Cayo La Pluma

Cayo La Pluma: coast and water

4590 m at 74°: Pasa Cruz del Padre (channel); 5750 m at 263°: Punta Cabeza de Cayo Blanco (point); 6340 m at 254°: Canalizo Los Jimaguas (inlet); 6690 m at 119°: Canalizo Las Bocainas (channel); 6850 m at 248°: Canalizo Boca Ciega (channel); 8480 m at 239°: Punta Carenero (point); 9600 m at 111°: Punta Empalizada (point); 13850 m at 151°: Punta El Factor (point).

Cayo La Pluma: islands

3440 m at 79°: Cayo Cruz del Padre (island); 3690 m at 167°: Cayo el Sombrero (island); 4960 m at 137°: Cayo Hijo de la Pluma (island); 7570 m at 107°: Cayo Galindo (island); 7650 m at 94°: Cayo Galindito (island); 8790 m at 162°: Cayos Redondos (island group); 9410 m at 148°: Cayo Seboruco (island); 11490 m at 231°: Cayos Careneros (island group); 12590 m at 148°: Cayo la Muerte (island); 14190 m at 162°: Cayos de las Cinco Leguas (island group); 14510 m at 126°: Cayo Cedro (island); 16640 m at 234°: Cayo Chalupa Alta (island).

Cayo La Pluma: inland

20290 m at 250°: Paradisus Princesa del Mar Resort & Spa (hotel); 20330 m at 250°: Paradisus Princesa Del Mar Resort and Spa All Incl (hotel); 20410 m at 251°: Iberostar Laguna Azul (hotel); 21490 m at 250°: Hotel Cayo Libertad (Adults 18) (hotel); 21900 m at 252°: Ocean Varadero El Patriarca Resort (hotel); 22620 m at 189°: Río del Júcaro (stream).

Cayo La Pluma: distances

21000 m at 252°: Laguna Mangón; 23970 m at 153°: Playa Musulmanes; 26840 m at 140°: Salinas La Teja; 56140 m at 243°: Juan Gualberto Gomez International Airport ; 68100 m at 250°: Port of Matanzas (port); 22150 m at 240°: Marina Gaviota Varadero (marina).

Protected: 6360 m at 256°: Reserva Ecológica Cayo Mono Galindo; 22560 m at 251°: Reserva Ecológica Varahicacos; 22690 m at 251°: Varahicacos.

Cayo La Pluma: close by

3390 m at 358°: Arrecife Lavanderas de Afuera (reef); 3440 m at 79°: Cayo Cruz del Padre (cay); 3690 m at 167°: Cayo el Sombrero (cay); 4570 m at 239°: Cayos de las Brujas (island group); 4960 m at 137°: Cayo Hijo de la Pluma (cay); 5610 m at 254°: Cayo Blanco (cay); 7000 m at 168°: Cayo Vara (cay); 7100 m at 241°: Cayos Blancos (island group); 7470 m at 155°: Cayo Dama (cay); 7570 m at 153°: Cayo Melón (cay); 7570 m at 107°: Cayo Galindo (cay); 7650 m at 94°: Cayo Galindito (cay).

Cayo La Pluma: on and around

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

6360 m at 256°: Reserva Ecológica Cayo Mono Galindo (parks & reserves); 9190 m at 217°: Delfinario aguas abiertas Rancho Cangrejo (attractions).

Cayo La Pluma: marine life records

757 records of 160 species within 10 km, 1931 to 2025: 342 fish, 209 corals, 113 sponges, 29 molluscs, 17 seabirds and shorebirds, 13 crustaceans, 13 marine mammals, 9 seagrass and algae, 9 other, 3 echinoderms. That is 241.0 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); Lutjanus apodus, 16 (fish).

Months with records, marine mammals: Mar 3, Apr 2, May 1, Jul 2, Aug 2, Nov 1, Dec 2.

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

Cayo La Pluma: notes

Land only where a guide allows it.

Getting to Cayo La Pluma

• Navigation: the lighthouse Faro Cruz del Padre stands about 5.3 km away.