Cayo Matías

Cayo Matías: coast and water

9530 m at 355°: Pasa Benedicto (channel); 10960 m at 266°: Punta del Este (point); 14170 m at 260°: Punta Seboruco Alto (point); 16210 m at 338°: Pasa de Flores (channel); 19320 m at 256°: Ciénaga de Playa Blanca (marsh); 19610 m at 253°: Punta La Siguaneita (point); 19760 m at 304°: Boca Oriental de la Ciénaga (cove); 19760 m at 304°: Punta Aguas Mulatas (point).

Cayo Matías: islands

7970 m at 346°: Cayo Rabihorcado (island); 8420 m at 16°: Cayo Flamenco (island); 8490 m at 44°: Cayo Coco (island); 11670 m at 67°: Cayo Palma (island); 14020 m at 316°: Cayo Guayabo (island); 17020 m at 331°: Cayo Vivero (island); 20390 m at 329°: Cayo San Juan (island); 25100 m at 328°: Cayo Los Pájaros (island); 27980 m at 94°: Cayo Ávalos (island); 28720 m at 86°: Cayo del Perro (island); 29540 m at 325°: Cayos Balandras (island group); 29770 m at 87°: Cayo Ratones (island).

Cayo Matías: inland

19550 m at 263°: Los Arroyitos (locality); 20080 m at 283°: Cerro Caudal (hill); 23060 m at 293°: La Noria (locality); 25120 m at 300°: Cerros de San Juan (hills); 25270 m at 261°: Trinidad de Palma Alta (locality); 25860 m at 302°: GP La Reforma (farm).

Cayo Matías: distances

29940 m at 252°: Playa Larga; 38120 m at 301°: Santa Fe; 40030 m at 313°: Júcaro; 46200 m at 310°: Rafael Cabrera Airport ; 161360 m at 349°: Port of Mariel (port); 89970 m at 86°: Marina Marlin Cayo Largo (marina).

Protected: 35550 m at 286°: Reserva de Fauna Ciénaga de Lanier.

Cayo Matías: close by

1060 m at 86°: Cayo Matiitas (cay); 7430 m at 94°: Cayo Hicacos (cay); 7980 m at 346°: Cayo Rabihorcado (cay); 8420 m at 16°: Cayo Flamenco (cay); 8500 m at 44°: Cayo Coco (cay); 9920 m at 270°: Cayos los Cayuelos (island group); 10970 m at 266°: Cueva de Punta del Este (site); 11670 m at 67°: Cayo Palma (cay); 13890 m at 3°: Cayos Bocas de Alonso (island group); 13980 m at 88°: Cayo Campos (cay); 14020 m at 316°: Cayo Guayabo (cay); 14530 m at 325°: Cayo Melones (cay).

Cayo Matías: marine life records

1132 records of 125 species within 10 km, 1962 to 2019: 544 fish, 438 corals, 125 sponges, 14 crustaceans, 6 other, 3 turtles, 1 molluscs, 1 seabirds and shorebirds. That is 360.3 records per 100 km².

Most recorded: Acropora palmata, 66 (corals); Scarus iseri, 56 (fish); Siderastrea siderea, 54 (corals); Porites astreoides, 52 (corals); Acanthurus coeruleus, 47 (fish); Sparisoma aurofrenatum, 45 (fish); Agaricia agaricites, 38 (corals); Orbicella annularis, 36 (corals); Sparisoma viride, 33 (fish); Microspathodon chrysurus, 30 (fish); Acanthurus bahianus, 29 (fish); Demospongiae, 29 (sponges).

Months with records, turtles: Apr 1, Sep 1, Nov 1.

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

Cayo Matías: notes

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