Cayo Caimitos

Cayo Caimitos: coast and water

2480 m at 258°: Ensenada de Buena Vista (bay); 3320 m at 11°: Ensenada Jiguaní (cove); 5620 m at 177°: Punta del Mosquito (point); 5960 m at 261°: Canal Esterón (channel); 7450 m at 105°: Laguna El Coy (lagoon); 8700 m at 43°: Pasa La Manuy (channel); 9290 m at 293°: Punta Salina (point); 15830 m at 53°: Pasa Sabandija (channel).

Cayo Caimitos: islands

3610 m at 187°: Cayo Pájaro (islet); 3620 m at 201°: Cayo Haití (islet); 16540 m at 63°: Cayo Eusebio del Oeste (islet); 17940 m at 52°: Cayo Partido (island); 18280 m at 324°: Cayería La Baliza (island group); 18990 m at 338°: Cayo Piso (island); 20120 m at 331°: Cayo Los Pargos (island); 20680 m at 329°: Cayo Candela (island); 20800 m at 356°: Cayos los Derramaderos (islet); 21700 m at 19°: Cayos Piedra de la Caridad (island group); 22560 m at 7°: Cayo Güincho (island); 22790 m at 347°: Cayo Contrabando (islet).

Cayo Caimitos: inland

5740 m at 296°: El Pino (locality); 6390 m at 163°: Laguna del Navío (pond); 7080 m at 221°: Monte Chicola (locality); 9200 m at 239°: Kilo Nueve (locality); 10170 m at 271°: Cebo Los Corrales (locality); 10670 m at 286°: Pueblo Punta Alegre (settlement).

Cayo Caimitos: distances

9210 m at 239°: Kilo 9; 20580 m at 236°: El Asiento; 24410 m at 251°: Arroyo de Agua; 41890 m at 73°: Jardines Del Rey Airport ; 175000 m at 120°: Port of Nuevitas (port); 26320 m at 12°: Marina Marlin Cayo Guillermo (marina).

Protected: 25220 m at 55°: Reserva Ecológica de Cayo Coco.

Cayo Caimitos: close by

330 m at 7°: Cayo Estilla (cay); 1200 m at 5°: Cayo Palomo (cay); 1870 m at 170°: Cayo El Toro (cay); 2750 m at 344°: Cayo Yana (cay); 3380 m at 337°: Cayo Vaca (cay); 3610 m at 187°: Cayo Pájaro (cay); 3620 m at 201°: Cayo Haití (cay); 4020 m at 175°: Cayo Mujeres (cay); 5110 m at 311°: Cayo Ladrones (cay); 9770 m at 289°: Base de Pesca Particular (fishing); 13910 m at 38°: Cayo La Manuy (cay); 14050 m at 132°: Isla de Turiguano (cay).

Cayo Caimitos: on and around

Within 15 km: 7 stores & supermarkets, 4 schools, 4 salt works, 3 factories & works, 2 mines & quarries, 1 camp sites, 1 hospitals, 1 theatres & arts, 1 fuel stations, 1 markets & malls.

5630 m at 293°: Campismo de Punta Alegre (camp sites); 7320 m at 299°: Cine Buena Vista (theatres & arts); 8950 m at 286°: Quarry (mines & quarries); 10880 m at 286°: Parque "Camilo Cienfuegos" (urban parks & plazas).

Cayo Caimitos: marine life records

54 records of 35 species within 10 km, 2015 to 2025: 35 fish, 11 seabirds and shorebirds, 6 sharks and rays, 1 corals, 1 sponges. That is 17.2 records per 100 km².

Most recorded: Dendrocygna arborea, 5 (seabirds and shorebirds); Benthocometes robustus, 4 (fish); Zalieutes mcgintyi, 4 (fish); Malthopsis gnoma, 3 (fish); Benthobatis marcida, 3 (sharks and rays); Saurida caribbaea, 2 (fish); Verilus pseudomicrolepis, 2 (fish); Fregata magnificens, 2 (seabirds and shorebirds); Peristedion, 2 (fish); Johnsonina eriomma, 2 (fish); Bathycongrus thysanochilus, 1 (fish); Neoepinnula orientalis, 1 (fish).

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

Cayo Caimitos: notes

Many cays have no landing, so ask an operator first.