Cayo Cruz del Padre

Cayo Cruz del Padre: coast and water

4120 m at 187°: Ensenada El Fogón (cove); 6340 m at 263°: Canalizo El Sombrero (channel); 9190 m at 261°: Punta Cabeza de Cayo Blanco (point); 11080 m at 247°: Canalizo Carenerito (channel); 11770 m at 149°: Ensenada del Ferrol (cove); 11780 m at 245°: Punta Carenero (point); 12790 m at 164°: Ensenada de Cayo La Muerte (cove); 13070 m at 260°: Canalizo Carenero (channel).

Cayo Cruz del Padre: islands

3450 m at 259°: Cayo La Pluma (island); 4810 m at 127°: Cayo Galindo (island); 8840 m at 182°: Cayo Seboruquito (island); 9020 m at 184°: Cayos Redondos (island group); 11790 m at 164°: Cayo la Muerte (island); 12930 m at 233°: Cayo Hijo de Cayo Blanco (island); 14210 m at 176°: Cayos de las Cinco Leguas (island group); 15780 m at 183°: Cayo Genovés (island); 19040 m at 133°: Cayos Hijos de las Cinco Leguas (island group); 19120 m at 127°: Cayo Largo (island); 19580 m at 112°: Cayo Ranas (island); 19820 m at 238°: Cayo Chalupa Alta (island).

Cayo Cruz del Padre: inland

23300 m at 176°: La Palma (stream); 23580 m at 250°: Melia Marina Varadero (hotel); 23700 m at 251°: Paradisus Princesa del Mar Resort & Spa (hotel); 23790 m at 252°: Iberostar Playa Alameda Varadero All Inclusive (hotel); 23790 m at 252°: Iberostar Origin Playa Alameda (hotel); 24010 m at 197°: Río del Júcaro (stream).

Cayo Cruz del Padre: distances

23230 m at 161°: Playa Musulmanes; 24430 m at 253°: Laguna Mangón; 25330 m at 147°: Salinas La Teja; 59470 m at 244°: Juan Gualberto Gomez International Airport ; 71500 m at 250°: Port of Matanzas (port); 25430 m at 242°: Marina Gaviota Varadero (marina).

Protected: 9800 m at 257°: Reserva Ecológica Cayo Mono Galindo; 25970 m at 252°: Reserva Ecológica Varahicacos; 26110 m at 252°: Varahicacos.

Cayo Cruz del Padre: close by

3440 m at 259°: Cayo La Pluma (cay); 4270 m at 180°: Cayo Hijo de la Pluma (cay); 4400 m at 105°: Cayo Galindito (cay); 4430 m at 308°: Arrecife Lavanderas de Afuera (reef); 4810 m at 127°: Cayo Galindo (cay); 4940 m at 211°: Cayo el Sombrero (cay); 7390 m at 180°: Cayo Melón (cay); 7400 m at 181°: Cayo Dama (cay); 7460 m at 130°: Cayo Boca Rompida (cay); 7720 m at 194°: Cayo Vara (cay); 7890 m at 248°: Cayos de las Brujas (island group); 8610 m at 169°: Cayo Partido (cay).

Cayo Cruz del Padre: on and around

Within 15 km: 5 coral reefs, 1 parks & reserves, 1 attractions.

9800 m at 257°: Reserva Ecológica Cayo Mono Galindo (parks & reserves); 11980 m at 228°: Delfinario aguas abiertas Rancho Cangrejo (attractions).

Cayo Cruz del Padre: marine life records

710 records of 148 species within 10 km, 1931 to 2025: 337 fish, 209 corals, 113 sponges, 27 molluscs, 9 other, 7 marine mammals, 3 seabirds and shorebirds, 3 echinoderms, 1 crustaceans, 1 seagrass and algae. That is 226.0 records per 100 km².

Most recorded: Millepora complanata, 37 (corals); Demospongiae, 32 (sponges); Acanthurus coeruleus, 27 (fish); Acanthurus bahianus, 23 (fish); Scarus iseri, 21 (fish); Sparisoma aurofrenatum, 21 (fish); Haemulon flavolineatum, 21 (fish); Sparisoma viride, 20 (fish); Haemulon sciurus, 19 (fish); Pseudodiploria strigosa, 16 (corals); Iciligorgia schrammi, 16 (corals); Microspathodon chrysurus, 15 (fish).

Months with records, marine mammals: Mar 3, Aug 2, Dec 2.

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

Cayo Cruz del Padre: notes

Take your rubbish away and keep off the mangrove.

Getting to Cayo Cruz del Padre

• Navigation: the lighthouse Faro Cruz del Padre stands about 2.2 km away.