Cayos Redondos

Cayos Redondos: coast and water

5900 m at 31°: Canalizo Las Bocainas (channel); 6730 m at 99°: Ensenada del Ferrol (cove); 7240 m at 26°: Canal Melón (channel); 8700 m at 314°: Boca las Brujas (channel); 10150 m at 101°: Punta La Sevilla (point); 10340 m at 211°: Playa El Patabán (beach); 10610 m at 296°: Canalizo Carenerito (channel); 10850 m at 292°: Punta Carenero (point).

Cayos Redondos: islands

2260 m at 80°: Cayo Seboruco (island); 4550 m at 121°: Cayo la Muerte (island); 5400 m at 164°: Cayos de las Cinco Leguas (island group); 6770 m at 181°: Cayo Genovés (island); 7570 m at 36°: Cayo Galindo (island); 8970 m at 312°: Cayos de las Brujas (island group); 9850 m at 277°: Cayo Hijo de Cayo Blanco (island); 10630 m at 310°: Cayo Blanco (island); 11810 m at 276°: Cayos Careneros (island group); 12460 m at 228°: Cayos de la Manuy (island group); 13950 m at 268°: Cayo Romero (island); 14850 m at 108°: Cayo Portillo (island).

Cayos Redondos: inland

17320 m at 137°: Playa Menéndez (settlement); 18080 m at 132°: La Teja (settlement); 18650 m at 150°: Casualidad (hamlet); 18740 m at 176°: Paso Real (locality); 19080 m at 233°: Cayo Corojal (locality); 20170 m at 144°: Balnearios Menéndez (settlement).

Cayos Redondos: distances

15340 m at 147°: Playa Musulmanes; 18960 m at 130°: Salinas La Teja; 21100 m at 122°: Salinas Bidos; 55570 m at 252°: Juan Gualberto Gomez International Airport ; 68410 m at 257°: Port of Matanzas (port); 22080 m at 263°: Marina Gaviota Varadero (marina).

Protected: 11230 m at 307°: Reserva Ecológica Cayo Mono Galindo; 24060 m at 272°: Reserva Ecológica Varahicacos; 24290 m at 272°: Varahicacos.

Cayos Redondos: close by

280 m at 54°: Cayo Seboruquito (cay); 600 m at 227°: Cayo Palomo (cay); 1140 m at 200°: Cayo Perro (cay); 1460 m at 194°: Cayo Factor (cay); 1660 m at 15°: Cayo Dama (cay); 1730 m at 22°: Cayo Melón (cay); 1970 m at 320°: Cayo Vara (cay); 2260 m at 80°: Cayo Seboruco (cay); 2310 m at 76°: Cayo Partido (cay); 4550 m at 121°: Cayo la Muerte (cay); 4770 m at 7°: Cayo Hijo de la Pluma (cay); 5130 m at 338°: Cayo el Sombrero (cay).

Cayos Redondos: on and around

Within 15 km: 5 coral reefs, 1 attractions, 1 parks & reserves.

8430 m at 277°: Delfinario aguas abiertas Rancho Cangrejo (attractions); 11230 m at 307°: Reserva Ecológica Cayo Mono Galindo (parks & reserves).

Cayos Redondos: marine life records

782 records of 174 species within 15 km, 1931 to 2025: 344 fish, 208 corals, 113 sponges, 38 molluscs, 21 marine mammals, 18 seabirds and shorebirds, 14 crustaceans, 9 seagrass and algae, 9 other, 8 echinoderms. That is 110.6 records per 100 km².

Most recorded: Millepora complanata, 37 (corals); Demospongiae, 32 (sponges); Acanthurus coeruleus, 27 (fish); Acanthurus bahianus, 23 (fish); Scarus iseri, 21 (fish); Sparisoma aurofrenatum, 21 (fish); Haemulon flavolineatum, 21 (fish); Sparisoma viride, 20 (fish); Tursiops truncatus, 19 (marine mammals); Haemulon sciurus, 19 (fish); Pseudodiploria strigosa, 16 (corals); Iciligorgia schrammi, 16 (corals).

Months with records, marine mammals: Feb 1, Mar 5, Apr 2, May 2, Jul 3, Aug 4, Nov 1, Dec 3.

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

Cayos Redondos: notes

Trips to island groups are booked in advance.

Getting to Cayos Redondos

• Navigation: the lighthouse Faro Cruz del Padre stands about 11 km away.