Cayo Galindo

Cayo Galindo: coast and water

1770 m at 233°: Canalizo Las Bocainas (channel); 3190 m at 168°: Canalizo Barbanera (channel); 4460 m at 321°: Pasa Cruz del Padre (channel); 4500 m at 254°: Ensenada El Fogón (cove); 5220 m at 331°: Cayo Cruz del Padre Lighthouse (lighthouse); 7550 m at 163°: Ensenada del Ferrol (cove); 8970 m at 129°: Torrentera de Cayo Cedro (channel); 13120 m at 160°: Estero de Huevo Frito (lagoon).

Cayo Galindo: islands

1770 m at 13°: Cayo Galindito (island); 6150 m at 201°: Cayo Seboruco (island); 6610 m at 159°: Cayo Hornilla (island); 7350 m at 231°: Cayo Vara (island); 7710 m at 144°: Cayo Cedro (island); 8150 m at 217°: Cayo Palomo (island); 12650 m at 273°: Cayo Blanco (island); 13130 m at 239°: Cayo Machos (island); 14260 m at 135°: Cayos Hijos de las Cinco Leguas (island group); 14980 m at 107°: Cayo Ranas (island); 19780 m at 225°: Cayuelo Grande (island); 20350 m at 110°: Cayo Matancero (island).

Cayo Galindo: inland

20220 m at 159°: Playa Menéndez (settlement); 20450 m at 186°: La Palma (stream); 21450 m at 146°: Lagunitas (locality); 22780 m at 148°: Las Barrancas (locality); 23150 m at 163°: Menéndez (locality); 23570 m at 161°: Balnearios Menéndez (settlement).

Cayo Galindo: distances

19430 m at 169°: Playa Musulmanes; 20870 m at 151°: Salinas La Teja; 21900 m at 142°: Salinas Bidos; 61830 m at 248°: Juan Gualberto Gomez International Airport ; 74270 m at 253°: Port of Matanzas (port); 27840 m at 251°: Marina Gaviota Varadero (marina).

Protected: 13420 m at 273°: Reserva Ecológica Cayo Mono Galindo; 28990 m at 260°: Reserva Ecológica Varahicacos; 29170 m at 260°: Varahicacos.

Cayo Galindo: close by

1770 m at 13°: Cayo Galindito (cay); 2670 m at 136°: Cayo Boca Rompida (cay); 4090 m at 250°: Cayo Hijo de la Pluma (cay); 4810 m at 307°: Cayo Cruz del Padre (cay); 5900 m at 220°: Cayo Melón (cay); 5990 m at 202°: Cayo Partido (cay); 6050 m at 222°: Cayo Dama (cay); 6150 m at 201°: Cayo Seboruco (cay); 6530 m at 258°: Cayo el Sombrero (cay); 6600 m at 159°: Cayo Hornilla (cay); 7300 m at 215°: Cayo Seboruquito (cay); 7350 m at 231°: Cayo Vara (cay).

Cayo Galindo: on and around

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

13420 m at 273°: Reserva Ecológica Cayo Mono Galindo (parks & reserves); 13790 m at 248°: Delfinario aguas abiertas Rancho Cangrejo (attractions).

Cayo Galindo: marine life records

709 records of 150 species within 10 km, 1931 to 2017: 334 fish, 208 corals, 113 sponges, 33 molluscs, 9 other, 8 echinoderms, 3 marine mammals, 1 seabirds and shorebirds. That is 225.7 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 1, Aug 1, Dec 1.

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

Cayo Galindo: notes

Land only where a guide allows it.

Getting to Cayo Galindo

• Navigation: the lighthouse Faro Cruz del Padre stands about 5.2 km away.