Cayo Contrabando

Cayo Contrabando: coast and water

4890 m at 286°: Canalizo El Meganito (channel); 9980 m at 48°: Playa Pilar (beach); 10970 m at 51°: Punta Lechuza (point); 11820 m at 61°: Punta Playuelas (point); 12050 m at 109°: Lagunato de la Botella (lagoon); 12520 m at 69°: Playa El Paso (beach); 13410 m at 80°: Punta La Canal (point); 14830 m at 300°: Cabezo Los Colorados (reef).

Cayo Contrabando: islands

3080 m at 144°: Cayo El Sapo (island); 4020 m at 81°: Cayos Los Secos de Mariquita (island); 4090 m at 111°: Cayos los Derramaderos (islet); 5460 m at 95°: Cayo Mortero (island); 5700 m at 261°: Cayos Los Anegadizos (island group); 7080 m at 231°: Cayo Candela (island); 8730 m at 246°: Cayo Partido (island); 9320 m at 217°: Cayería La Baliza (island group); 12230 m at 98°: Cayos Piedra de la Caridad (island group); 12950 m at 335°: Cayo Caimancito (island); 15630 m at 62°: Cayos de San Felipe (island group); 16300 m at 67°: Cayo Felipe de Barlovento (island).

Cayo Contrabando: inland

10850 m at 53°: Iberostar Origin Playa Pilar (hotel); 12540 m at 72°: Sol Cayo Guillermo (hotel); 18460 m at 184°: Máximo Gómez (sugar mill); 19870 m at 193°: Punta Alegre (settlement); 19970 m at 195°: Pueblo Punta Alegre (settlement); 20910 m at 202°: Mario Martínez (locality).

Cayo Contrabando: distances

27090 m at 186°: Kilo 9; 34960 m at 211°: Arroyo de Agua; 34960 m at 211°: Arroyo Prieto Uno; 46420 m at 103°: Jardines Del Rey Airport ; 177590 m at 256°: Port of Cienfuegos (port); 11260 m at 72°: Marina Marlin Cayo Guillermo (marina).

Protected: 23090 m at 300°: Refugio de Fauna Cayo Santa María; 26930 m at 107°: Reserva Ecológica de Cayo Coco.

Cayo Contrabando: close by

860 m at 2°: Cayo Jején (cay); 1680 m at 219°: Cayo La Cáscara (cay); 1760 m at 17°: Pulicarpio (cay); 2330 m at 47°: Cayo Langosta (cay); 3080 m at 144°: Cayo El Sapo (cay); 3260 m at 96°: Cayo Pilón (cay); 3290 m at 301°: Cayo Flores (cay); 3440 m at 96°: Cayo de Piedra (cay); 4020 m at 81°: Cayos Los Secos de Mariquita (cay); 4080 m at 111°: Cayos los Derramaderos (cay); 4290 m at 38°: Hijo de Guillermito (cay); 5090 m at 204°: Cayo Piso (cay).

Cayo Contrabando: on and around

Within 15 km: 2 attractions, 1 coral reefs, 1 trails & viewpoints, 1 surfing & kiteboarding, 1 banks & exchange, 1 stadiums & sport, 1 marinas.

12680 m at 81°: flamingo (attractions); 12810 m at 76°: Bowling (stadiums & sport); 12820 m at 83°: Delfinario (attractions); 13040 m at 83°: Marina Marlin Cayo Guillermo (marinas).

Cayo Contrabando: marine life records

283 records of 103 species within 10 km, 2000 to 2025: 119 fish, 57 corals, 45 seabirds and shorebirds, 21 molluscs, 14 crustaceans, 9 echinoderms, 8 seagrass and algae, 7 marine mammals, 2 sharks and rays, 1 other. That is 90.1 records per 100 km².

Most recorded: Acropora palmata, 15 (corals); Millepora complanata, 13 (corals); Acanthurus coeruleus, 12 (fish); Porites astreoides, 11 (corals); Microspathodon chrysurus, 10 (fish); Sparisoma viride, 8 (fish); Pelecanus occidentalis, 8 (seabirds and shorebirds); Scarus vetula, 7 (fish); Arenaria interpres, 6 (seabirds and shorebirds); Haemulon sciurus, 6 (fish); Sparisoma rubripinne, 6 (fish); Montastraea cavernosa, 6 (corals).

Months with records, marine mammals: Feb 3, Sep 4.

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

Cayo Contrabando: notes

Most cays are reached by boat with a guide.