Cayo Magua

Cayo Magua: coast and water

5330 m at 349°: Ensenada Brujas (cove); 6020 m at 359°: Playa Las Majaguas (beach); 6550 m at 297°: Punta Las Cucharillas (point); 6810 m at 57°: Ensenada Zúñiga (cove); 6860 m at 252°: Bajo Cucharillas de Afuera (shoal); 7340 m at 37°: Estero Gamborro (inlet); 7440 m at 342°: Laguna El Palmar (lagoon); 8330 m at 239°: Canal Jobabo (channel); 8640 m at 272°: Bajos Jobabo (shoal); 8850 m at 299°: Ensenada Jobabo (bay); 10360 m at 276°: Canal de los Guairos (channel); 10530 m at 297°: Punta La Guardia (point); 10570 m at 307°: Ensenada de Caballones (bay); 11910 m at 303°: Punta Chicharrones (point); 13750 m at 303°: Punta de Tierra (point); 13810 m at 307°: Punta Oeste (point).

Cayo Magua: islands

1890 m at 334°: Cayos Machos de Tierra (island group); 7150 m at 216°: Cayo Puga (island); 7850 m at 161°: Cayo Macho de Afuera (island); 9310 m at 252°: Cayo Blanco de Casilda (island); 12610 m at 298°: Cayo Tabaco (island); 14350 m at 293°: Cayo Guayo (island).

Cayo Magua: inland

5910 m at 360°: Estero de las Brujas (stream); 6550 m at 24°: San Pedro (stream); 7940 m at 12°: La Gloria (airfield); 9070 m at 80°: Higuanojo (stream); 9310 m at 34°: Arroyo Guayabal (stream); 9620 m at 360°: Buenos Aires (locality); 9770 m at 10°: Ramblazo (locality); 11380 m at 347°: Delta (locality); 11460 m at 15°: Alberto Delgado (settlement); 11460 m at 335°: Cuyují (settlement); 11970 m at 17°: San Pablo (locality); 12890 m at 42°: Tres Hermanos (locality).

Cayo Magua: distances

5910 m at 360°: Playa Las Majaguas; 21170 m at 295°: Playa Ancón; 22460 m at 299°: Casilda (Trinidad); 24670 m at 304°: Alberto Delgado Airport ; 85380 m at 309°: Port of Cienfuegos (port); 22350 m at 296°: Marina Trinidad (Casilda) (marina).

Protected: 29950 m at 38°: Reserva Ecológica Lomas de Banao; 35530 m at 317°: Área Protegida Topes de Collantes; 39980 m at 323°: Guanayara.

Cayo Magua: close by

1890 m at 334°: Cayos Machos de Tierra (island group); 5640 m at 293°: Restinga Brava (reef); 7150 m at 216°: Cayo Puga (cay); 7850 m at 161°: Cayo Macho de Afuera (cay); 9310 m at 252°: Cayo Blanco de Casilda (cay); 10430 m at 285°: Bajo Diamante (reef); 12180 m at 263°: Marisma (reef); 12610 m at 298°: Cayo Tabaco (cay); 14350 m at 293°: Cayo Guayo (cay); 15240 m at 273°: Arrecifes La Víbora (reef); 17400 m at 279°: Arrecifes Las Mulatas (reef); 17720 m at 283°: Cabezos Las Mulatas (reef).

Cayo Magua: on and around

Within 15 km: 1 attractions, 1 coral reefs.

8010 m at 162°: Cayo Macho (attractions).

Cayo Magua: marine life records

41 records of 29 species within 10 km, 2008 to 2026: 9 molluscs, 9 crustaceans, 6 seagrass and algae, 5 seabirds and shorebirds, 4 echinoderms, 4 fish, 3 corals, 1 marine mammals. That is 13.1 records per 100 km².

Most recorded: Coenobita clypeatus, 5 (crustaceans); Fregata magnificens, 3 (seabirds and shorebirds); Oreaster reticulatus, 3 (echinoderms); Laguncularia racemosa, 2 (seagrass and algae); Cocos nucifera, 2 (seagrass and algae); Panulirus argus, 2 (crustaceans); Acanthurus coeruleus, 2 (fish); Lithopoma phoebium, 1 (molluscs); Pandion haliaetus, 1 (seabirds and shorebirds); Palythoa caribaeorum, 1 (corals); Donax denticulatus, 1 (molluscs); Ocypode quadrata, 1 (crustaceans).

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

Cayo Magua: notes

Land only where a guide allows it.

Getting to Cayo Magua

• Navigation: the lighthouse Faro de Cayo Blanco de Casilda stands about 9.0 km away.