Cayo Boca Chica

Cayo Boca Chica: coast and water

5340 m at 134°: Canalizo Ciego de Cobos (channel); 7780 m at 175°: Restingo El Masculino (shoal); 8390 m at 66°: Punta La Puntilla (point); 9800 m at 315°: Punta de Piedra (point); 11480 m at 203°: Bajo de Guaní (shoal); 12010 m at 164°: Cabezo del Medio (shoal); 12080 m at 81°: Canal de las Piraguas (channel); 13620 m at 134°: Ensenada del Palo (cove).

Cayo Boca Chica: islands

9870 m at 116°: Cayo Pueblo Viejo (island); 11270 m at 76°: Cayo Francés (island); 12740 m at 87°: Cayo Tío Pepe (island); 12820 m at 88°: Cayo las Brujas (island); 16520 m at 227°: Cayo Ratones (island); 16830 m at 117°: Cayos Las Loras (island group); 18440 m at 78°: Cayo Agustín (island); 19330 m at 264°: Cayo Guayo (island); 21410 m at 112°: Cayo Boca Ciega (island); 22230 m at 75°: Cayo Guanal (island); 22730 m at 302°: Cayo Fragoso (island); 23950 m at 170°: Cayo Los Cayuelos (island).

Cayo Boca Chica: inland

18880 m at 220°: Río Guaní (stream); 19830 m at 232°: Cambaito (settlement); 20550 m at 226°: Sierrezuela (locality); 20650 m at 81°: Iberostar Selection Ensenachos (hotel); 20670 m at 233°: Vista Hermosa (locality); 20670 m at 233°: San Felipe (locality).

Cayo Boca Chica: distances

20150 m at 238°: Caibarién; 23560 m at 175°: Playa Bofill; 23760 m at 212°: Dolores; 66820 m at 259°: Abel Santamaria International Airport ; 127440 m at 247°: Port of Cienfuegos (port); 65790 m at 92°: Marina Marlin Cayo Guillermo (marina).

Protected: 27530 m at 146°: Parque Nacional Caguanes; 35390 m at 82°: Refugio de Fauna Cayo Santa María; 38420 m at 164°: Jobo Rosado.

Cayo Boca Chica: close by

120 m at 23°: Boca Chica (cay); 8810 m at 151°: Barco hundido (reef); 9150 m at 111°: Cayuelo del Pan de Azúcar (cay); 9500 m at 96°: Cayo La Potala (cay); 9870 m at 116°: Cayo Pueblo Viejo (cay); 11270 m at 76°: Cayo Francés (cay); 12030 m at 92°: Cayo Cobos (island group); 12640 m at 107°: Cayo La Trina (cay); 12750 m at 87°: Cayo Tío Pepe (cay); 12820 m at 88°: Cayo las Brujas (cay); 14850 m at 287°: Cayos de la Virazón (island group); 15340 m at 276°: Cayo Verde (cay).

Cayo Boca Chica: on and around

Within 15 km: 1 coral reefs, 1 marinas.

13600 m at 83°: Marina Las Brujas (marinas).

Cayo Boca Chica: marine life records

34 records of 22 species within 10 km, 1994 to 2019: 15 seabirds and shorebirds, 10 crustaceans, 4 molluscs, 4 marine mammals, 1 corals. That is 10.8 records per 100 km².

Most recorded: Gammaridea, 7 (crustaceans); Pelecanus occidentalis, 5 (seabirds and shorebirds); Mergus serrator, 2 (seabirds and shorebirds); Sterna maxima, 2 (seabirds and shorebirds); Nerita tessellata, 1 (molluscs); Acanthopleura granulata, 1 (molluscs); Erichsonella filiformis, 1 (crustaceans); Physeter macrocephalus, 1 (marine mammals); Grapsus grapsus, 1 (crustaceans); Steno bredanensis, 1 (marine mammals); Arenaria interpres, 1 (seabirds and shorebirds); Orcinus orca, 1 (marine mammals).

Months with records, marine mammals: Jun 1, Sep 1, Oct 1.

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

Cayo Boca Chica: notes

Most cays are reached by boat with a guide.

Getting to Cayo Boca Chica

• Navigation: the lighthouse Faro Cayo Francés stands about 8.5 km away.