Cayo Buba

Cayo Buba: coast and water

500 m at 329°: Canal Norte de Buba (channel); 770 m at 355°: Punta de Morlas (point); 3070 m at 275°: Ensenada Punta Hicacos (bay); 3300 m at 296°: Estero de Marco (cove); 4440 m at 206°: Canalizo del Salto (channel); 5640 m at 286°: Playa Rincón Frances (beach); 6710 m at 273°: Estero Chapelín (channel); 8290 m at 265°: Punta Oeste de Chapelín (point).

Cayo Buba: islands

860 m at 326°: Cayo Molas (island); 1520 m at 331°: Cayo Libertad (island); 2240 m at 135°: Cayo Diana (island); 6200 m at 336°: Cayo Monito (island); 6510 m at 88°: Cayo Romero (island); 7050 m at 358°: Cayo Piedras del Norte (island); 10870 m at 79°: Cayo Hijo de Cayo Blanco (island); 12770 m at 64°: Cayos Blancos (island group); 13110 m at 123°: Cayuelo Grande (island); 14410 m at 58°: Cayo Blanco (island); 14450 m at 207°: Cayo del Medio (island); 14770 m at 207°: Cayo Valentín (island).

Cayo Buba: inland

410 m at 15°: Cardenas (airfield); 2850 m at 326°: Iberostar Laguna Azul (hotel); 3030 m at 319°: Melia Peninsula Varadero (hotel); 3090 m at 322°: Tryp Peninsula Varadero (hotel); 3620 m at 309°: Memories Varadero Beach Resort (hotel); 3990 m at 307°: Ocean Varadero El Patriarca Resort (hotel).

Cayo Buba: distances

3600 m at 319°: Laguna Mangón; 15580 m at 258°: Varadero Beach; 16310 m at 217°: Playa Larga; 36270 m at 244°: Juan Gualberto Gomez International Airport ; 48440 m at 253°: Port of Matanzas (port); 2540 m at 215°: Marina Gaviota Varadero (marina).

Protected: 3940 m at 294°: Reserva Ecológica Varahicacos; 4230 m at 295°: Varahicacos; 5220 m at 275°: Manglares.

Cayo Buba: close by

860 m at 326°: Cayo Molas (cay); 1520 m at 331°: Cayo Libertad (cay); 2230 m at 135°: Cayo Diana (cay); 4200 m at 98°: Cayo Chalupa Alta (cay); 5160 m at 291°: Centro de Buceo Barracuda (reef); 5270 m at 321°: Bajo Los Colorados (reef); 5870 m at 283°: Atlantis Varadero (reef); 6200 m at 336°: Cayo Monito (cay); 6480 m at 310°: Bajo del Francés (reef); 6510 m at 88°: Cayo Romero (cay); 6560 m at 271°: Marina Chapelin (Merlin) (fishing); 7050 m at 358°: Cayo Piedras del Norte (cay).

Cayo Buba: on and around

Within 15 km: 58 guest houses & hostels, 14 attractions, 7 stores & supermarkets, 7 stadiums & sport, 6 banks & exchange, 6 theatres & arts, 5 cuban cuisine & lechón, 5 parks & reserves, 4 clinics & polyclinics, 4 markets & malls.

940 m at 321°: Casa presidencial de Raúl Castro (guest houses & hostels); 1650 m at 324°: Marina Gaviota Varadero (marinas); 2010 m at 330°: Bolera Octopus (stadiums & sport); 3030 m at 318°: Teatro (theatres & arts); 3160 m at 313°: Teatro Hotel (theatres & arts); 3170 m at 312°: Bar Cubano La Amapola (cuban cuisine & lechón); 3270 m at 298°: Campamento Las Morlas (camp sites); 3450 m at 315°: Teatro Hotel Laguna Azul (theatres & arts); 3760 m at 310°: Criollo (cuban cuisine & lechón); 3940 m at 294°: Reserva Ecológica Varahicacos (parks & reserves); 3950 m at 294°: Cueva Musulmanes (attractions); 13570 m at 258°: Renta Casa Ignacio (guest houses & hostels); 13780 m at 257°: casa Emanuel y barbara (guest houses & hostels).

Cayo Buba: marine life records

802 records of 234 species within 10 km, 1898 to 2026: 266 seabirds and shorebirds, 217 molluscs, 90 marine mammals, 84 crustaceans, 47 seagrass and algae, 44 corals, 30 fish, 8 sponges, 8 echinoderms, 7 other, 1 sharks and rays. That is 255.3 records per 100 km².

Most recorded: Tursiops truncatus, 84 (marine mammals); Pelecanus occidentalis, 67 (seabirds and shorebirds); Physalia physalis, 40 (corals); Sterna maxima, 34 (seabirds and shorebirds); Charadrius vociferus, 34 (seabirds and shorebirds); Ocypode quadrata, 30 (crustaceans); Fregata magnificens, 21 (seabirds and shorebirds); Calidris alba, 21 (seabirds and shorebirds); Cocos nucifera, 21 (seagrass and algae); Cardisoma guanhumi, 20 (crustaceans); Coenobita clypeatus, 17 (crustaceans); Arenaria interpres, 12 (seabirds and shorebirds).

Months with records, marine mammals: Jan 2, Feb 6, Mar 9, Apr 5, May 4, Jun 8, Jul 15, Aug 26, Sep 1, Oct 4, Nov 2, Dec 7; seabirds and shorebirds: Jan 1, Feb 9, May 12, Jun 5, Jul 4, Nov 15, Dec 32.

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

Cayo Buba: notes

Most cays are reached by boat with a guide.

Getting to Cayo Buba

• Navigation: the lighthouse Faro de Cayo Diana stands about 2.3 km away.
• Navigation: the lighthouse Faro de Cayo Piedras del Norte stands about 7.0 km away.