Cayo Bicho

Cayo Bicho: coast and water

1450 m at 138°: Boca Ciega (channel); 2720 m at 32°: Punta Prácticos (point); 2760 m at 46°: Punta del Cristo (point); 3280 m at 281°: Cañón del Esquivel (channel); 3580 m at 348°: Punta Chernas (point); 4210 m at 151°: Punta Leña (point); 4830 m at 142°: Boca Marillani (channel); 6530 m at 310°: Punta La Aguada (point).

Cayo Bicho: islands

2240 m at 13°: Cayo del Cristo (island); 3210 m at 139°: Cayo de la Cruz (island); 4770 m at 203°: Cayo Levisa (island); 5280 m at 274°: Cayos Redondos (island group); 6570 m at 132°: Cayo Mariposa (island); 7520 m at 186°: Cayo Mendoza (island); 9030 m at 308°: Cayo Hicacal (island); 11970 m at 272°: Cayo Rancho del Cojo (island); 13060 m at 149°: Cayo Chubasco (island); 13780 m at 306°: Cayo Arbolito (island); 14540 m at 153°: Cayos de la Enfermería (island group); 14610 m at 270°: Cayo Ocho Arrobas (island).

Cayo Bicho: inland

4510 m at 145°: Las Miravillas (settlement); 7460 m at 187°: Estación Concha (railway station); 8960 m at 181°: Sagua la Grande (stream); 11410 m at 193°: Fortuna (hamlet); 13790 m at 192°: Laguna del Dorado (pond); 14850 m at 183°: Palma Sola (locality).

Cayo Bicho: distances

8610 m at 183°: Isabela de Sagua; 9620 m at 195°: Playa de Punta Gorda; 15870 m at 170°: Playa Colorado; 58700 m at 173°: Abel Santamaria International Airport ; 106070 m at 205°: Port of Cienfuegos (port); 107600 m at 205°: Marina Marlin Cienfuegos (marina).

Protected: 25400 m at 213°: Mogotes de Jumagua.

Cayo Bicho: close by

430 m at 270°: Cayo Matahambre (cay); 670 m at 127°: Cayo Tunas (cay); 1160 m at 266°: Cayo Iguana (cay); 2240 m at 13°: Cayo del Cristo (cay); 3210 m at 139°: Cayo de la Cruz (cay); 4390 m at 341°: Cayuelo del Cristo (cay); 4770 m at 203°: Cayo Levisa (cay); 5090 m at 72°: Cabezos de Maravillas (reef); 5280 m at 274°: Cayos Redondos (island group); 5470 m at 168°: Cayo Palomo (cay); 5620 m at 171°: Cayo Paloma (cay); 6500 m at 128°: Cayo Maravillas (cay).

Cayo Bicho: on and around

Within 15 km: 6 salt works, 2 factories & works, 1 cuban cuisine & lechón, 1 marinas, 1 historic & heritage, 1 stations & terminals, 1 schools, 1 clinics & polyclinics.

8150 m at 180°: Paladar la Estrella (cuban cuisine & lechón); 8180 m at 181°: Marinas & Náutica Marlin Isabela (marinas); 8340 m at 182°: La Casona (historic & heritage); 8710 m at 184°: Concha (Isabela) (stations & terminals).

Cayo Bicho: marine life records

200 records of 95 species within 10 km, 1931 to 2024: 156 fish, 30 crustaceans, 5 other, 4 sharks and rays, 3 molluscs, 1 echinoderms, 1 marine mammals. That is 63.7 records per 100 km².

Most recorded: Gammaridea, 10 (crustaceans); Strongylura notata, 9 (fish); Dynamenella perforata, 8 (crustaceans); Lophogobius cyprinoides, 8 (fish); Gerres cinereus, 7 (fish); Limia vittata, 6 (fish); Gambusia puncticulata, 6 (fish); Sphyraena barracuda, 5 (fish); Ctenogobius boleosoma, 5 (fish); Cyprinodon variegatus, 4 (fish); Archosargus rhomboidalis, 4 (fish); Erotelis smaragdus, 4 (fish).

Months with records, sharks and rays: Apr 3, Dec 1.

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

Cayo Bicho: notes

A cay can lie inside a protected area.

Getting to Cayo Bicho

• Navigation: the lighthouse Faro Cayo Cristo stands about 2.7 km away.