Cayo del Medio

Cayo del Medio: coast and water

3240 m at 267°: Playa Larga (beach); 5780 m at 36°: Bahía de Cárdenas (bay); 7850 m at 112°: Punta Siguanea (point); 8650 m at 305°: Punta Tío Pancho (point); 9420 m at 24°: Canal Buba (channel); 11300 m at 76°: Punta de Piedras (point); 11610 m at 312°: La Puntilla (point); 11920 m at 300°: Punta Cayito las Brujas (point).

Cayo del Medio: islands

320 m at 196°: Cayo Valentín (island); 1360 m at 192°: Cayos Las Torrenteras (island group); 1400 m at 186°: Cayo Marcote (island); 3460 m at 98°: Cayo Cupey (island); 11610 m at 312°: Cayo de la Siguapa (island); 13940 m at 36°: Cayo Diana (island); 14450 m at 27°: Cayo Buba (island); 14890 m at 24°: Cayo Molas (island).

Cayo del Medio: inland

3150 m at 264°: Playa Larga (settlement); 4380 m at 263°: La Caridad (locality); 4950 m at 161°: Navarro (locality); 5270 m at 206°: Magnolia (locality); 5500 m at 227°: Henequenero (hamlet); 5970 m at 216°: La Calera (hamlet).

Cayo del Medio: distances

3240 m at 267°: Playa Larga; 3550 m at 215°: Cárdenas; 12860 m at 193°: Lagunillas; 26130 m at 263°: Juan Gualberto Gomez International Airport ; 39730 m at 268°: Port of Matanzas (port); 11950 m at 25°: Marina Gaviota Varadero (marina).

Protected: 12410 m at 0°: Manglares; 13390 m at 6°: Manglares; 14760 m at 12°: Reserva Ecológica Varahicacos.

Cayo del Medio: close by

320 m at 196°: Cayo Valentín (cay); 460 m at 0°: Bajo Las Torronteras (reef); 1370 m at 192°: Cayos Las Torrenteras (island group); 1400 m at 186°: Cayo Marcote (cay); 3470 m at 98°: Cayo Cupey (cay); 11610 m at 312°: Cayo de la Siguapa (cay); 12050 m at 329°: Barracuda Diving Centre (reef); 13040 m at 360°: Marina Chapelin (Merlin) (fishing); 13950 m at 36°: Cayo Diana (cay); 14250 m at 3°: Atlantis Varadero (reef); 14450 m at 27°: Cayo Buba (cay); 14860 m at 7°: Centro de Buceo Barracuda (reef).

Cayo del Medio: on and around

Within 15 km: 274 guest houses & hostels, 94 oil & gas, 31 schools, 31 stores & supermarkets, 21 attractions, 16 places of worship, 13 urban parks & plazas, 13 factories & works, 12 banks & exchange, 11 stadiums & sport.

2450 m at 217°: Donde se enarbola por primera vez la bandera cubana (historic & heritage); 2900 m at 210°: Estación de Ferrocarriles Cárdenas (stations & terminals); 2910 m at 210°: Cárdenas (stations & terminals); 3000 m at 228°: Fuerte de la Fábrica de Gas (historic & heritage); 3170 m at 214°: Deportivo (stadiums & sport); 3210 m at 218°: Cristóbal Colón (attractions); 3210 m at 218°: Parque Colón (urban parks & plazas); 3410 m at 233°: Ksa d Yuni (guest houses & hostels); 3600 m at 214°: Museo Batalla de Ideas (museums); 3640 m at 216°: José Antonio Echeverría (historic & heritage); 3640 m at 219°: Gonzalo Roig (attractions); 3710 m at 224°: Casa de Yanesita (guest houses & hostels); 3810 m at 237°: Las Violetas (guest houses & hostels).

Cayo del Medio: marine life records

198 records of 99 species within 10 km, 1914 to 2025: 44 molluscs, 40 crustaceans, 32 seabirds and shorebirds, 31 corals, 24 fish, 14 marine mammals, 11 seagrass and algae, 2 sharks and rays. That is 63.0 records per 100 km².

Most recorded: Physalia physalis, 24 (corals); Tursiops truncatus, 13 (marine mammals); Ocypode quadrata, 12 (crustaceans); Sterna maxima, 9 (seabirds and shorebirds); Pelecanus occidentalis, 8 (seabirds and shorebirds); Majidae, 7 (crustaceans); Cocos nucifera, 6 (seagrass and algae); Cymatium femorale, 5 (molluscs); Argopecten nucleus, 4 (molluscs); Acanthurus coeruleus, 3 (fish); Calliostoma cubense, 3 (molluscs); Sternula antillarum, 3 (seabirds and shorebirds).

Months with records, marine mammals: Jan 1, Feb 1, Mar 2, Jun 1, Jul 4, Aug 2, Sep 1, Dec 2; seabirds and shorebirds: Mar 3, Apr 4, Jun 2, Jul 1, Dec 2.

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

Cayo del Medio: notes

A cay can lie inside a protected area.

Getting to Cayo del Medio

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