Cayo las Brujas

Cayo las Brujas: coast and water

1720 m at 329°: Canal de las Piraguas (channel); 2040 m at 128°: Lagunato de Chauchau (channel); 2710 m at 52°: Ensenada de Las Brujas (cove); 3600 m at 16°: Punta del Este (point); 5100 m at 138°: Lagunato Sur de Las Brujas (lagoon); 7890 m at 203°: Lagunato La Escondida (lagoon); 9880 m at 246°: Canalizo Ciego de Cobos (channel); 11830 m at 197°: Restinga de los Machos (shoal).

Cayo las Brujas: islands

4970 m at 36°: Cayo Borracho (island); 5700 m at 63°: Cayuelo de Piedra (island); 6480 m at 47°: Cayo Español de Afuera (island); 7570 m at 58°: Cayo La Chalupa (island); 8180 m at 169°: Cayos de la Herradura (island group); 10900 m at 140°: Cayo Boca Ciega (island); 11200 m at 72°: Cayo Majá (island); 13720 m at 79°: Cayo La Vieja Pepilla (island); 14090 m at 89°: Cayo Largo (island); 17030 m at 91°: Cayo Mogote (island); 20510 m at 82°: Cayo Róbalo (island); 21210 m at 186°: Cayo Guainabo (island).

Cayo las Brujas: inland

3690 m at 70°: villa las brujas (hotel); 8140 m at 68°: Iberostar Selection Ensenachos (hotel); 13020 m at 66°: Melia Cayo Santa Maria (hotel); 13140 m at 67°: Sol Cayo Santa María (hotel); 13400 m at 68°: Melia Las Dunas (hotel); 15420 m at 72°: Royalton Cayo Sta Maria (hotel).

Cayo las Brujas: distances

26060 m at 204°: Playa Bofill; 26240 m at 192°: Playa Victoria; 26630 m at 204°: Playa Júcaro; 79490 m at 260°: Abel Santamaria International Airport ; 139420 m at 249°: Port of Cienfuegos (port); 53000 m at 93°: Marina Marlin Cayo Guillermo (marina).

Protected: 22710 m at 78°: Refugio de Fauna Cayo Santa María; 23220 m at 173°: Parque Nacional Caguanes; 37320 m at 183°: Jobo Rosado.

Cayo las Brujas: close by

270 m at 342°: Cayo Tío Pepe (cay); 1170 m at 223°: Cayo Cobos (island group); 3000 m at 321°: Cayo Francés (cay); 3630 m at 248°: Cayo La Potala (cay); 4190 m at 190°: Cayo La Trina (cay); 4970 m at 36°: Cayo Borracho (cay); 5650 m at 229°: Cayuelo del Pan de Azúcar (cay); 5700 m at 63°: Cayuelo de Piedra (cay); 6090 m at 220°: Cayo Pueblo Viejo (cay); 6210 m at 58°: Cayo Agustín (cay); 6410 m at 70°: Cayo El Ensenachito (cay); 6480 m at 47°: Cayo Español de Afuera (cay).

Cayo las Brujas: on and around

Within 15 km: 5 stadiums & sport, 3 theatres & arts, 2 mines & quarries, 2 coral reefs, 2 banks & exchange, 1 marinas, 1 urban parks & plazas, 1 fuel stations, 1 stores & supermarkets, 1 cuban cuisine & lechón.

1450 m at 28°: Marina Las Brujas (marinas); 2320 m at 70°: Quarry (mines & quarries); 3580 m at 59°: Plaza Flor de Sal (pasa día) (urban parks & plazas); 8220 m at 68°: Nautical Center (stadiums & sport); 9630 m at 69°: Nautical Sport Center (stadiums & sport); 10140 m at 72°: Sport Club (stadiums & sport); 12750 m at 65°: Anfiteatro (theatres & arts); 13060 m at 67°: Teatro de Animación (theatres & arts); 13080 m at 68°: Bolera (stadiums & sport); 13080 m at 68°: Cubano (cuban cuisine & lechón); 13470 m at 71°: Motelera Cayo Santa María (guest houses & hostels).

Cayo las Brujas: marine life records

619 records of 154 species within 10 km, 1931 to 2026: 387 fish, 117 corals, 54 seabirds and shorebirds, 27 crustaceans, 17 molluscs, 7 seagrass and algae, 7 echinoderms, 2 sharks and rays, 1 other. That is 197.0 records per 100 km².

Most recorded: Acropora palmata, 26 (corals); Pelecanus occidentalis, 23 (seabirds and shorebirds); Haemulon flavolineatum, 20 (fish); Sparisoma viride, 20 (fish); Montastraea cavernosa, 18 (corals); Lutjanus apodus, 18 (fish); Acanthurus coeruleus, 17 (fish); Microspathodon chrysurus, 16 (fish); Haemulon sciurus, 16 (fish); Scarus iseri, 16 (fish); Acanthurus bahianus, 15 (fish); Haemulon plumierii, 14 (fish).

Months with records, seabirds and shorebirds: Mar 7, Apr 2, Aug 16, Dec 5.

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

Cayo las Brujas: notes

Take your rubbish away and keep off the mangrove.

Getting to Cayo las Brujas

• Navigation: the lighthouse Faro Cayo Francés stands about 5.9 km away.