Cayo Guayo

Cayo Guayo: coast and water

1460 m at 78°: Punta Tabaco (point); 2180 m at 341°: Punta del Este (point); 3300 m at 76°: Punta Chicharrones (point); 3430 m at 39°: Punta Oeste (point); 4360 m at 249°: Cabezos Las Mulatas (reef); 4860 m at 81°: Ensenada de Caballones (bay); 4990 m at 284°: Punta de Calisí (point); 5290 m at 202°: Arrecifes La Víbora (reef); 5610 m at 104°: Ensenada Jobabo (bay); 5790 m at 248°: Canal Mulatas (channel); 6510 m at 283°: Punta de los Negros (point); 6990 m at 139°: Bajos Jobabo (shoal); 7240 m at 171°: Marisma (reef); 7240 m at 294°: Punta Lastre (point); 7300 m at 118°: Fondeadero Jobabo (anchorage); 7760 m at 304°: Casilda (port).

Cayo Guayo: islands

2050 m at 84°: Cayo Tabaco (island); 6340 m at 304°: Cayo Ripiado (island); 6500 m at 297°: Cayo Ratón (island); 9530 m at 153°: Cayo Blanco de Casilda (island); 12990 m at 108°: Cayos Machos de Tierra (island group); 14360 m at 113°: Cayo Magua (island); 14580 m at 142°: Cayo Puga (island).

Cayo Guayo: inland

4870 m at 36°: Arroyo El Gato (stream); 5850 m at 354°: Las Guásimas (locality); 5860 m at 29°: La Redonda (settlement); 5930 m at 11°: El Pito (locality); 5930 m at 11°: Las Tunitas (locality); 5930 m at 11°: La Luisa (locality); 6270 m at 338°: Palmarito (locality); 7390 m at 38°: Matamoros (locality); 7690 m at 355°: Candelaria (locality); 7690 m at 355°: La Providencia (locality); 7730 m at 340°: Santiago Escobar (settlement); 8020 m at 343°: Vista Hermosa (locality).

Cayo Guayo: distances

6840 m at 299°: Playa Ancón; 8290 m at 308°: Casilda (Trinidad); 8670 m at 288°: Playa Ancoá; 10940 m at 319°: Alberto Delgado Airport ; 71710 m at 313°: Port of Cienfuegos (port); 8050 m at 301°: Marina Trinidad (Casilda) (marina).

Protected: 23120 m at 331°: Área Protegida Topes de Collantes; 28450 m at 338°: Guanayara; 36380 m at 60°: Reserva Ecológica Lomas de Banao.

Cayo Guayo: close by

2060 m at 84°: Cayo Tabaco (cay); 4260 m at 133°: Bajo Diamante (reef); 4360 m at 249°: Cabezos Las Mulatas (reef); 4850 m at 235°: Arrecifes Las Mulatas (reef); 5290 m at 203°: Arrecifes La Víbora (reef); 6340 m at 304°: Cayo Ripiado (cay); 6500 m at 297°: Cayo Ratón (cay); 6740 m at 289°: Península Ancón (cay); 7150 m at 270°: Arrecifes Las Mulaticas (reef); 7240 m at 171°: Marisma (reef); 7740 m at 303°: Puerto de Casilda (fishing); 7930 m at 303°: Casilda (fishing).

Cayo Guayo: on and around

Within 15 km: 978 guest houses & hostels, 45 attractions, 23 stores & supermarkets, 19 cuban cuisine & lechón, 14 schools, 11 garages & car services, 8 museums, 7 banks & exchange, 7 stations & terminals, 6 urban parks & plazas.

4980 m at 284°: punta de ancon (attractions); 5060 m at 284°: barca (attractions); 5070 m at 285°: barca1 (attractions); 5370 m at 289°: pesqueroblas (attractions); 5390 m at 289°: la barca (attractions); 7090 m at 286°: Playa Ancón (attractions); 7400 m at 290°: Marlin Marina Trinidad (marinas); 7420 m at 289°: Marina Gaviota (attractions); 7740 m at 303°: Puerto de Casilda (attractions); 7860 m at 304°: Base de Pesca Deportiva Casilda (attractions); 7940 m at 307°: B&B Santa María (guest houses & hostels); 8020 m at 307°: Hostal El Dorado (guest houses & hostels); 8070 m at 306°: Grabie y Leo (guest houses & hostels).

Cayo Guayo: marine life records

1447 records of 155 species within 10 km, 1904 to 2026: 648 fish, 603 corals, 139 seabirds and shorebirds, 19 crustaceans, 13 seagrass and algae, 13 molluscs, 4 other, 3 sponges, 3 echinoderms, 2 marine mammals. That is 460.6 records per 100 km².

Most recorded: Porites astreoides, 96 (corals); Acropora palmata, 69 (corals); Acanthurus coeruleus, 68 (fish); Siderastrea siderea, 56 (corals); Sparisoma viride, 52 (fish); Orbicella franksi, 51 (corals); Acanthurus bahianus, 51 (fish); Agaricia agaricites, 50 (corals); Scarus iseri, 46 (fish); Sparisoma aurofrenatum, 45 (fish); Chaetodon capistratus, 43 (fish); Montastraea cavernosa, 43 (corals).

Months with records, seabirds and shorebirds: Feb 12, Mar 12, Apr 2, Jun 18, Aug 4, Oct 10, Nov 4.

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

Cayo Guayo: notes

Land only where a guide allows it.

Getting to Cayo Guayo

• Navigation: the lighthouse Faro de Cayo Blanco de Casilda stands about 9.6 km away.