Cayo Bariay

Cayo Bariay: coast and water

710 m at 360°: Punta Barlovento (point); 1040 m at 241°: Bahía Jururú (bay); 1230 m at 335°: Punta Sotavento (point); 1750 m at 103°: Bahía de Bariay (bay); 1940 m at 85°: Playa las Jibas (beach); 2050 m at 94°: Playa Bariay (beach); 2220 m at 102°: Punta González (point); 2240 m at 68°: Punta Sir George (point); 2610 m at 55°: Punta Bariay (point); 3700 m at 51°: Punta la Mula (point); 4640 m at 84°: Punta de la Salina (point); 4640 m at 304°: Playa del Bajo (beach); 4760 m at 304°: Punta Moncayo (point); 7090 m at 85°: Punta Gorda (point); 7110 m at 82°: Punta Garza (point); 7570 m at 91°: Bahía de Vita (cove).

Cayo Bariay: islands

1800 m at 140°: Cayo Bariay (island).

Cayo Bariay: inland

470 m at 116°: Cayo Bariay (settlement); 2350 m at 281°: Sucesores de Rafael González (locality); 2370 m at 77°: Playa Blanca (settlement); 3070 m at 212°: Bracito (settlement); 3290 m at 190°: El Guao (locality); 3350 m at 84°: Don Lino (settlement); 3370 m at 74°: Villa Don Lino (hotel); 3440 m at 160°: Juan (locality); 3750 m at 75°: Playa Costa Verde All Inclusive (hotel); 3980 m at 215°: Saltadero (hamlet); 5230 m at 167°: Maldonada (locality); 5400 m at 110°: Sabanas del Túnel (locality).

Cayo Bariay: distances

1940 m at 85°: Playa las Jibas; 2050 m at 94°: Playa Bariay; 3280 m at 67°: Playa Pesquera; 44290 m at 222°: Frank Pais International Airport ; 40000 m at 132°: Port of Antilla (port); 123430 m at 173°: Marina Marlin Santiago de Cuba (marina).

Protected: 24540 m at 302°: Reserva Ecológica Caletones; 25770 m at 95°: Área en Conservación de Bosque Nativo; 34390 m at 113°: Comité Militar Banes.

Cayo Bariay: close by

1420 m at 133°: Sitio Arqueológico (site); 1810 m at 140°: Cayo Bariay (cay); 10680 m at 287°: Muelle de la Pesca (fishing); 10730 m at 288°: Muelle de la Marlin (fishing); 10850 m at 288°: Muelle Base Pesca (fishing); 10910 m at 287°: Muelle del Astillero (fishing); 11300 m at 292°: Segunda piedra (cay); 11360 m at 292°: Primera piedra (cay); 15990 m at 80°: Delfinario Bahía de Naranjo (fishing); 20630 m at 77°: Guardalavaca (reef); 22010 m at 88°: El Chorro de Maita (site); 22020 m at 88°: Museo de Sitio Chorro de Maíta: Cementerio Aborígen (site).

Cayo Bariay: on and around

Within 15 km: 36 guest houses & hostels, 15 schools, 12 government & embassies, 9 attractions, 8 stores & supermarkets, 7 theatres & arts, 7 historic & heritage, 7 camp sites, 6 clinics & polyclinics, 6 factories & works.

480 m at 102°: Aldea Taína (attractions); 710 m at 157°: La Casa de la Campesina (museums); 770 m at 115°: El Mirador (cuban cuisine & lechón); 780 m at 111°: Anfiteatro (theatres & arts); 860 m at 96°: Playa de Cayo Bariay (attractions); 1100 m at 188°: Caballeriza colonial del Parque Natural Columbus (attractions); 1110 m at 65°: Monumento al Medio Milenio (historic & heritage); 1350 m at 134°: Parque De Los Aborigenes (attractions); 1420 m at 133°: Sitio Arqueológico (museums); 1570 m at 80°: Columbus buoy (attractions); 2330 m at 77°: Assen (guest houses & hostels); 4650 m at 172°: Casa de Herevan (guest houses & hostels); 8890 m at 287°: Casa Bayview (guest houses & hostels).

Cayo Bariay: marine life records

520 records of 165 species within 10 km, 1940 to 2025: 217 fish, 91 molluscs, 70 seabirds and shorebirds, 53 crustaceans, 35 echinoderms, 20 seagrass and algae, 15 corals, 14 other, 3 sharks and rays, 2 marine mammals. That is 165.5 records per 100 km².

Most recorded: Coenobita clypeatus, 24 (crustaceans); Abudefduf saxatilis, 20 (fish); Himantopus mexicanus, 14 (seabirds and shorebirds); Ocypode quadrata, 14 (crustaceans); Acanthurus tractus, 14 (fish); Egretta tricolor, 13 (seabirds and shorebirds); Halichoeres bivittatus, 12 (fish); Pterois volitans, 11 (fish); Arenaria interpres, 10 (seabirds and shorebirds); Charadrius vociferus, 10 (seabirds and shorebirds); Acanthopleura granulata, 10 (molluscs); Thalassoma bifasciatum, 10 (fish).

Months with records, seabirds and shorebirds: Feb 2, Mar 6, May 2, Jul 1.

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

Cayo Bariay: notes

A cay can lie inside a protected area.

Getting to Cayo Bariay

• Navigation: the lighthouse Faro de Puerto de Vita stands about 7.1 km away.
• Navigation: the lighthouse Faro de Punta Rasa stands about 13 km away.