Cayo Blanco de Casilda

Cayo Blanco de Casilda: coast and water

2000 m at 312°: Fondeadero Blanco (anchorage); 3490 m at 292°: Marisma (reef); 4160 m at 340°: Canal de los Guairos (channel); 4600 m at 38°: Fondeadero Jobabo (anchorage); 6540 m at 27°: Punta Las Cucharillas (point); 7150 m at 38°: Punta Estero (point); 7210 m at 9°: Ensenada Jobabo (bay); 7300 m at 300°: Arrecifes La Víbora (reef); 7790 m at 66°: Bajo Agabama (shoal); 9370 m at 353°: Punta Chicharrones (point); 9580 m at 316°: Fondeadero Banco del Medio (shoal); 10060 m at 304°: Arrecifes Las Mulatas (reef); 10590 m at 345°: Punta de Tierra (point); 10860 m at 309°: Cabezos Las Mulatas (reef); 11360 m at 349°: Punta Oeste (point); 11640 m at 311°: Banco La Derribada (shoal).

Cayo Blanco de Casilda: islands

5550 m at 122°: Cayo Puga (island); 9010 m at 345°: Cayo Tabaco (island); 9230 m at 61°: Cayos Machos de Tierra (island group); 9310 m at 72°: Cayo Magua (island); 9520 m at 333°: Cayo Guayo (island); 12330 m at 112°: Cayo Macho de Afuera (island).

Cayo Blanco de Casilda: inland

6990 m at 60°: Agabama (stream); 12540 m at 353°: Arroyo El Gato (stream); 12760 m at 34°: Las Rayas (locality); 12860 m at 345°: Los Hermanos (locality); 14340 m at 30°: Ojo de Agua (hamlet); 14340 m at 30°: El Caracol (locality); 14440 m at 8°: Rabo de Zorra (locality); 14440 m at 8°: La Costa (locality); 14480 m at 20°: Laguna El Estero (pond); 14500 m at 52°: San Pedro (stream); 14660 m at 347°: El Pito (locality); 14830 m at 24°: Yaguaramas (stream).

Cayo Blanco de Casilda: distances

12430 m at 45°: Playa Las Majaguas; 15670 m at 319°: Playa Ancón; 16790 m at 311°: Playa Ancoá; 20300 m at 325°: Alberto Delgado Airport ; 80710 m at 315°: Port of Cienfuegos (port); 16920 m at 319°: Marina Trinidad (Casilda) (marina).

Protected: 32650 m at 332°: Área Protegida Topes de Collantes; 37950 m at 336°: Guanayara; 38000 m at 46°: Reserva Ecológica Lomas de Banao.

Cayo Blanco de Casilda: close by

3480 m at 292°: Marisma (reef); 5550 m at 122°: Cayo Puga (cay); 5730 m at 348°: Bajo Diamante (reef); 6230 m at 36°: Restinga Brava (reef); 7310 m at 300°: Arrecifes La Víbora (reef); 9010 m at 345°: Cayo Tabaco (cay); 9230 m at 61°: Cayos Machos de Tierra (island group); 9310 m at 72°: Cayo Magua (cay); 9520 m at 333°: Cayo Guayo (cay); 10060 m at 304°: Arrecifes Las Mulatas (reef); 10850 m at 309°: Cabezos Las Mulatas (reef); 12330 m at 112°: Cayo Macho de Afuera (cay).

Cayo Blanco de Casilda: on and around

Within 15 km: 7 attractions, 3 coral reefs.

12300 m at 113°: Cayo Macho (attractions); 13320 m at 316°: punta de ancon (attractions); 13410 m at 316°: barca (attractions); 13460 m at 317°: barca1 (attractions); 13920 m at 318°: pesqueroblas (attractions); 13940 m at 318°: la barca (attractions).

Cayo Blanco de Casilda: marine life records

931 records of 79 species within 10 km, 2001 to 2022: 475 fish, 439 corals, 8 molluscs, 4 seabirds and shorebirds, 2 crustaceans, 2 marine mammals, 1 echinoderms. That is 296.3 records per 100 km².

Most recorded: Acropora palmata, 67 (corals); Porites astreoides, 59 (corals); Orbicella franksi, 49 (corals); Acanthurus coeruleus, 47 (fish); Sparisoma viride, 46 (fish); Scarus iseri, 42 (fish); Agaricia agaricites, 40 (corals); Sparisoma aurofrenatum, 37 (fish); Orbicella faveolata, 37 (corals); Acanthurus bahianus, 36 (fish); Millepora complanata, 32 (corals); Chaetodon capistratus, 32 (fish).

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

Cayo Blanco de Casilda: notes

Most cays are reached by boat with a guide.

Getting to Cayo Blanco de Casilda

• Navigation: the lighthouse Faro de Cayo Blanco de Casilda stands about 0.3 km away.