Cayo Bahía de Cádiz

Cayo Bahía de Cádiz: coast and water

960 m at 167°: Boca Ciega (channel); 5390 m at 243°: Canal La Cubera (channel); 6520 m at 266°: Punta Gorda (point); 6590 m at 152°: Punta Blanquizal (point); 7550 m at 165°: Punta Mujeres (point); 9920 m at 168°: Canal Sierra Morena (channel); 10700 m at 71°: Arrecife de Nicolao (reef); 11620 m at 87°: Bajo Nicolao (reef).

Cayo Bahía de Cádiz: islands

9060 m at 207°: Cayo Tinta (island); 9660 m at 130°: Cayo Blanquizal (island); 11710 m at 174°: Cayo Pasaje (island); 15160 m at 121°: Cayo Alcatraces (island); 15450 m at 139°: Cayo Barco Perdido (island); 15720 m at 150°: Cayo Mosquito (island); 16300 m at 156°: Cayo Mosquitico (island); 19150 m at 172°: Cayo Negrito (island); 21010 m at 146°: Cayo Frío (island); 23410 m at 155°: Cayo Levisa (island); 23850 m at 123°: Cayo Esperanza (island); 24830 m at 126°: Cayo Alto (island).

Cayo Bahía de Cádiz: inland

23150 m at 206°: Dos Hermanos (locality); 23960 m at 218°: Río Chiquito (hamlet); 24170 m at 201°: Molina (locality); 24290 m at 183°: Río Sierra Morena (stream); 24850 m at 213°: San Juan (locality); 24850 m at 213°: La María (locality).

Cayo Bahía de Cádiz: distances

24950 m at 178°: Playa La Fe; 26280 m at 203°: Corralillo; 28360 m at 187°: Sierra Morena; 96470 m at 145°: Abel Santamaria International Airport ; 112490 m at 262°: Port of Matanzas (port); 66540 m at 266°: Marina Gaviota Varadero (marina).

Cayo Bahía de Cádiz: close by

3230 m at 198°: Cayos Falcones (island group); 7290 m at 272°: Arrecife Lavandera de Tierra (reef); 7910 m at 143°: Archipiélago de Sabana (island group); 9060 m at 207°: Cayo Tinta (cay); 9120 m at 156°: Cayo Negro Maco (cay); 9670 m at 130°: Cayo Blanquizal (cay); 10690 m at 71°: Arrecife de Nicolao (reef); 10870 m at 135°: Cayo Basura (cay); 11420 m at 190°: Cayo Esponja (cay); 11480 m at 273°: Cayo Cabezos (cay); 11620 m at 87°: Bajo Nicolao (reef); 11710 m at 174°: Cayo Pasaje (cay).

Cayo Bahía de Cádiz: on and around

Within 15 km: 4 coral reefs.

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Cayo Bahía de Cádiz: marine life records

266 records of 59 species within 10 km, 1997 to 2001: 149 fish, 116 corals, 1 marine mammals. That is 84.7 records per 100 km².

Most recorded: Porites astreoides, 24 (corals); Pseudodiploria clivosa, 19 (corals); Orbicella faveolata, 18 (corals); Acanthurus coeruleus, 13 (fish); Acanthurus bahianus, 10 (fish); Haemulon sciurus, 10 (fish); Haemulon flavolineatum, 10 (fish); Pseudodiploria strigosa, 9 (corals); Montastraea cavernosa, 9 (corals); Haemulon plumierii, 8 (fish); Lutjanus apodus, 8 (fish); Lutjanus griseus, 7 (fish).

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

Cayo Bahía de Cádiz: notes

A cay can lie inside a protected area.

Getting to Cayo Bahía de Cádiz

• Navigation: the lighthouse Faro Cayo Bahía de Cádiz stands about 0.3 km away.