Cays & islands · Camagüey
Cayo Los Machos
Cayo Los Machos is a cay at 22°06′55″N 77°46′31″W in Camagüey province.
Cayo Los Machos: coast and water
2710 m at 205°: Punta Los Machos (point); 5390 m at 149°: Punta Blanca (point); 6670 m at 29°: Punta del Este de Cayo Cruz (point); 12890 m at 117°: Estero Garzones (estuary); 13050 m at 345°: Punta La Quebrada (point); 16190 m at 318°: Ensenada del Alto del Ají (cove); 16720 m at 336°: Punta La Tintorera (point); 17540 m at 197°: Ensenada de Correa (cove).
Cayo Los Machos: islands
1890 m at 23°: Cayo Corúa (island); 2740 m at 83°: Cayo Guanalito (island); 2930 m at 99°: Cayo La Aguada (island); 2940 m at 60°: Cayo Palomo (island); 4880 m at 264°: Cayo Garrafones (island); 5240 m at 133°: Cayo Largo (island); 7890 m at 230°: Cayo Romano (island); 8850 m at 134°: Cayo Noy (island); 13170 m at 89°: Cayo Verde (island); 16230 m at 315°: Cayo Ajisito (island); 17010 m at 335°: Cayo Tintorera (island); 20290 m at 323°: Cayo Caobal (island).
Cayo Los Machos: inland
19820 m at 133°: Versalles (settlement); 19840 m at 127°: Punta Mangle (settlement); 27710 m at 250°: Playa Guaney (settlement); 28830 m at 207°: Estero del Vicioso (hamlet); 29450 m at 243°: Loma Guaney (hill); 29570 m at 236°: Loma de Miranda (hill).
Cayo Los Machos: distances
8060 m at 228°: Cayo Romano; 27450 m at 216°: Playa Jigüey; 28110 m at 251°: Playa Guaney; 68670 m at 304°: Jardines Del Rey Airport ; 82350 m at 140°: Port of Nuevitas (port); 105350 m at 300°: Marina Marlin Cayo Guillermo (marina).
Cayo Los Machos: close by
1130 m at 203°: Cayo Las Bocainas (cay); 1890 m at 23°: Cayo Corúa (cay); 2720 m at 93°: Cayo El Santo (cay); 2730 m at 83°: Cayo Guanalito (cay); 2900 m at 60°: Cayo Paloma (cay); 2930 m at 99°: Cayo La Aguada (cay); 2930 m at 60°: Cayo Palomo (cay); 3460 m at 115°: Cayo Estanislao (cay); 3830 m at 149°: Cayo Punta La Cera (cay); 3950 m at 120°: Cayo Policarpio (cay); 4880 m at 264°: Cayo Garrafones (cay); 5240 m at 133°: Cayo Largo (cay).
Cayo Los Machos: on and around
Within 15 km: 4 coral reefs, 3 stores & supermarkets, 1 police & fire, 1 attractions, 1 marinas, 1 fuel stations, 1 historic & heritage.
13880 m at 343°: Delfinario (attractions); 14050 m at 341°: Puerto Deportivo (marinas); 14260 m at 340°: Iguana (historic & heritage).
Cayo Los Machos: marine life records
6 records of 6 species within 10 km, 1984 to 2026: 2 seabirds and shorebirds, 1 echinoderms, 1 crustaceans, 1 turtles, 1 molluscs. That is 1.9 records per 100 km².
Most recorded: Oreaster reticulatus, 1 (echinoderms); Panulirus argus, 1 (crustaceans); Fregata magnificens, 1 (seabirds and shorebirds); Pelecanus occidentalis, 1 (seabirds and shorebirds); Chelonia mydas, 1 (turtles); Lucina columbella, 1 (molluscs).
Records show where people have surveyed, not how many animals there are.
Cayo Los Machos: notes
Take your rubbish away and keep off the mangrove.
Getting to Cayo Los Machos
- Navigation: the lighthouse Faro de Cayo Confites stands about 14 km away.
Sources and data
Name and position: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0) (record). Distances are straight-line measurements from these coordinates. Satellite imagery: Esri, Maxar. Named places: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Positions from public gazetteers can be approximate, so confirm a location with a local operator before you travel.