Cays & islands · Santiago de Cuba
Caimanes
Caimanes is an island at 20°01′20″N 75°51′15″W in Santiago de Cuba province.
Caimanes: coast and water
440 m at 232°: Punta Duan (point); 1180 m at 66°: Punta Perro (point); 1310 m at 270°: Bahía de Miradero (inlet); 1440 m at 245°: Punta Medios (point); 1440 m at 245°: Punta Paradas (point); 1690 m at 146°: Caleta de la Cruz (cove); 1960 m at 164°: Ensenada Cocos (cove); 1990 m at 170°: Punta Cocos (point); 2510 m at 170°: Playa los Coquitos (beach); 2800 m at 208°: Caleta Presidio (cove); 2800 m at 208°: Punta Yarey (point); 3840 m at 220°: Punta Azules (point); 4520 m at 197°: Ensenada Carivisa (cove); 4520 m at 197°: Punta Limeta (point); 5290 m at 215°: Punta Fortalezas (point); 5750 m at 208°: Punta Júcaro (point).
Caimanes: islands
1440 m at 245°: Cayo Paradas (island); 2680 m at 201°: Cayo Ratones (island); 5480 m at 204°: Cayo Granma (island).
Caimanes: inland
300 m at 73°: Buena Vista (locality); 2270 m at 106°: Reparto Altamira (district); 2510 m at 170°: Reparto Belmare (district); 2620 m at 92°: Hotel Cubanacan Casa Granda (hotel); 2730 m at 74°: Hotel Casagranda (hotel); 2730 m at 74°: Hostal San Basilio (hotel); 3350 m at 337°: La Quinta (hamlet); 3370 m at 91°: Islazul Libertad (hotel); 3590 m at 154°: Caridad (locality); 3790 m at 44°: San Pedrito (locality); 3820 m at 111°: Las Americas Hotel (hotel); 3850 m at 196°: Níspero (locality).
Caimanes: distances
2100 m at 155°: Reparto Altamira; 2510 m at 170°: Playa los Coquitos; 3380 m at 85°: Santiago de Cuba; 5630 m at 160°: Antonio Maceo International Airport ; 6040 m at 196°: Port of Santiago de Cuba (port); 5510 m at 207°: Marina Marlin Santiago de Cuba (marina).
Protected: 6070 m at 196°: Castillo de San Pedro de la Roca; 11330 m at 126°: Biosfera ecológica Siboney-Juticí; 31160 m at 96°: Reserva de Biosfera Baconao.
Caimanes: close by
1440 m at 245°: Cayo Paradas (cay); 1500 m at 143°: Muelle de Granos (fishing); 1960 m at 84°: Puerto Guillermón Moncada (fishing); 2390 m at 186°: Embarcadero (fishing); 2680 m at 201°: Cayo Ratones (cay); 2890 m at 208°: Muelle de la Refinería (fishing); 5360 m at 200°: USS Merrimac (1894) (wreck); 5380 m at 201°: USS Merrimac (reef); 5480 m at 204°: Cayo Granma (cay); 5680 m at 199°: Punto de pesca (fishing); 6070 m at 203°: Batería Alta de La Socapa (site); 6360 m at 199°: Bajo Diamante (reef).
Caimanes: on and around
Within 15 km: 279 guest houses & hostels, 122 schools, 100 historic & heritage, 69 factories & works, 58 stores & supermarkets, 57 clinics & polyclinics, 56 attractions, 44 theatres & arts, 40 places of worship, 28 urban parks & plazas.
1690 m at 89°: Terminal de Cruceros (stations & terminals); 1770 m at 19°: Casa de la Cultura "José Manuel Poveda" (theatres & arts); 1820 m at 96°: Alameda (stations & terminals); 1840 m at 34°: Mirtha (guest houses & hostels); 1860 m at 98°: Sofa (attractions); 1870 m at 102°: José Martí (historic & heritage); 1880 m at 95°: FREE TOUR por Santiago de Cuba (attractions); 1880 m at 99°: Paseo de Alameda (urban parks & plazas); 1890 m at 98°: Don German Michaelsen y Schroeder (historic & heritage); 1940 m at 98°: Sir Lambton Lorraine (historic & heritage); 1940 m at 98°: Clara Barton (historic & heritage); 2030 m at 104°: Karina (guest houses & hostels); 2180 m at 97°: Casa Lucia (guest houses & hostels).
Caimanes: marine life records
259 records of 110 species within 10 km, 1884 to 2025: 93 seabirds and shorebirds, 42 crustaceans, 39 molluscs, 35 echinoderms, 23 corals, 13 fish, 5 marine mammals, 4 sponges, 4 other, 1 seagrass and algae. That is 82.4 records per 100 km².
Most recorded: Pelecanus occidentalis, 19 (seabirds and shorebirds); Coenobita clypeatus, 13 (crustaceans); Cardisoma guanhumi, 12 (crustaceans); Actitis macularius, 8 (seabirds and shorebirds); Egretta tricolor, 7 (seabirds and shorebirds); Himantopus mexicanus, 7 (seabirds and shorebirds); Menippe mercenaria, 6 (crustaceans); Nicella obesa, 6 (corals); Ophiocamax hystrix, 6 (echinoderms); Megaceryle alcyon, 5 (seabirds and shorebirds); Rynchops niger, 4 (seabirds and shorebirds); Sterna maxima, 4 (seabirds and shorebirds).
Months with records, marine mammals: Jan 1, Feb 2, May 1, Sep 1; seabirds and shorebirds: Feb 2, Mar 1, Jul 1.
Records show where people have surveyed, not how many animals there are.
Caimanes: notes
Some cays belong to resorts and are closed to day visitors.
Getting to Caimanes
- Navigation: the lighthouse Faro del Morro de Santiago de Cuba stands about 6.3 km away.
Sources and data
Name and position: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0) (record). Distances are straight-line measurements from these coordinates. Satellite imagery: Esri, Maxar. Named places: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Positions from public gazetteers can be approximate, so confirm a location with a local operator before you travel.