Cayo Mégano de Casiguas

Cayo Mégano de Casiguas: coast and water

4610 m at 166°: Ensenada del Real (cove); 4710 m at 114°: Ensenada de La Mulata (bay); 4950 m at 160°: Playa Real (beach); 7350 m at 112°: Ensenada Santa Rosalía de las Vegas (cove); 7350 m at 112°: Punta del Medio (point); 7350 m at 208°: Playa de Palma Rubia (beach); 8950 m at 72°: Canal el Morrillo (channel); 10810 m at 219°: Playa de Surines (beach).

Cayo Mégano de Casiguas: islands

940 m at 181°: Cayo Casiguas (island); 2770 m at 138°: Cayo Catalanes (island); 3520 m at 105°: Cayo Ratón (island); 3710 m at 228°: Cayos Alacranes (island group); 5760 m at 144°: Cayo Fábrica (island); 6870 m at 98°: Cayo Blanco (island); 8380 m at 92°: Cayo Morrillo (island); 10670 m at 244°: Cayo Levisa (island); 10970 m at 234°: Cayo Dios (island).

Cayo Mégano de Casiguas: inland

6710 m at 165°: San Antonio (locality); 6730 m at 195°: Palma Rubia (locality); 7350 m at 208°: Río Margajitas (stream); 7660 m at 171°: Las Cadenas (settlement); 8370 m at 120°: Río Las Pozas (stream); 8570 m at 182°: La Veinticuatro (settlement).

Cayo Mégano de Casiguas: distances

4950 m at 160°: Playa Real; 7330 m at 152°: Playa Luchana; 7350 m at 208°: Playa de Palma Rubia; 105090 m at 86°: José Martí International Airport ; 70310 m at 84°: Port of Mariel (port); 97010 m at 79°: Marina Hemingway (marina).

Protected: 21810 m at 172°: Mil Cumbres.

Cayo Mégano de Casiguas: close by

940 m at 181°: Cayo Casiguas (cay); 2770 m at 138°: Cayo Catalanes (cay); 3520 m at 106°: Cayo Ratón (cay); 3710 m at 228°: Cayos Alacranes (island group); 5760 m at 144°: Cayo Fábrica (cay); 6870 m at 98°: Cayo Blanco (cay); 8380 m at 92°: Cayo Morrillo (cay); 10450 m at 243°: Club de Buceo (reef); 10670 m at 244°: Cayo Levisa (cay); 10970 m at 234°: Cayo Dios (cay); 12130 m at 83°: Base de Pesca Deportiva El Morrillo (fishing); 13240 m at 77°: Cayo Piedra del Medio (cay).

Cayo Mégano de Casiguas: on and around

Within 15 km: 9 guest houses & hostels, 4 coral reefs, 2 stations & terminals, 1 schools, 1 historic & heritage, 1 peaks & volcanoes, 1 camp sites.

7390 m at 209°: Cayo Levisa (stations & terminals); 7720 m at 206°: Casa Juan y Silvia (guest houses & hostels); 7740 m at 205°: Villa Mario y Antonia (guest houses & hostels); 7850 m at 204°: Osmani y Yeivi (guest houses & hostels); 13240 m at 77°: Desembarco de Narciso López (historic & heritage); 13440 m at 197°: Meseta de Cajálbana (peaks & volcanoes); 14960 m at 76°: Campismo La Altura (camp sites).

Cayo Mégano de Casiguas: marine life records

38 records of 21 species within 10 km, 1946 to 2020: 10 seagrass and algae, 7 seabirds and shorebirds, 6 crustaceans, 5 fish, 3 molluscs, 3 corals, 2 echinoderms, 1 other, 1 marine mammals. That is 12.1 records per 100 km².

Most recorded: Coenobita clypeatus, 6 (crustaceans); Calidris alba, 4 (seabirds and shorebirds); Cocos nucifera, 3 (seagrass and algae); Conocarpus erectus, 3 (seagrass and algae); Laguncularia racemosa, 2 (seagrass and algae); Lutjanus apodus, 2 (fish); Tylosurus crocodilus, 2 (fish); Oreaster reticulatus, 2 (echinoderms); Physalia physalis, 2 (corals); Pelecanus occidentalis, 1 (seabirds and shorebirds); Cassiopea frondosa, 1 (other); Laevicardium serratum, 1 (molluscs).

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

Cayo Mégano de Casiguas: notes

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