Cayo Chivo

Cayo Chivo: coast and water

7540 m at 267°: Ensenada de Las Brujas (cove); 10550 m at 267°: Canal de las Piraguas (channel); 12760 m at 166°: Punta Providencia (point); 14580 m at 222°: Boca de las Manchitas (channel); 15180 m at 136°: Pasa del Manatí (channel); 15770 m at 234°: Lagunato La Escondida (lagoon); 17950 m at 237°: Lagunato El Inglés (lagoon); 18590 m at 136°: Ensenada de Corúa (cove).

Cayo Chivo: islands

2400 m at 108°: Cayuelo de Piedra (island); 3510 m at 343°: Cayo Guanal (island); 3780 m at 301°: Cayo La Chalupa (island); 7720 m at 107°: Cayo Mogote (island); 9880 m at 258°: Cayo las Brujas (island); 10180 m at 101°: Cayo Iguana (island); 10680 m at 86°: Cayo Róbalo (island); 12120 m at 239°: Cayo La Trina (island); 12430 m at 122°: Cayo Vinagre (island); 12920 m at 162°: Cayuelo del Concha (island); 14340 m at 151°: Cayo Gordo de Mariquimbay (island); 17220 m at 149°: Archipiélago de Sabana-Camagüey (island group).

Cayo Chivo: inland

3910 m at 35°: Melia Cayo Santa Maria (hotel); 5030 m at 56°: Husa Cayo Santa Maria (hotel); 5340 m at 59°: Hotel Starfish Cayo Santa Maria (hotel); 5690 m at 61°: Royalton Cayo Sta Maria (hotel); 6290 m at 64°: Memories Paraiso Azul Beach Resort (hotel); 6340 m at 64°: Memories Paraíso Azul Resorts (hotel).

Cayo Chivo: distances

31590 m at 209°: Playa Victoria; 32860 m at 218°: Playa Bofill; 33410 m at 211°: Playa de Carbó; 80130 m at 104°: Jardines Del Rey Airport ; 149180 m at 249°: Port of Cienfuegos (port); 43560 m at 97°: Marina Marlin Cayo Guillermo (marina).

Protected: 12830 m at 78°: Refugio de Fauna Cayo Santa María; 26060 m at 195°: Parque Nacional Caguanes.

Cayo Chivo: close by

1260 m at 337°: Cayos Ensenachos (island group); 1690 m at 327°: Cayo Ensenachos (cay); 1710 m at 35°: Cayo Majá (cay); 2400 m at 108°: Cayuelo de Piedra (cay); 3210 m at 65°: Cayo Santa Maria (cay); 3510 m at 343°: Cayo Guanal (cay); 3640 m at 272°: Cayo El Ensenachito (cay); 3780 m at 301°: Cayo La Chalupa (cay); 3850 m at 83°: Cayo La Vieja Pepilla (cay); 4580 m at 286°: Cayo Agustín (cay); 4610 m at 276°: Cayuelo de Piedra (cay); 4760 m at 112°: Cayo Largo (cay).

Cayo Chivo: on and around

Within 15 km: 6 stadiums & sport, 4 attractions, 3 theatres & arts, 3 markets & malls, 2 mines & quarries, 2 cuban cuisine & lechón, 2 banks & exchange, 2 stores & supermarkets, 2 guest houses & hostels, 2 coral reefs.

1130 m at 358°: Sport Club (stadiums & sport); 1510 m at 334°: Nautical Sport Center (stadiums & sport); 2280 m at 296°: Nautical Center (stadiums & sport); 3220 m at 255°: Quarry (mines & quarries); 3730 m at 42°: Cubano (cuban cuisine & lechón); 3750 m at 41°: Bolera (stadiums & sport); 3780 m at 42°: Mirador El Faro (attractions); 3810 m at 39°: Teatro de Animación (theatres & arts); 3830 m at 30°: Anfiteatro (theatres & arts); 3850 m at 53°: Motelera Cayo Santa María (guest houses & hostels); 4180 m at 47°: Teatro (theatres & arts); 8270 m at 68°: Casa de Negocios (guest houses & hostels).

Cayo Chivo: marine life records

781 records of 183 species within 10 km, 1931 to 2026: 381 fish, 168 seabirds and shorebirds, 118 corals, 59 molluscs, 31 crustaceans, 9 seagrass and algae, 9 echinoderms, 2 other, 2 marine mammals, 1 sharks and rays, 1 turtles. That is 248.6 records per 100 km².

Most recorded: Pelecanus occidentalis, 43 (seabirds and shorebirds); Acropora palmata, 26 (corals); Haemulon flavolineatum, 20 (fish); Sparisoma viride, 20 (fish); Montastraea cavernosa, 18 (corals); Haemulon sciurus, 18 (fish); Acanthurus coeruleus, 17 (fish); Lutjanus apodus, 17 (fish); Microspathodon chrysurus, 16 (fish); Sterna maxima, 15 (seabirds and shorebirds); Scarus iseri, 15 (fish); Haemulon plumierii, 14 (fish).

Months with records, seabirds and shorebirds: Mar 7, Apr 2, Jun 5, Aug 16, Dec 32.

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

Cayo Chivo: notes

Land only where a guide allows it.

Getting to Cayo Chivo

• Navigation: the lighthouse Faro Cayo Francés stands about 15 km away.