Cayos Tumba la Olla

Cayos Tumba la Olla: coast and water

1530 m at 195°: Pasa de Tumba la Olla (channel); 3360 m at 346°: Boca El Serón (channel); 6810 m at 238°: Punta Cayama (point); 7040 m at 54°: Punta de Piedra (point); 7320 m at 190°: Laguna Tío Vivo (lagoon); 8120 m at 285°: Punta Andén (point); 8760 m at 357°: Cabezo de Canaete (reef); 8910 m at 316°: Ensenada del Jobabo (cove).

Cayos Tumba la Olla: islands

3080 m at 42°: Cayos Dromedarios (island group); 6360 m at 331°: Cayo Mariposa (island); 6610 m at 335°: Cayo Maravillas (island); 8120 m at 89°: Cayo Culebra (island); 8260 m at 304°: Cayo Palomo (island); 8370 m at 302°: Cayo Paloma (island); 9170 m at 65°: Cayos Jutías (island group); 10410 m at 96°: Cayo Monte Seco (island); 11190 m at 123°: Cayo Vaca (island); 13040 m at 320°: Cayo Matahambre (island); 13940 m at 87°: Cayo Lanzanillo (island); 14270 m at 328°: Cayo del Cristo (island).

Cayos Tumba la Olla: inland

8180 m at 277°: Sagua la Grande (stream); 9760 m at 167°: Playa Piñón (settlement); 10770 m at 143°: Venturilla (locality); 11130 m at 220°: Pastora de Cartaya (locality); 11730 m at 207°: Yániz (hamlet); 12470 m at 238°: Santa Isabel (locality).

Cayos Tumba la Olla: distances

7690 m at 223°: Playa Colorado; 8510 m at 279°: Isabela de Sagua; 9540 m at 167°: Playa Piñón; 48360 m at 182°: Abel Santamaria International Airport ; 101000 m at 211°: Port of Cienfuegos (port); 102590 m at 212°: Marina Marlin Cienfuegos (marina).

Protected: 24570 m at 243°: Mogotes de Jumagua.

Cayos Tumba la Olla: close by

660 m at 160°: Cayo Tumba la Olla (cay); 1650 m at 225°: Cayo Chubasco (cay); 1940 m at 261°: Nikolis M (reef); 3080 m at 42°: Cayos Dromedarios (island group); 3340 m at 73°: Cayuelos Fondos de Piedra Alta (island group); 3340 m at 205°: Cayos de la Enfermería (island group); 4150 m at 321°: Cayo Hachuela (cay); 5070 m at 87°: Cayo Los Quitasoles (cay); 5280 m at 101°: Cayos de Punta Inglés (island group); 6340 m at 155°: Cayo Róbalo (cay); 6350 m at 331°: Cayo Mariposa (cay); 6610 m at 335°: Cayo Maravillas (cay).

Cayos Tumba la Olla: on and around

Within 15 km: 5 salt works, 2 factories & works, 1 cuban cuisine & lechón, 1 marinas, 1 historic & heritage, 1 stations & terminals, 1 schools, 1 clinics & polyclinics.

8120 m at 283°: Paladar la Estrella (cuban cuisine & lechón); 8260 m at 283°: Marinas & Náutica Marlin Isabela (marinas); 8470 m at 281°: La Casona (historic & heritage); 8650 m at 279°: Concha (Isabela) (stations & terminals).

Cayos Tumba la Olla: marine life records

408 records of 148 species within 15 km, 1931 to 2024: 188 fish, 138 sponges, 34 corals, 32 crustaceans, 7 other, 4 molluscs, 3 sharks and rays, 1 echinoderms, 1 marine mammals. That is 57.7 records per 100 km².

Most recorded: Demospongiae, 33 (sponges); Spirastrellidae, 18 (sponges); Mycale (Mycale) laevis, 18 (sponges); Stichopathes, 14 (corals); Strongylura notata, 11 (fish); Gammaridea, 10 (crustaceans); Limia vittata, 10 (fish); Sphyraena barracuda, 8 (fish); Dynamenella perforata, 8 (crustaceans); Lophogobius cyprinoides, 8 (fish); Gerres cinereus, 7 (fish); Xestospongia, 7 (sponges).

Months with records, sharks and rays: Apr 3.

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

Cayos Tumba la Olla: notes

Ask an operator which cays can be reached.

Getting to Cayos Tumba la Olla

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