Cayo La Potala

Cayo La Potala: coast and water

4690 m at 347°: Punta del Norte (point); 5180 m at 113°: Laguna Blanca (lagoon); 8530 m at 178°: Ensenada del Palo (cove); 9260 m at 141°: Laguna de Las Loras (lagoon); 10210 m at 231°: Restinga El Masculino (shoal); 10250 m at 274°: Ensenada Boca Chica (channel); 10650 m at 132°: Boca de las Manchas (channel); 11040 m at 232°: Restingo El Masculino (shoal).

Cayo La Potala: islands

3650 m at 64°: Cayo Tío Pepe (island); 3810 m at 137°: Cayo La Trina (island); 3980 m at 22°: Cayo Francés (island); 9320 m at 65°: Cayuelo de Piedra (island); 9950 m at 55°: Cayo Español de Afuera (island); 12530 m at 124°: Cayo Boca Ciega (island); 13340 m at 70°: Cayos Ensenachos (island group); 19140 m at 118°: Cayuelo del Concha (island); 19420 m at 187°: Cayo Salinas (island); 19730 m at 115°: Cayo Pasaje (island); 20060 m at 78°: Cayuelos Las Corúas (island group); 21480 m at 168°: Cayo Almita (island).

Cayo La Potala: inland

7320 m at 69°: villa las brujas (hotel); 14800 m at 61°: Melia Buenavista All Inclusive Royal Service & Spa (hotel); 14810 m at 61°: Meliá Buenavista (hotel); 16770 m at 67°: Sol Cayo Santa María (hotel); 19040 m at 71°: Royalton Cayo Sta Maria (hotel); 19160 m at 277°: Barcelo Cayo Santa Maria Beach Resort All Incl (hotel).

Cayo La Potala: distances

23590 m at 198°: Playa Bofill; 24140 m at 198°: Playa Júcaro; 24410 m at 185°: Playa Victoria; 75950 m at 261°: Abel Santamaria International Airport ; 135790 m at 249°: Port of Cienfuegos (port); 56300 m at 92°: Marina Marlin Cayo Guillermo (marina).

Protected: 22550 m at 164°: Parque Nacional Caguanes; 26290 m at 76°: Refugio de Fauna Cayo Santa María; 35930 m at 178°: Jobo Rosado.

Cayo La Potala: close by

2500 m at 202°: Cayuelo del Pan de Azúcar (cay); 2610 m at 79°: Cayo Cobos (island group); 3350 m at 190°: Cayo Pueblo Viejo (cay); 3630 m at 68°: Cayo las Brujas (cay); 3660 m at 64°: Cayo Tío Pepe (cay); 3810 m at 137°: Cayo La Trina (cay); 3980 m at 22°: Cayo Francés (cay); 8260 m at 49°: Cayo Borracho (cay); 8320 m at 143°: Cayos de la Herradura (island group); 8550 m at 218°: Barco hundido (reef); 8550 m at 141°: Cayo Las Loras (cay); 8680 m at 141°: Cayos Las Loras (island group).

Cayo La Potala: on and around

Within 15 km: 4 stadiums & sport, 2 mines & quarries, 1 coral reefs, 1 marinas, 1 urban parks & plazas, 1 fuel stations, 1 stores & supermarkets.

4830 m at 57°: Marina Las Brujas (marinas); 5950 m at 69°: Quarry (mines & quarries); 7190 m at 63°: Plaza Flor de Sal (pasa día) (urban parks & plazas); 11840 m at 68°: Nautical Center (stadiums & sport); 13260 m at 69°: Nautical Sport Center (stadiums & sport); 13760 m at 71°: Sport Club (stadiums & sport).

Cayo La Potala: marine life records

490 records of 122 species within 10 km, 1931 to 2026: 308 fish, 115 corals, 29 seabirds and shorebirds, 13 molluscs, 13 crustaceans, 5 seagrass and algae, 4 echinoderms, 2 marine mammals, 1 sharks and rays. That is 156.0 records per 100 km².

Most recorded: Acropora palmata, 26 (corals); Sparisoma viride, 19 (fish); Montastraea cavernosa, 18 (corals); Pelecanus occidentalis, 18 (seabirds and shorebirds); Haemulon flavolineatum, 17 (fish); Acanthurus coeruleus, 16 (fish); Microspathodon chrysurus, 16 (fish); Scarus iseri, 16 (fish); Lutjanus apodus, 16 (fish); Acanthurus bahianus, 15 (fish); Haemulon plumierii, 14 (fish); Haemulon sciurus, 14 (fish).

Months with records, seabirds and shorebirds: Mar 6, Dec 4.

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

Cayo La Potala: notes

Most cays are reached by boat with a guide.

Getting to Cayo La Potala

• Navigation: the lighthouse Faro Cayo Francés stands about 4.8 km away.