Cayo El Cayuelo

Cayo El Cayuelo: coast and water

400 m at 101°: Playa de Jaimanitas (beach); 1550 m at 223°: Punta Sotavento de Santa Fe (point); 1550 m at 223°: La Puntilla (beach); 2080 m at 231°: Laguna Mar (cove); 2460 m at 73°: Playa de Viriato (beach); 2460 m at 73°: Playa del Biltmore (beach); 2990 m at 248°: Laguna Granelo (bay); 3310 m at 87°: Playa Náutico (beach); 3740 m at 238°: Playa Santa Fe (beach); 5100 m at 69°: Playa Monte Barreto (beach); 5370 m at 236°: Estero Ojo de Agua (cove); 5370 m at 236°: Laguna Pancho Navarro (cove); 5660 m at 232°: Ensenada La Fangosa (cove); 5790 m at 232°: Ensenada Portier (cove); 6100 m at 235°: Punta Santa Ana (point); 7790 m at 61°: Playita Dieciséis (beach).

Cayo El Cayuelo: inland

400 m at 248°: Hotel Cubanacan Club Acuario (hotel); 850 m at 233°: Club Acuario All Inclusive (hotel); 940 m at 235°: Marina Hemingway (hotel); 3130 m at 86°: Chateau Miramar (hotel); 3430 m at 108°: El Lago (pond); 3440 m at 233°: Santa Fe (settlement); 3490 m at 68°: Bello Caribe Hotel (hotel); 3500 m at 222°: El Roble (district); 3600 m at 194°: Vaquería Número Tres (ranch); 3790 m at 142°: Alturas de la Coronela (settlement); 3880 m at 83°: Hotel megano (hotel); 4060 m at 223°: Avelina (locality).

Cayo El Cayuelo: distances

400 m at 101°: Playa de Jaimanitas; 1550 m at 223°: La Puntilla; 2460 m at 73°: Playa del Biltmore; 14220 m at 145°: José Martí International Airport ; 16160 m at 71°: Port of Havana (port); 1370 m at 268°: Marina Hemingway (marina).

Protected: 39160 m at 92°: Área Protegida La Coca.

Cayo El Cayuelo: close by

550 m at 169°: Base de Pesca (fishing); 950 m at 235°: Marina Hemingway (fishing); 2720 m at 237°: Club de Buceo GoBlue (reef); 3540 m at 237°: Centro de Buceo Cuba Ocean Diving (reef); 4210 m at 75°: Centro de buceo Caballeros de Mar (reef); 4260 m at 237°: Centro de Buceo Cuba Ocean Diving - La Habana (reef); 4770 m at 62°: Camaronero Hundido Comodoro (reef); 7430 m at 62°: Blue centro de buceo (reef); 7430 m at 62°: Blue Scuba Dive Club (reef); 7820 m at 62°: Club de Buceo MarAbierto (reef); 7940 m at 173°: Laguna de Crianza de Peces (fishing); 13190 m at 49°: USS Hendrick Hudson (wreck).

Cayo El Cayuelo: on and around

Within 15 km: 2095 guest houses & hostels, 473 stores & supermarkets, 441 government & embassies, 427 garages & car services, 415 schools, 313 historic & heritage, 229 attractions, 169 places of worship, 168 clinics & polyclinics, 165 markets & malls.

270 m at 100°: jaimanitas jesus (attractions); 440 m at 163°: Renta de habitaciones (guest houses & hostels); 450 m at 148°: Parque de Jaimanitas (urban parks & plazas); 450 m at 156°: Cine Caribe casa de la cultura (theatres & arts); 490 m at 216°: Club Nautico Internacional Hemingway de La Habana (marinas); 630 m at 133°: Renta de Casa (Yuki marina) (guest houses & hostels); 710 m at 118°: Casa Arche Noah (guest houses & hostels); 770 m at 120°: Fuesterlandia (attractions); 880 m at 169°: Cafeteria-Restaurante EL Criollito (cuban cuisine & lechón); 1320 m at 238°: Papas Marina Hemingway (attractions); 1330 m at 223°: Paladar El Laurel (cuban cuisine & lechón); 1380 m at 234°: Marina Hemingway (Barlovento) (marinas); 1500 m at 234°: Laguna Mar (marinas).

Cayo El Cayuelo: marine life records

1613 records of 573 species within 10 km, 1883 to 2026: 704 fish, 163 other, 158 crustaceans, 138 corals, 132 seagrass and algae, 104 molluscs, 69 seabirds and shorebirds, 60 echinoderms, 50 sponges, 21 sharks and rays, 13 marine mammals, 1 turtles. That is 513.4 records per 100 km².

Most recorded: Polychaeta, 45 (other); Amphipoda, 35 (crustaceans); Pelecanus occidentalis, 34 (seabirds and shorebirds); Tanaidacea, 31 (crustaceans); Maxillopoda, 29 (other); Nematoda, 29 (other); Ostracoda, 22 (other); Bathygobius soporator, 19 (fish); Codium isthmocladum, 17 (seagrass and algae); Decapoda, 15 (crustaceans); Amphiroa tribulus, 15 (seagrass and algae); Ophiuroidea, 14 (echinoderms).

Months with records, sharks and rays: Jan 1, Mar 1, Jul 2; marine mammals: Jan 3, Apr 2, Jul 1, Aug 2, Nov 4, Dec 1; seabirds and shorebirds: Feb 9, Mar 9, Apr 1, May 1, Oct 3, Nov 1, Dec 2.

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

Cayo El Cayuelo: notes

Many cays have no landing, so ask an operator first.

Getting to Cayo El Cayuelo

• Navigation: the lighthouse Faro de Punto de Barlovento stands about 0.0 km away.
• Navigation: the lighthouse Faro Dársena de Barlovento stands about 0.4 km away.