Cayo de la Siguapa

Cayo de la Siguapa: coast and water

0 m at 223°: La Puntilla (point); 0 m at 223°: Canalizo Fádraga (channel); 480 m at 193°: Punta Tío Pancho (point); 1700 m at 270°: Laguna Azul (lagoon); 1700 m at 270°: Estero El Chino (cove); 1700 m at 270°: Canal Cueva del Muerto (channel); 1850 m at 180°: Punta San Ramón (point); 1850 m at 360°: Playa Varadero (beach); 2510 m at 223°: Punta Cayito las Brujas (point); 3410 m at 270°: Laguna de Paso Malo (lagoon); 3880 m at 242°: Lagunas de Camacho (lagoon); 5120 m at 270°: Punta Carabela (point); 6810 m at 270°: Playa Camacho (beach); 6960 m at 43°: Bajo Bernardino (shoal); 7760 m at 241°: Playa Camarioca (beach); 7760 m at 61°: Ensenada Oeste de Punta Gorda (bay).

Cayo de la Siguapa: inland

1030 m at 346°: Islazul Mar Del Sur (hotel); 1030 m at 346°: Mar Del Sur Hb (hotel); 1410 m at 294°: Gran Caribe Sunbeach (hotel); 1420 m at 1°: Barcelo Marina Palace (hotel); 1450 m at 294°: Hotetur Sunbeach (hotel); 1900 m at 279°: Palma Real (hotel); 2190 m at 275°: Gran Caribe Club Kawama Resort (hotel); 2200 m at 275°: Gran Caribe Club Kawama (hotel); 2380 m at 30°: Pullman - Dos Mares (hotel); 2510 m at 223°: Bachicha (hamlet); 2990 m at 42°: Bellevue Palma Real (hotel); 3020 m at 36°: Mercure Cuatro Palmas Varadero (hotel).

Cayo de la Siguapa: distances

1850 m at 360°: Varadero Beach; 2100 m at 289°: Varadero; 2130 m at 280°: Playa Kawama; 20460 m at 238°: Juan Gualberto Gomez International Airport ; 32380 m at 253°: Port of Matanzas (port); 14110 m at 77°: Marina Gaviota Varadero (marina).

Protected: 9860 m at 62°: Manglares; 11480 m at 61°: Manglares; 13350 m at 59°: Varahicacos.

Cayo de la Siguapa: close by

3640 m at 44°: Barracuda Diving Centre (reef); 10160 m at 58°: Marina Chapelin (Merlin) (fishing); 10260 m at 255°: Base de pesca (fishing); 10390 m at 260°: El Cayuelo (cay); 11300 m at 130°: Bajo Las Torronteras (reef); 11510 m at 56°: Atlantis Varadero (reef); 11610 m at 132°: Cayo del Medio (cay); 11750 m at 133°: Cayo Valentín (cay); 12330 m at 137°: Cayos Las Torrenteras (island group); 12480 m at 137°: Cayo Marcote (cay); 12570 m at 56°: Centro de Buceo Barracuda (reef); 13820 m at 48°: Bajo del Francés (reef).

Cayo de la Siguapa: on and around

Within 15 km: 314 guest houses & hostels, 136 oil & gas, 32 schools, 31 stores & supermarkets, 22 attractions, 16 places of worship, 13 urban parks & plazas, 12 banks & exchange, 12 markets & malls, 12 factories & works.

1000 m at 2°: Vista La Piedra del Chino (attractions); 1070 m at 3°: Alquiler de motos acuáticas (attractions); 1090 m at 291°: Base de Pesca Varadero (marinas); 1100 m at 324°: Casa La China (guest houses & hostels); 1100 m at 330°: Papito Casa Particular (guest houses & hostels); 1100 m at 332°: Casa León y Betty Varadero (guest houses & hostels); 1250 m at 7°: Terminal de Ómnibus Víazul (stations & terminals); 1340 m at 340°: Parador Varadero (attractions); 1350 m at 10°: Estadio XI Festival (stadiums & sport); 1400 m at 307°: Campamento de Pioneros (camp sites); 1650 m at 10°: Sabor Cubano (cuban cuisine & lechón); 1680 m at 8°: El Bodegón Criollo El Caney (cuban cuisine & lechón); 1850 m at 266°: Anfiteatro de Varadero (theatres & arts).

Cayo de la Siguapa: marine life records

778 records of 218 species within 10 km, 1914 to 2026: 238 seabirds and shorebirds, 141 molluscs, 111 corals, 91 fish, 83 crustaceans, 44 marine mammals, 42 seagrass and algae, 10 other, 8 echinoderms, 5 sponges, 4 sharks and rays, 1 turtles. That is 247.6 records per 100 km².

Most recorded: Physalia physalis, 91 (corals); Pelecanus occidentalis, 87 (seabirds and shorebirds); Tursiops truncatus, 44 (marine mammals); Ocypode quadrata, 41 (crustaceans); Sterna maxima, 36 (seabirds and shorebirds); Charadrius vociferus, 26 (seabirds and shorebirds); Cocos nucifera, 24 (seagrass and algae); Fregata magnificens, 18 (seabirds and shorebirds); Calidris alba, 17 (seabirds and shorebirds); Strombus pugilis, 12 (molluscs); Sternula antillarum, 8 (seabirds and shorebirds); Sesuvium portulacastrum, 7 (seagrass and algae).

Months with records, marine mammals: Feb 2, Mar 4, Apr 3, Jun 1, Jul 11, Aug 12, Sep 3, Oct 1, Nov 5, Dec 1; seabirds and shorebirds: Jan 2, Feb 9, Mar 5, Apr 4, May 7, Jun 7, Jul 3, Nov 7, Dec 14.

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

Cayo de la Siguapa: notes

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