Cayo Machos

Cayo Machos: coast and water

7030 m at 255°: Bajo Chalupa (shoal); 7340 m at 182°: Boca La Manuy (inlet); 8260 m at 178°: Punta Aguada (point); 8820 m at 132°: Punta del Genovés (point); 9100 m at 323°: Canalizo Carenero (channel); 9780 m at 201°: Punta Ticidro (point); 11260 m at 107°: Punta El Factor (point); 11850 m at 171°: Ensenada del Asturiano (cove).

Cayo Machos: islands

6430 m at 89°: Cayo Palomo (island); 7230 m at 43°: Cayo el Sombrero (island); 7810 m at 74°: Cayo Melón (island); 9130 m at 84°: Cayo Seboruco (island); 9140 m at 55°: Cayo Hijo de la Pluma (island); 9780 m at 25°: Cayo La Pluma (island); 13130 m at 59°: Cayo Galindo (island); 13690 m at 88°: Cayo Hornilla (island); 13990 m at 70°: Cayo Boca Rompida (island); 14080 m at 272°: Cayo Molas (island); 14370 m at 274°: Cayo Libertad (island); 14400 m at 54°: Cayo Galindito (island).

Cayo Machos: inland

13480 m at 271°: Cardenas (airfield); 14790 m at 276°: Melia Marina Varadero (hotel); 15340 m at 278°: Iberostar Laguna Azul (hotel); 15650 m at 278°: Tryp Peninsula Varadero (hotel); 16400 m at 278°: Sirenis La Salina Varadero (hotel); 16500 m at 275°: Las Morlas (settlement).

Cayo Machos: distances

16130 m at 279°: Laguna Mangón; 19530 m at 129°: Playa Musulmanes; 24360 m at 118°: Salinas La Teja; 48890 m at 251°: Juan Gualberto Gomez International Airport ; 61610 m at 256°: Port of Matanzas (port); 15220 m at 261°: Marina Gaviota Varadero (marina).

Protected: 7630 m at 344°: Reserva Ecológica Cayo Mono Galindo; 17250 m at 275°: Reserva Ecológica Varahicacos; 17480 m at 275°: Varahicacos.

Cayo Machos: close by

2200 m at 317°: Delfinario aguas abiertas Rancho Cangrejo (fishing); 3190 m at 137°: Cayo Hijo de Cayo Machos (cay); 3200 m at 137°: Cayo Machito (cay); 3430 m at 302°: Cayo Hijo de Cayo Blanco (cay); 5190 m at 289°: Cayos Careneros (island group); 5810 m at 309°: Servicio (fishing); 5830 m at 310°: Catamaranes (fishing); 5860 m at 339°: Cayos Blancos (island group); 5950 m at 70°: Cayo Vara (cay); 6420 m at 89°: Cayo Palomo (cay); 6490 m at 95°: Cayo Perro (cay); 6540 m at 1°: Cayos de las Brujas (island group).

Cayo Machos: on and around

Within 15 km: 4 coral reefs, 1 attractions, 1 parks & reserves, 1 surfing & kiteboarding, 1 guest houses & hostels, 1 stores & supermarkets, 1 marinas, 1 banks & exchange, 1 stadiums & sport.

2200 m at 317°: Delfinario aguas abiertas Rancho Cangrejo (attractions); 7630 m at 344°: Reserva Ecológica Cayo Mono Galindo (parks & reserves); 14190 m at 272°: Casa presidencial de Raúl Castro (guest houses & hostels); 14610 m at 274°: Marina Gaviota Varadero (marinas); 14670 m at 276°: Bolera Octopus (stadiums & sport).

Cayo Machos: marine life records

93 records of 31 species within 10 km, 1931 to 2025: 34 marine mammals, 17 seabirds and shorebirds, 14 crustaceans, 11 molluscs, 9 seagrass and algae, 7 fish, 1 corals. That is 29.6 records per 100 km².

Most recorded: Tursiops truncatus, 32 (marine mammals); Coenobita clypeatus, 13 (crustaceans); Arenaria interpres, 7 (seabirds and shorebirds); Cocos nucifera, 5 (seagrass and algae); Larus smithsonianus, 3 (seabirds and shorebirds); Laguncularia racemosa, 2 (seagrass and algae); Avicennia germinans, 2 (seagrass and algae); Littoraria angulifera, 2 (molluscs); Calidris alba, 2 (seabirds and shorebirds); Abudefduf saxatilis, 2 (fish); Stenella frontalis, 2 (marine mammals); Pelecanus occidentalis, 2 (seabirds and shorebirds).

Months with records, marine mammals: Feb 1, Mar 7, Apr 2, May 3, Jul 6, Aug 8, Oct 1, Nov 1, Dec 5.

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

Cayo Machos: notes

Land only where a guide allows it.

Getting to Cayo Machos

• Navigation: the lighthouse Faro de Cayo Diana stands about 12 km away.
• Navigation: the lighthouse Faro Cruz del Padre stands about 14 km away.