Cayo Basura

Cayo Basura: coast and water

8710 m at 95°: Canalizo El Hacha (channel); 11090 m at 304°: Bahía de Cádiz (bay); 11320 m at 12°: Arrecife de Nicolao (reef); 13490 m at 85°: Punta Sardines (point); 14810 m at 290°: Canalizo El Santo (channel); 15530 m at 256°: Pasa Baliza (channel); 15930 m at 297°: Punta Gorda (point); 16320 m at 71°: Arrecife Mégano Chico (reef).

Cayo Basura: islands

1500 m at 349°: Cayo Blanquizal (island); 5930 m at 178°: Cayo Mosquito (island); 8990 m at 172°: Cayo Redondo (island); 10420 m at 250°: Cayo Esponja (island); 10600 m at 158°: Cayo Frío (island); 10870 m at 315°: Cayo Bahía de Cádiz (island); 11810 m at 268°: Cayo Tinta (island); 12500 m at 205°: Cayo Negrito (island); 13060 m at 97°: Cayo La Yana (island); 13730 m at 171°: Cayo Levisa (island); 14180 m at 120°: Cayo Alto (island); 17130 m at 153°: Cayo La Solapa (island).

Cayo Basura: inland

18970 m at 201°: Playa Sierra Morena (settlement); 19470 m at 203°: Sucesores de Espinosa (locality); 20260 m at 207°: La Nueva Camila (locality); 20470 m at 203°: Remedios (hamlet); 20530 m at 221°: El Salto (hamlet); 21140 m at 198°: San Vicente (locality).

Cayo Basura: distances

18610 m at 202°: Playa La Fe; 22340 m at 168°: Salinas del Jatal; 23390 m at 209°: Sierra Morena; 85800 m at 146°: Abel Santamaria International Airport ; 109530 m at 182°: Port of Cienfuegos (port); 74190 m at 272°: Marina Gaviota Varadero (marina).

Cayo Basura: close by

1500 m at 349°: Cayo Blanquizal (cay); 3270 m at 293°: Archipiélago de Sabana (island group); 4030 m at 260°: Cayo Negro Maco (cay); 4530 m at 130°: Cayo Cera (cay); 4680 m at 149°: Cayo Barco Perdido (cay); 5260 m at 92°: Cayo Alcatraces (cay); 5940 m at 178°: Cayo Mosquito (cay); 7380 m at 189°: Cayo Mosquitico (cay); 7670 m at 238°: Cayo Pasaje (cay); 8990 m at 172°: Cayo Redondo (cay); 9010 m at 25°: Bajo Nicolao (reef); 9860 m at 298°: Cayos Falcones (island group).

Cayo Basura: on and around

Within 15 km: 3 coral reefs.

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Cayo Basura: marine life records

268 records of 61 species within 10 km, 1970 to 2005: 149 fish, 116 corals, 3 marine mammals. That is 85.3 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).

Months with records, marine mammals: Jan 1, Jun 1, Dec 1.

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

Cayo Basura: notes

Most cays are reached by boat with a guide.

Getting to Cayo Basura

• Navigation: the lighthouse Faro Cayo Bahía de Cádiz stands about 11 km away.