Cayo La Cáscara

Cayo La Cáscara: coast and water

5490 m at 189°: Canalizo Baliza Vieja (channel); 9810 m at 88°: Lagunato Blanco (lagoon); 10830 m at 43°: Punta El Morro (point); 12620 m at 50°: Punta Lechuza (point); 12720 m at 102°: Lagunato de la Botella (lagoon); 13390 m at 58°: Punta Playuelas (point); 13990 m at 63°: Punta Rasa (point); 14000 m at 66°: Playa El Paso (beach).

Cayo La Cáscara: islands

3100 m at 112°: Cayo El Sapo (island); 4400 m at 77°: Cayo Pilón (islet); 4590 m at 275°: Cayos Los Anegadizos (island group); 5010 m at 228°: Cayo Los Pargos (island); 5830 m at 133°: Cayo Cubera (island); 6880 m at 39°: Cayo Guillermito (island); 7230 m at 111°: Cayo Jutía (island); 8900 m at 262°: Cayo Gordo de Patabán (island); 10840 m at 98°: Cayo Botella (island); 13040 m at 63°: Cayo Guillermo (island); 13180 m at 91°: Cayos Piedra de la Caridad (island group); 17710 m at 172°: Cayo Ladrones (island).

Cayo La Cáscara: inland

12930 m at 61°: Cayo Guillermo (settlement); 13040 m at 63°: Gran Caribe villa cojimar (hotel); 14130 m at 71°: Melia Cayo Guillermo (hotel); 17100 m at 181°: Máximo Gómez (sugar mill); 19300 m at 201°: Mario Martínez (locality); 19380 m at 201°: Loma de Aja (hill).

Cayo La Cáscara: distances

25700 m at 184°: Kilo 9; 33290 m at 211°: Arroyo de Agua; 33290 m at 211°: Arroyo Prieto Uno; 47190 m at 101°: Jardines Del Rey Airport ; 176240 m at 256°: Port of Cienfuegos (port); 12710 m at 68°: Marina Marlin Cayo Guillermo (marina).

Protected: 22890 m at 304°: Refugio de Fauna Cayo Santa María; 27610 m at 103°: Reserva Ecológica de Cayo Coco.

Cayo La Cáscara: close by

1680 m at 39°: Cayo Contrabando (cay); 2430 m at 27°: Cayo Jején (cay); 3100 m at 112°: Cayo El Sapo (cay); 3380 m at 28°: Pulicarpio (cay); 3480 m at 330°: Cayo Flores (cay); 3490 m at 197°: Cayo Piso (cay); 4010 m at 44°: Cayo Langosta (cay); 4410 m at 77°: Cayo Pilón (cay); 4580 m at 78°: Cayo de Piedra (cay); 4590 m at 275°: Cayos Los Anegadizos (island group); 4740 m at 276°: Cayo Los Anegadizos (cay); 4880 m at 92°: Cayos los Derramaderos (cay).

Cayo La Cáscara: on and around

Within 15 km: 2 attractions, 1 coral reefs, 1 trails & viewpoints, 1 banks & exchange, 1 surfing & kiteboarding, 1 stadiums & sport, 1 marinas.

13980 m at 76°: flamingo (attractions); 14080 m at 78°: Delfinario (attractions); 14190 m at 72°: Bowling (stadiums & sport); 14300 m at 78°: Marina Marlin Cayo Guillermo (marinas).

Cayo La Cáscara: marine life records

271 records of 100 species within 10 km, 2000 to 2025: 119 fish, 57 corals, 41 seabirds and shorebirds, 18 molluscs, 13 crustaceans, 9 echinoderms, 8 seagrass and algae, 3 marine mammals, 2 sharks and rays, 1 other. That is 86.3 records per 100 km².

Most recorded: Acropora palmata, 15 (corals); Millepora complanata, 13 (corals); Acanthurus coeruleus, 12 (fish); Porites astreoides, 11 (corals); Microspathodon chrysurus, 10 (fish); Sparisoma viride, 8 (fish); Pelecanus occidentalis, 8 (seabirds and shorebirds); Scarus vetula, 7 (fish); Arenaria interpres, 6 (seabirds and shorebirds); Haemulon sciurus, 6 (fish); Sparisoma rubripinne, 6 (fish); Montastraea cavernosa, 6 (corals).

Months with records, marine mammals: Feb 2, Sep 1.

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

Cayo La Cáscara: notes

Most cays are reached by boat with a guide.