Cayo Casimba

Cayo Casimba: coast and water

4730 m at 117°: Playa Alcatraz (beach); 7580 m at 313°: Canalizo Horqueta (channel); 12070 m at 116°: Punta de Boca Grande (point); 15870 m at 117°: Laguna Boca Grande (lagoon); 20830 m at 332°: Bajo Lobo (shoal); 22740 m at 342°: Canal de la Vela (channel); 24330 m at 85°: Placer de Caballones (shoal); 26920 m at 38°: Cayo Piedra (reef).

Cayo Casimba: islands

4460 m at 110°: Cayo Alcatraz (island); 4460 m at 8°: Cayos Cinco Balas (island group); 11100 m at 305°: Cayo Bretón (island); 18940 m at 46°: Cayuelo de Rabihorcado (island); 32530 m at 12°: Cayo Burgao (island); 33900 m at 63°: Cayos Paloma (island group); 39810 m at 123°: Cayo Mangle Alto (island); 43020 m at 119°: Jardines de la Reina (island group); 51240 m at 331°: Cayo Chiquito (island); 51420 m at 124°: Cayo Anclitas (island group); 53460 m at 8°: Cayos Herradura (island group); 55530 m at 124°: Cayo Miraflores (island).

Cayo Casimba: inland

57160 m at 12°: El Basto (locality); 58280 m at 5°: Rincón de Lugones (locality); 59040 m at 19°: Los Derrames (locality); 59670 m at 335°: Sabana de Ciego Banao (settlement); 59770 m at 4°: Manatí (locality); 59810 m at 12°: Cañaones (locality).

Cayo Casimba: distances

76190 m at 351°: Guasimal; 78840 m at 7°: La Sierpe; 87820 m at 327°: Playa Las Majaguas; 106440 m at 320°: Alberto Delgado Airport ; 166880 m at 317°: Port of Cienfuegos (port); 103170 m at 319°: Marina Trinidad (Casilda) (marina).

Cayo Casimba: close by

2730 m at 121°: Cayo Alcatracito (cay); 4350 m at 115°: Cayo Alcatraz Grande (cay); 4460 m at 110°: Cayo Alcatraz (cay); 4460 m at 8°: Cayos Cinco Balas (island group); 5260 m at 98°: Cayo Inglés (cay); 11090 m at 305°: Cayo Bretón (cay); 18930 m at 46°: Cayo Niara (cay); 18940 m at 46°: Cayuelo de Rabihorcado (cay); 19600 m at 46°: Cayo Rabihorcado (cay).

Cayo Casimba: on and around

Within 15 km: 44 coral reefs.

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Cayo Casimba: marine life records

1283 records of 82 species within 10 km, 2001 to 2025: 646 corals, 635 fish, 1 other, 1 seabirds and shorebirds. That is 408.4 records per 100 km².

Most recorded: Acropora palmata, 135 (corals); Porites astreoides, 93 (corals); Siderastrea siderea, 90 (corals); Millepora complanata, 63 (corals); Acanthurus coeruleus, 62 (fish); Sparisoma viride, 62 (fish); Agaricia agaricites, 46 (corals); Scarus iseri, 43 (fish); Sparisoma aurofrenatum, 42 (fish); Lutjanus apodus, 38 (fish); Porites porites, 35 (corals); Microspathodon chrysurus, 32 (fish).

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

Cayo Casimba: notes

Some cays belong to resorts and are closed to day visitors.

Getting to Cayo Casimba

• Navigation: the lighthouse Faro de Cayo Bretón stands about 14 km away.