Cayo La Música

Cayo La Música: coast and water

1690 m at 238°: Bajo Caletón Norte (shoal); 1920 m at 46°: Punta Frasquillo (point); 3360 m at 227°: Bajo Júcaro (shoal); 3990 m at 231°: Punta Sabinal (point); 4500 m at 19°: Punta Sotavento (point); 5020 m at 15°: Punta Rueda (point); 5060 m at 30°: Punta de Prácticos (point); 7620 m at 352°: Ensenada Playa Bonita (bay); 8480 m at 93°: Playa Santa Lucía (beach); 9840 m at 197°: Boca Grande (cove); 10650 m at 230°: Bahía de Nuevitas (bay); 10850 m at 350°: Punta Maternillos (point); 11050 m at 253°: Punta Gorda (point); 11320 m at 208°: Punta Barlovento (point); 12640 m at 271°: Punta la Güira (point); 13450 m at 269°: Punta Cayuela (point).

Cayo La Música: islands

7910 m at 241°: Cayo Ballenato Grande (island group); 9620 m at 241°: Cayo Ballenato del Medio (island group); 10330 m at 344°: Cayo Pájaro (island); 10810 m at 243°: Cayo Ballenato Chico (island group).

Cayo La Música: inland

2680 m at 183°: Las Calabazas (locality); 8010 m at 88°: Club Amigo Caracol Hotel (hotel); 8390 m at 93°: Brisas Santa Lucía (hotel); 8910 m at 101°: Residencial (settlement); 9010 m at 101°: Playa Santa Lucía (settlement); 9350 m at 194°: Carboneras (locality); 10170 m at 107°: Amigos del Mar (settlement); 10230 m at 206°: La Puerta (settlement); 11350 m at 132°: Palmas de Lucía (settlement); 11580 m at 121°: Los Corrales (settlement); 14960 m at 263°: Estación de Miramar (railway station); 14960 m at 263°: Estación de Número Uno (railway station).

Cayo La Música: distances

3160 m at 15°: Playa Chuch; 5670 m at 43°: Playa la Boca; 8860 m at 101°: Playa Santa Lucia; 67160 m at 163°: Hermanos Ameijeiras Airport ; 14270 m at 263°: Port of Nuevitas (port); 195160 m at 306°: Marina Marlin Cayo Guillermo (marina).

Protected: 1460 m at 306°: Refugio de la Fauna; 9160 m at 242°: Reserva Natural Los Ballenatos; 9670 m at 242°: Refugio de la Fauna.

Cayo La Música: close by

7680 m at 81°: Base Náutica Marlin (reef); 7900 m at 50°: Arrecife Playa Santa Lucía (reef); 7910 m at 241°: Cayo Ballenato Grande (island group); 8330 m at 91°: Centro de Buceo Sharks Friends (reef); 8420 m at 92°: Club Náutico (reef); 8580 m at 65°: Arrecife Playa Santa Lucía (reef); 8970 m at 254°: Antiguo Espigón (fishing); 9620 m at 241°: Cayo Ballenato del Medio (island group); 10330 m at 344°: Cayo Pájaro (cay); 10810 m at 243°: Cayo Ballenato Chico (island group); 10830 m at 243°: Cayo Ballenato Pequeño (cay); 11600 m at 229°: Zona de Pesca (fishing).

Cayo La Música: on and around

Within 15 km: 60 guest houses & hostels, 32 stores & supermarkets, 28 clinics & polyclinics, 27 coral reefs, 21 trails & viewpoints, 18 schools, 18 factories & works, 17 government & embassies, 15 stations & terminals, 15 urban parks & plazas.

1460 m at 306°: Refugio de la Fauna (parks & reserves); 2380 m at 15°: Fuerte de San Hilario (historic & heritage); 3230 m at 27°: La Boca (stations & terminals); 4810 m at 33°: Casa de Renta Gonzalo (guest houses & hostels); 4860 m at 2°: Playa Bonita (stations & terminals); 4890 m at 32°: Casa de Renta Sunset (guest houses & hostels); 4980 m at 31°: Casa de Renta Betty (guest houses & hostels); 5710 m at 66°: Flamingo (attractions); 7240 m at 83°: Transtur (stations & terminals); 7680 m at 82°: Cancha de Volleyball (stadiums & sport); 7730 m at 81°: Catamarán y Lanchas (marinas); 7750 m at 81°: Marlin (stations & terminals); 8340 m at 92°: Animación (theatres & arts).

Cayo La Música: marine life records

52 records of 41 species within 10 km, 1994 to 2025: 19 fish, 15 crustaceans, 8 seabirds and shorebirds, 3 echinoderms, 2 sponges, 2 sharks and rays, 1 corals, 1 molluscs, 1 seagrass and algae. That is 16.6 records per 100 km².

Most recorded: Pterois, 6 (fish); Thalassoma bifasciatum, 2 (fish); Exosphaeroma productatelson, 2 (crustaceans); Oreaster reticulatus, 2 (echinoderms); Uromunna caribea, 2 (crustaceans); Charadrius vociferus, 2 (seabirds and shorebirds); Himantopus mexicanus, 2 (seabirds and shorebirds); Lachnolaimus maximus, 1 (fish); Aplysina insularis, 1 (sponges); Paraimene ibarzabalae, 1 (crustaceans); Urobatis jamaicensis, 1 (sharks and rays); Sphyraena barracuda, 1 (fish).

Months with records, seabirds and shorebirds: Nov 5.

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

Cayo La Música: notes

Take your rubbish away and keep off the mangrove.

Getting to Cayo La Música

• Navigation: the lighthouse Faro de Nuevitas stands about 5.1 km away.
• Navigation: the lighthouse Faro de Punta Maternillos stands about 11 km away.