Cayo Los Hoyos

Cayo Los Hoyos: coast and water

9000 m at 159°: Punta Puerto Arturo (point); 11550 m at 179°: Punta Macao (point); 15850 m at 29°: Canal de Pingüe (channel); 17350 m at 108°: Canal de la Granada (channel); 18930 m at 273°: Pasa Boca de Juan Grin (channel); 20380 m at 106°: Canal de Botijuela (channel); 25990 m at 16°: Fondeadero San Francisco (anchorage); 27390 m at 53°: Estero Palizada (estuary).

Cayo Los Hoyos: islands

4170 m at 30°: Cayos Guasa (island group); 4360 m at 239°: Cayo la Loma (islet); 4420 m at 165°: Cayo María Velache (island); 5060 m at 311°: Cayo Atravesado (island); 5810 m at 177°: Cayo Alto la Jía (island); 6860 m at 341°: Cayos República (island group); 6890 m at 268°: Cayo Juan Yero (island); 7810 m at 198°: Cayo Las Caguamas (island); 8870 m at 102°: Cayo Sombrerito (island); 11350 m at 252°: Cayo Boca Rica (islet); 11950 m at 65°: Cayo Rancho Viejo (island); 13570 m at 291°: Cayo La Bola (island).

Cayo Los Hoyos: inland

22500 m at 39°: Sardiñas (locality); 29560 m at 55°: Lázaro (stream).

Cayo Los Hoyos: distances

40950 m at 79°: Santa Cruz del Sur; 43110 m at 81°: Playa Bonita; 72640 m at 20°: Vertientes; 102910 m at 33°: Ignacio Agramonte International Airport ; 154330 m at 49°: Port of Nuevitas (port); 207510 m at 307°: Marina Trinidad (Casilda) (marina).

Cayo Los Hoyos: close by

720 m at 345°: Cayo Cubero (cay); 2100 m at 172°: Cayo de los Alfaquis (cay); 2130 m at 39°: Cayo Café (cay); 2520 m at 234°: Cayo Las Varas (cay); 3370 m at 191°: Cayo La Yerba (cay); 3400 m at 339°: Cayo Cubera (cay); 3970 m at 275°: Cayo Los Careyes (cay); 4170 m at 30°: Cayos Guasa (island group); 4360 m at 239°: Cayo la Loma (cay); 4420 m at 165°: Cayo María Velache (cay); 5060 m at 311°: Cayo Atravesado (cay); 5130 m at 332°: Cayo Jocú (cay).

Cayo Los Hoyos: on and around

Within 15 km: 1 coral reefs.

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Cayo Los Hoyos: marine life records

178 records of 40 species within 10 km, 1974 to 2025: 95 fish, 81 corals, 1 sponges, 1 seabirds and shorebirds. That is 56.7 records per 100 km².

Most recorded: Porites porites, 17 (corals); Siderastrea siderea, 15 (corals); Agaricia agaricites, 10 (corals); Scarus iseri, 9 (fish); Sparisoma aurofrenatum, 9 (fish); Porites astreoides, 9 (corals); Sparisoma viride, 8 (fish); Orbicella faveolata, 7 (corals); Acanthurus coeruleus, 7 (fish); Acanthurus bahianus, 7 (fish); Haemulon plumierii, 7 (fish); Chaetodon capistratus, 7 (fish).

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

Cayo Los Hoyos: notes

Many cays have no landing, so ask an operator first.

Getting to Cayo Los Hoyos

• Navigation: the lighthouse Faro Punta Cabeza del Este stands about 15 km away.