: Port of Cienfuegos (port); 109980 m at 220°: Marina Marlin Cienfuegos (marina).

Protected: 39780 m at 258°: Mogotes de Jumagua.

Cayos Las Balsas: close by

2470 m at 164°: Cayo Alto (cay); 3010 m at 224°: Cayo Isidoro (cay); 3010 m at 357°: Cayos Careneros (island group); 5210 m at 8°: Cayo La Vela (cay); 5210 m at 322°: Cayo Lanzanillo (cay); 5390 m at 5°: Cayuelos de Cayo la Vela (island group); 6570 m at 124°: Cayos del Pajonal (island group); 6970 m at 120°: Cayos Pajonal (cay); 7160 m at 289°: Cayo Monte Seco (cay); 7400 m at 269°: Cayo Versagua (cay); 8210 m at 250°: Cayo Vaca (cay); 8790 m at 95°: Cayo Pajonal (cay).

Cayos Las Balsas: on and around

Within 15 km: 2 police & fire.

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Cayos Las Balsas: marine life records

889 records of 165 species within 15 km, 1939 to 2022: 376 fish, 265 sponges, 236 corals, 4 other, 3 crustaceans, 3 echinoderms, 1 molluscs, 1 seabirds and shorebirds. That is 125.8 records per 100 km².

Most recorded: Demospongiae, 64 (sponges); Spirastrellidae, 40 (sponges); Orbicella faveolata, 36 (corals); Acanthurus bahianus, 33 (fish); Stichopathes, 30 (corals); Acanthurus coeruleus, 28 (fish); Haemulon sciurus, 27 (fish); Haemulon flavolineatum, 26 (fish); Sparisoma viride, 24 (fish); Millepora complanata, 23 (corals); Microspathodon chrysurus, 22 (fish); Mycale (Mycale) laevis, 21 (sponges).

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

Cayos Las Balsas: notes

Ask an operator which cays can be reached.