Cayo Levisa

Cayo Levisa: coast and water

3300 m at 222°: Punta Gorda (point); 4000 m at 151°: Punta Andén (point); 4070 m at 261°: Bahía Sagua la Grande (bay); 4860 m at 83°: Boca Marillani (channel); 4860 m at 83°: Boca Marillanes (channel); 5240 m at 345°: Cañón del Esquivel (channel); 5450 m at 207°: Estero Los Jacos (cove); 7380 m at 31°: Punta del Cristo (point).

Cayo Levisa: islands

3250 m at 161°: Cayo Mendoza (island); 6960 m at 87°: Cayo Maravillas (island); 6980 m at 19°: Cayo del Cristo (island); 7550 m at 108°: Cayo Hachuela (island); 8560 m at 3°: Cayuelo del Cristo (island); 11200 m at 295°: Cayo Rancho del Cojo (island); 11270 m at 120°: Cayos Tumba la Olla (island group); 11770 m at 122°: Cayo Tumba la Olla (island); 12290 m at 105°: Cayos Dromedarios (island group); 13130 m at 266°: Cayo Las Glorias (island); 13530 m at 289°: Cayo Ocho Arrobas (island); 14260 m at 260°: Cayo Veloz (island).

Cayo Levisa: inland

4860 m at 160°: Sagua la Grande (stream); 10470 m at 175°: Palma Sola (locality); 10710 m at 193°: Júcaro (locality); 11250 m at 197°: Vegetales (settlement); 13280 m at 241°: Laguna el Limpio (pond); 14340 m at 190°: Pastora de Alvárez (locality).

Cayo Levisa: distances

4430 m at 162°: Isabela de Sagua; 4920 m at 189°: Playa de Punta Gorda; 12130 m at 158°: Playa Colorado; 54580 m at 171°: Abel Santamaria International Airport ; 101310 m at 205°: Port of Cienfuegos (port); 102840 m at 205°: Marina Marlin Cienfuegos (marina).

Protected: 20730 m at 215°: Mogotes de Jumagua.

Cayo Levisa: close by

2920 m at 113°: Cayo Paloma (cay); 3110 m at 108°: Cayo Palomo (cay); 3240 m at 161°: Cayo Mendoza (cay); 4190 m at 152°: Vista al Mar (fishing); 4370 m at 9°: Cayo Iguana (cay); 4410 m at 63°: Cayo de la Cruz (cay); 4620 m at 18°: Cayo Matahambre (cay); 4640 m at 31°: Cayo Tunas (cay); 4770 m at 23°: Cayo Bicho (cay); 5850 m at 324°: Cayos Redondos (island group); 6690 m at 90°: Cayo Mariposa (cay); 6960 m at 87°: Cayo Maravillas (cay).

Cayo Levisa: on and around

Within 15 km: 6 salt works, 2 factories & works, 2 schools, 1 marinas, 1 cuban cuisine & lechón, 1 historic & heritage, 1 stations & terminals, 1 clinics & polyclinics.

4160 m at 155°: Marinas & Náutica Marlin Isabela (marinas); 4190 m at 153°: Paladar la Estrella (cuban cuisine & lechón); 4210 m at 159°: La Casona (historic & heritage); 4460 m at 164°: Concha (Isabela) (stations & terminals).

Cayo Levisa: marine life records

198 records of 85 species within 10 km, 1931 to 2024: 159 fish, 25 crustaceans, 5 other, 3 sharks and rays, 3 molluscs, 2 echinoderms, 1 marine mammals. That is 63.0 records per 100 km².

Most recorded: Strongylura notata, 10 (fish); Gammaridea, 9 (crustaceans); Lophogobius cyprinoides, 8 (fish); Sphyraena barracuda, 7 (fish); Gerres cinereus, 7 (fish); Dynamenella perforata, 6 (crustaceans); Limia vittata, 6 (fish); Haemulon sciurus, 6 (fish); Gambusia puncticulata, 6 (fish); Lutjanus apodus, 5 (fish); Ctenogobius boleosoma, 5 (fish); Cyprinodon variegatus, 4 (fish).

Months with records, sharks and rays: Apr 3.

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

Cayo Levisa: notes

Most cays are reached by boat with a guide.

Getting to Cayo Levisa

• Navigation: the lighthouse Faro Cayo Cristo stands about 7.4 km away.