Cayo Levisa

Cayo Levisa: coast and water

3780 m at 165°: Estero Puercos (inlet); 6120 m at 288°: Pasa San Carlos (channel); 6870 m at 217°: Ensenada de Puercos (bay); 7530 m at 211°: Estero de los Montañeses (cove); 10660 m at 89°: Ensenada del Real (cove); 11250 m at 90°: Playa Real (beach); 12970 m at 90°: Punta de Guerra (point); 13090 m at 98°: Playa Luchana (beach).

Cayo Levisa: islands

1930 m at 158°: Cayo Dios (island); 7180 m at 72°: Cayos Alacranes (island group); 10270 m at 68°: Cayo Casiguas (island); 10670 m at 64°: Cayo Mégano de Casiguas (island); 11740 m at 77°: Cayo Catalanes (island); 12970 m at 90°: Cayo Fábrica (island); 13500 m at 74°: Cayo Ratón (island); 14340 m at 249°: Cayo Arenas (island).

Cayo Levisa: inland

6390 m at 106°: Río Margajitas (stream); 7290 m at 144°: Leoncio Sánchez (settlement); 7380 m at 185°: Ceiba (locality); 7380 m at 185°: Celia (locality); 8050 m at 103°: Palma Rubia (locality); 8170 m at 203°: Arroyo Rico (stream).

Cayo Levisa: distances

4550 m at 143°: Playa de Surines; 6390 m at 106°: Playa de Palma Rubia; 11250 m at 90°: Playa Real; 115040 m at 84°: José Martí International Airport ; 80410 m at 81°: Port of Mariel (port); 107350 m at 77°: Marina Hemingway (marina).

Protected: 21120 m at 143°: Mil Cumbres.

Cayo Levisa: close by

240 m at 91°: Club de Buceo (reef); 1930 m at 158°: Cayo Dios (cay); 7180 m at 72°: Cayos Alacranes (island group); 10270 m at 68°: Cayo Casiguas (cay); 10670 m at 64°: Cayo Mégano de Casiguas (cay); 11740 m at 77°: Cayo Catalanes (cay); 12970 m at 90°: Cayo Fábrica (cay); 13500 m at 74°: Cayo Ratón (cay); 14350 m at 249°: Cayo Arenas (cay); 15170 m at 243°: Cayo Verracos (island group); 16650 m at 242°: Cayo Las Uvas (cay); 16810 m at 77°: Cayo Blanco (cay).

Cayo Levisa: on and around

Within 15 km: 9 guest houses & hostels, 5 peaks & volcanoes, 2 stations & terminals, 2 schools, 1 post offices, 1 clinics & polyclinics, 1 universities & colleges, 1 coral reefs, 1 police & fire, 1 cigars & tobacco.

300 m at 103°: Cayo Levisa (stations & terminals); 6630 m at 110°: Casa Juan y Silvia (guest houses & hostels); 6720 m at 114°: finca del Horizonte (guest houses & hostels); 6730 m at 110°: Villa Mario y Antonia (guest houses & hostels); 9920 m at 145°: Meseta de Cajálbana (peaks & volcanoes); 11190 m at 160°: Sierra Peluda (peaks & volcanoes); 14710 m at 155°: Mogote El Chino (peaks & volcanoes).

Cayo Levisa: marine life records

56 records of 32 species within 10 km, 1946 to 2020: 11 seagrass and algae, 11 seabirds and shorebirds, 9 crustaceans, 6 sponges, 6 corals, 5 fish, 4 echinoderms, 2 molluscs, 1 other, 1 marine mammals. That is 17.8 records per 100 km².

Most recorded: Coenobita clypeatus, 8 (crustaceans); Cocos nucifera, 4 (seagrass and algae); Oreaster reticulatus, 4 (echinoderms); Calidris alba, 4 (seabirds and shorebirds); Conocarpus erectus, 3 (seagrass and algae); Pelecanus occidentalis, 2 (seabirds and shorebirds); Laguncularia racemosa, 2 (seagrass and algae); Lutjanus apodus, 2 (fish); Tylosurus crocodilus, 2 (fish); Pluvialis squatarola, 2 (seabirds and shorebirds); Physalia physalis, 2 (corals); Discodermia, 1 (sponges).

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

Cayo Levisa: notes

Take your rubbish away and keep off the mangrove.

Getting to Cayo Levisa

• By boat: the route Palma Rubia - Cayo Levisa is mapped. Schedules and operators change, so confirm locally before travelling.
• Boat terminal: Cayo Levisa is mapped as a ferry terminal for Cayo Levisa.
• Boat terminal: Cayo Levisa is mapped as a ferry terminal for Cayo Levisa.