Cayo Boca Rompida

Cayo Boca Rompida: coast and water

1470 m at 319°: Boca Rompida (channel); 3800 m at 333°: Punta Galindo (point); 6220 m at 277°: Ensenada El Fogón (cove); 6340 m at 126°: Torrentera de Cayo Cedro (channel); 7120 m at 319°: Pasa Cruz del Padre (channel); 7730 m at 178°: Laguna del Ferrol (lagoon); 12260 m at 104°: Canalizo Punta Arenas (channel); 12500 m at 212°: Punta del Genovés (point).

Cayo Boca Rompida: islands

3930 m at 338°: Cayo Galindito (island); 5080 m at 148°: Cayo Cedro (island); 7290 m at 237°: Cayo Seboruquito (island); 7570 m at 236°: Cayos Redondos (island group); 9990 m at 295°: Cayo La Pluma (island); 12690 m at 210°: Cayo Genovés (island); 12710 m at 101°: Cayo Ranas (island); 14710 m at 280°: Cayo Blanco (island); 15040 m at 102°: Cayos Arenas (island group); 18310 m at 261°: Cayos Careneros (island group); 18820 m at 131°: Cayos Inglés (island group); 19900 m at 232°: Cayuelo Grande (island).

Cayo Boca Rompida: inland

17850 m at 157°: La Teja (settlement); 20180 m at 149°: Las Barrancas (locality); 20450 m at 168°: Casualidad (hamlet); 20810 m at 166°: Menéndez (locality); 21050 m at 164°: Conconí (hamlet); 21560 m at 144°: Los Alemanes (locality).

Cayo Boca Rompida: distances

17240 m at 174°: Playa Musulmanes; 18300 m at 153°: Salinas La Teja; 19250 m at 143°: Salinas Bidos; 62880 m at 250°: Juan Gualberto Gomez International Airport ; 75530 m at 255°: Port of Matanzas (port); 29070 m at 256°: Marina Gaviota Varadero (marina).

Protected: 15470 m at 280°: Reserva Ecológica Cayo Mono Galindo; 30540 m at 264°: Reserva Ecológica Varahicacos; 30730 m at 264°: Varahicacos.

Cayo Boca Rompida: close by

2670 m at 316°: Cayo Galindo (cay); 3930 m at 338°: Cayo Galindito (cay); 4270 m at 173°: Cayo Hornilla (cay); 5080 m at 148°: Cayo Cedro (cay); 5450 m at 228°: Cayo Partido (cay); 5580 m at 227°: Cayo Seboruco (cay); 5720 m at 275°: Cayo Hijo de la Pluma (cay); 6210 m at 245°: Cayo Melón (cay); 6420 m at 246°: Cayo Dama (cay); 6930 m at 200°: Cayo la Muerte (cay); 7290 m at 236°: Cayo Seboruquito (cay); 7460 m at 310°: Cayo Cruz del Padre (cay).

Cayo Boca Rompida: on and around

Within 15 km: 5 coral reefs.

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Cayo Boca Rompida: marine life records

484 records of 148 species within 10 km, 1931 to 2017: 169 fish, 146 corals, 114 sponges, 34 molluscs, 9 other, 9 echinoderms, 2 marine mammals, 1 seabirds and shorebirds. That is 154.1 records per 100 km².

Most recorded: Demospongiae, 32 (sponges); Millepora complanata, 17 (corals); Iciligorgia schrammi, 16 (corals); Acanthurus coeruleus, 15 (fish); Plexauridae, 15 (corals); Acanthurus bahianus, 11 (fish); Microspathodon chrysurus, 10 (fish); Sparisoma viride, 10 (fish); Haemulon sciurus, 10 (fish); Sparisoma aurofrenatum, 10 (fish); Scarus iseri, 9 (fish); Agaricia agaricites, 9 (corals).

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

Cayo Boca Rompida: notes

Take your rubbish away and keep off the mangrove.

Getting to Cayo Boca Rompida

• Navigation: the lighthouse Faro Cruz del Padre stands about 7.8 km away.