Cayo Bariay

Cayo Bariay: coast and water

1130 m at 29°: Bahía de Bariay (bay); 1160 m at 273°: Punta Humilde (point); 1370 m at 48°: Punta González (point); 1520 m at 36°: Playa Bariay (beach); 2250 m at 293°: Bahía Jururú (bay); 2400 m at 331°: Punta Barlovento (point); 2410 m at 22°: Punta Sir George (point); 3010 m at 326°: Punta Sotavento (point); 3050 m at 19°: Punta Bariay (point); 3930 m at 62°: Punta de la Salina (point); 5970 m at 75°: Punta Tumbadero (point); 6240 m at 71°: Punta Gorda (point); 6370 m at 67°: Punta Garza (point); 6520 m at 309°: Punta Moncayo (point); 6540 m at 79°: Bahía de Vita (cove); 7840 m at 298°: Playa de Puercos (beach).

Cayo Bariay: islands

1810 m at 320°: Cayo Bariay (island).

Cayo Bariay: inland

1510 m at 190°: Río Junucún (stream); 1530 m at 190°: Río Guabajaney (stream); 1850 m at 180°: Guayabare (locality); 2530 m at 223°: El Guao (locality); 2800 m at 51°: Don Lino (settlement); 2840 m at 151°: Cangrejera (settlement); 3020 m at 246°: Bracito (settlement); 3120 m at 42°: Villa Don Lino (hotel); 3440 m at 74°: Miramar (settlement); 3710 m at 180°: Ganadera Santa Lucia (locality); 3740 m at 284°: Ojo de Agua (settlement); 4590 m at 200°: La Vega de Junucún (settlement).

Cayo Bariay: distances

1520 m at 36°: Playa Bariay; 1750 m at 26°: Playa las Jibas; 3260 m at 35°: Playa Pesquera; 44080 m at 225°: Frank Pais International Airport ; 38220 m at 131°: Port of Antilla (port); 121910 m at 173°: Marina Marlin Santiago de Cuba (marina).

Protected: 24520 m at 92°: Área en Conservación de Bosque Nativo; 26260 m at 304°: Reserva Ecológica Caletones; 32790 m at 112°: Comité Militar Banes.

Cayo Bariay: close by

440 m at 346°: Sitio Arqueológico (site); 1810 m at 320°: Cayo Bariay (cay); 12240 m at 292°: Muelle de la Pesca (fishing); 12290 m at 292°: Muelle de la Marlin (fishing); 12400 m at 292°: Muelle Base Pesca (fishing); 12460 m at 292°: Muelle del Astillero (fishing); 12910 m at 295°: Segunda piedra (cay); 12970 m at 295°: Primera piedra (cay); 15170 m at 74°: Delfinario Bahía de Naranjo (fishing); 19890 m at 72°: Guardalavaca (reef); 20940 m at 85°: El Chorro de Maita (site); 20950 m at 85°: 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 historic & heritage, 7 theatres & arts, 7 camp sites, 6 factories & works, 6 stadiums & sport.

440 m at 346°: Sitio Arqueológico (museums); 490 m at 338°: Parque De Los Aborigenes (attractions); 1140 m at 310°: La Casa de la Campesina (museums); 1160 m at 337°: El Mirador (cuban cuisine & lechón); 1180 m at 339°: Anfiteatro (theatres & arts); 1340 m at 347°: Playa de Cayo Bariay (attractions); 1350 m at 283°: Caballeriza colonial del Parque Natural Columbus (attractions); 1460 m at 332°: Aldea Taína (attractions); 1600 m at 31°: Monumento a Cristobal Colón (historic & heritage); 1710 m at 13°: Columbus buoy (attractions); 2210 m at 30°: Assen (guest houses & hostels); 3260 m at 189°: Casa de Herevan (guest houses & hostels); 10430 m at 292°: Casa Bayview (guest houses & hostels).

Cayo Bariay: marine life records

533 records of 165 species within 10 km, 1968 to 2025: 215 fish, 93 molluscs, 81 seabirds and shorebirds, 56 crustaceans, 35 echinoderms, 21 seagrass and algae, 15 corals, 14 other, 3 sharks and rays. That is 169.7 records per 100 km².

Most recorded: Coenobita clypeatus, 25 (crustaceans); Abudefduf saxatilis, 20 (fish); Himantopus mexicanus, 18 (seabirds and shorebirds); Egretta tricolor, 15 (seabirds and shorebirds); Arenaria interpres, 14 (seabirds and shorebirds); Ocypode quadrata, 14 (crustaceans); Acanthurus tractus, 14 (fish); Halichoeres bivittatus, 12 (fish); Pterois volitans, 11 (fish); Charadrius vociferus, 10 (seabirds and shorebirds); Acanthopleura granulata, 10 (molluscs); Thalassoma bifasciatum, 10 (fish).

Months with records, seabirds and shorebirds: Feb 5, Mar 8, 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 6.6 km away.