Cayos Redondos

Cayos Redondos: coast and water

930 m at 92°: Punta La Gata (point); 2080 m at 81°: Cañón del Esquivel (channel); 2910 m at 305°: Punta de Pargo (point); 3680 m at 151°: Cabezo Empalizada (shoal); 4900 m at 351°: Playa El Roteño (beach); 5070 m at 315°: Punta Playa de Muertos (point); 5390 m at 186°: Bahía Sagua la Grande (bay); 6390 m at 103°: Boca Ciega (channel).

Cayos Redondos: islands

3150 m at 276°: Cayos Rabihorcados (island group); 3830 m at 337°: Cayo Esquivel del Sur (island); 5280 m at 94°: Cayo Bicho (island); 6700 m at 270°: Cayo Rancho del Cojo (island); 8490 m at 134°: Cayo Paloma (island); 8550 m at 132°: Cayo Palomo (island); 9030 m at 233°: Cayo Bamba (island); 10770 m at 299°: Archipiélago Sabana Camagüey (island group); 11190 m at 115°: Cayo Mariposa (island); 11230 m at 239°: Cayo Las Glorias (island); 12220 m at 266°: Las Picuas (island); 12420 m at 252°: Cayo Cuadrado (island).

Cayos Redondos: inland

8810 m at 117°: Las Miravillas (settlement); 8910 m at 150°: Estación Concha (railway station); 10610 m at 151°: Sagua la Grande (stream); 13930 m at 197°: Roldán (locality); 13990 m at 194°: Júcaro (hamlet); 14020 m at 170°: Laguna del Dorado (pond).

Cayos Redondos: distances

9980 m at 164°: Playa de Punta Gorda; 10160 m at 152°: Isabela de Sagua; 17870 m at 153°: Playa Colorado; 59860 m at 168°: Abel Santamaria International Airport ; 104280 m at 202°: Port of Cienfuegos (port); 105780 m at 202°: Marina Marlin Cienfuegos (marina).

Protected: 23260 m at 202°: Mogotes de Jumagua.

Cayos Redondos: close by

3040 m at 348°: Cayo Esquivel (cay); 3150 m at 276°: Cayos Rabihorcados (island group); 3820 m at 337°: Cayo Esquivel del Sur (cay); 4130 m at 96°: Cayo Iguana (cay); 4600 m at 236°: Cayos Empalizada de Barlovento (island group); 4850 m at 94°: Cayo Matahambre (cay); 5240 m at 348°: Cayo Esquivel del Norte (cay); 5280 m at 94°: Cayo Bicho (cay); 5400 m at 45°: Cayuelo del Cristo (cay); 5580 m at 341°: Cayo Hicacal (cay); 5840 m at 97°: Cayo Tunas (cay); 5850 m at 144°: Cayo Levisa (cay).

Cayos Redondos: on and around

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

9960 m at 149°: Marinas & Náutica Marlin Isabela (marinas); 9970 m at 150°: La Casona (historic & heritage); 10010 m at 148°: Paladar la Estrella (cuban cuisine & lechón); 10160 m at 153°: Concha (Isabela) (stations & terminals).

Cayos Redondos: marine life records

487 records of 148 species within 15 km, 1931 to 2024: 350 fish, 84 corals, 33 crustaceans, 5 molluscs, 5 other, 4 marine mammals, 4 sharks and rays, 2 echinoderms. That is 68.9 records per 100 km².

Most recorded: Haemulon sciurus, 21 (fish); 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, 10 (crustaceans); Strongylura notata, 10 (fish); Anisotremus virginicus, 9 (fish).

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

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 Cayo Cristo stands about 7.4 km away.