Cayos Las Loras

Cayos Las Loras: coast and water

4740 m at 351°: Laguna Blanca (lagoon); 6500 m at 240°: Restinga de los Machos (shoal); 6830 m at 356°: Lagunato de Chauchau (channel); 7300 m at 100°: Punta Catecismo (point); 7640 m at 273°: Lagunato El Inglés (lagoon); 10360 m at 271°: Canalizo de Juan Simón (channel); 10790 m at 102°: Punta Providencia (point); 13230 m at 327°: Punta La Puntilla (point).

Cayos Las Loras: islands

550 m at 273°: Cayos de la Herradura (island group); 7790 m at 304°: Cayuelo del Pan de Azúcar (island); 8680 m at 321°: Cayo La Potala (island); 10960 m at 21°: Cayo El Ensenachito (island); 11780 m at 15°: Cayo Agustín (island); 12500 m at 97°: Cayo Pasaje (island); 12610 m at 37°: Cayo Chivo (island); 14010 m at 188°: Cayo Redras (island); 14690 m at 192°: Cayo Fábrica (island); 14970 m at 26°: Cayo Guanal (island); 15510 m at 42°: Cayo Santa Maria (island); 16800 m at 62°: Cayo Mogote (island).

Cayos Las Loras: inland

7300 m at 299°: Pueblo Viejo (settlement); 15770 m at 28°: Melia Buenavista All Inclusive Royal Service & Spa (hotel); 15800 m at 28°: Meliá Buenavista (hotel); 16490 m at 37°: Sol Cayo Santa María (hotel); 17030 m at 168°: Cueva de Ramos, Caguanes (cave); 17040 m at 168°: Cueva de Colón, Caguanes (cave).

Cayos Las Loras: distances

19190 m at 203°: Playa Victoria; 20260 m at 219°: Playa Bofill; 20870 m at 219°: Playa Júcaro; 80690 m at 266°: Abel Santamaria International Airport ; 138720 m at 252°: Port of Cienfuegos (port); 50990 m at 84°: Marina Marlin Cayo Guillermo (marina).

Protected: 15020 m at 178°: Parque Nacional Caguanes; 23800 m at 57°: Refugio de Fauna Cayo Santa María; 29520 m at 188°: Jobo Rosado.

Cayos Las Loras: close by

180 m at 276°: Cayo Las Loras (cay); 550 m at 273°: Cayos de la Herradura (island group); 4890 m at 324°: Cayo La Trina (cay); 4910 m at 93°: Cayo Boca Ciega (cay); 6960 m at 299°: Cayo Pueblo Viejo (cay); 7780 m at 338°: Cayo Cobos (island group); 7790 m at 304°: Cayuelo del Pan de Azúcar (cay); 8340 m at 345°: Cayo las Brujas (cay); 8610 m at 345°: Cayo Tío Pepe (cay); 8680 m at 321°: Cayo La Potala (cay); 10770 m at 270°: Barco hundido (reef); 10960 m at 21°: Cayo El Ensenachito (cay).

Cayos Las Loras: on and around

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

8860 m at 0°: Quarry (mines & quarries); 9450 m at 351°: Marina Las Brujas (marinas); 9960 m at 5°: Plaza Flor de Sal (pasa día) (urban parks & plazas); 12400 m at 26°: Nautical Center (stadiums & sport); 13370 m at 31°: Nautical Sport Center (stadiums & sport); 13510 m at 34°: Sport Club (stadiums & sport).

Cayos Las Loras: marine life records

814 records of 203 species within 15 km, 1931 to 2026: 420 fish, 163 seabirds and shorebirds, 117 corals, 50 molluscs, 38 crustaceans, 9 seagrass and algae, 9 echinoderms, 3 marine mammals, 2 sharks and rays, 2 other, 1 turtles. That is 115.2 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 34.

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

Cayos Las Loras: notes

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

Getting to Cayos Las Loras

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