Cayo Güincho

Cayo Güincho: coast and water

7130 m at 70°: Canal Cayo Largo (channel); 10180 m at 152°: Canal de Juan Suárez (channel); 10520 m at 5°: Pasa Mordaza de la Tierra (channel); 11320 m at 253°: Canal de Botijuela (channel); 13380 m at 354°: Estero Bahía Honda (estuary); 14350 m at 257°: Canal de la Granada (channel); 14480 m at 54°: Punta Bonita (point); 16200 m at 187°: Bajo Ancón del Uvero (shoal).

Cayo Güincho: islands

2750 m at 355°: Cayos Mate (island group); 3390 m at 353°: Cayos Pasa Honda (island group); 5030 m at 210°: Cayo Ronquito Chico (island); 8480 m at 104°: Cayos de Mordazo (island group); 8890 m at 77°: Cayería la Sierra (island group); 9290 m at 62°: Cayo Largo de Mordazo (island); 9710 m at 42°: Cayos Pinipiniche (island group); 11440 m at 334°: Cayos Pilón (island group); 12200 m at 355°: Cayo Puga (island); 12380 m at 162°: Cayos Pájaros (island group); 13310 m at 198°: Cayo Pescador (island); 13750 m at 326°: Cayo Piloncito (island).

Cayo Güincho: inland

14230 m at 43°: La Gloria (hamlet); 15630 m at 38°: La Caridad (locality); 16260 m at 9°: San Narciso (locality); 16750 m at 58°: Najasa (stream); 17190 m at 6°: La Catalina (hamlet); 17260 m at 29°: Gonzalo de Quesada (settlement).

Cayo Güincho: distances

13930 m at 44°: Santa Cruz del Sur; 15000 m at 54°: Playa Bonita; 51560 m at 81°: Guayabal; 92230 m at 16°: Ignacio Agramonte International Airport ; 134520 m at 40°: Port of Nuevitas (port); 226110 m at 345°: Marina Marlin Cayo Guillermo (marina).

Cayo Güincho: close by

2750 m at 355°: Cayos Mate (island group); 3390 m at 353°: Cayos Pasa Honda (island group); 3970 m at 348°: Cayo Becky (cay); 4750 m at 208°: Cayos Ronquitos (island group); 5010 m at 11°: Jardines y Jardinillos de la Reina (island group); 5030 m at 210°: Cayo Ronquito (cay); 5030 m at 210°: Cayo Ronquito Chico (cay); 6140 m at 354°: Cayos Bergantines (island group); 6570 m at 187°: Cayo Almácigo (cay); 7050 m at 106°: Cayos de Mordazos (cay); 8480 m at 104°: Cayos de Mordazo (island group); 8890 m at 77°: Cayería la Sierra (island group).

Cayo Güincho: on and around

Within 15 km: 9 stores & supermarkets, 8 schools, 6 clinics & polyclinics, 5 places of worship, 5 government & embassies, 3 sugar mills & refineries, 3 banks & exchange, 2 historic & heritage, 2 stations & terminals, 2 police & fire.

14260 m at 44°: Museo Municipal (museums); 14350 m at 44°: Monumento (attractions); 14370 m at 44°: Paladar El Faro (cuban cuisine & lechón); 14410 m at 44°: Cine Santa Cruz del Sur (theatres & arts); 14510 m at 41°: Santa Cruz del Sur (stations & terminals); 14540 m at 41°: Terminal Santa Cruz del Sur (stations & terminals); 14710 m at 46°: Cuadro de Pelota (stadiums & sport).

Cayo Güincho: marine life records

375 records of 38 species within 10 km, 2001 to 2001: 202 corals, 172 fish, 1 molluscs. That is 119.4 records per 100 km².

Most recorded: Millepora alcicornis, 81 (corals); Pseudodiploria strigosa, 30 (corals); Haemulon flavolineatum, 25 (fish); Porites astreoides, 19 (corals); Siderastrea siderea, 17 (corals); Pseudodiploria clivosa, 16 (corals); Acanthurus coeruleus, 14 (fish); Porites porites, 14 (corals); Lutjanus apodus, 12 (fish); Sparisoma viride, 12 (fish); Haemulon plumierii, 12 (fish); Anisotremus virginicus, 11 (fish).

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

Cayo Güincho: notes

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

Getting to Cayo Güincho

• Navigation: the lighthouse Faro de Santa Cruz del Sur stands about 15 km away.