Cayo Ocampo

Cayo Ocampo: coast and water

580 m at 321°: Punta de los Chivos (point); 1630 m at 115°: Punta Pañuelo (point); 2130 m at 38°: Ensenada del Caunao (cove); 2760 m at 332°: Banco Tomasito (bank); 3260 m at 247°: Ensenada de las Damas (cove); 3260 m at 247°: Punta Cañada Grande (point); 3620 m at 261°: Punta La Milpa (point); 3830 m at 285°: Punta Carabineros (point); 3860 m at 346°: Punta Soriano (point); 3870 m at 309°: Banco Gorda (bank); 3870 m at 309°: Cabezo Langosta (shoal); 4210 m at 340°: Punta de la Cueva (point); 4820 m at 223°: Punta del Diablo (point); 4970 m at 129°: Laguna de Uribicito (marsh); 5140 m at 187°: Ensenada Rancho Luna (cove); 5450 m at 229°: Puerto de Jagua (inlet).

Cayo Ocampo: islands

1400 m at 90°: Cayo Colorado (island); 1890 m at 63°: Cayo Madama (island); 2340 m at 263°: Cayo Alcatraz (island); 2820 m at 31°: Cayo Corojo (island); 3400 m at 16°: Cayo Ratón (island); 4100 m at 285°: Cayo Carenas (island).

Cayo Ocampo: inland

2490 m at 120°: Los Naturales (locality); 2980 m at 35°: Caunao (stream); 3150 m at 172°: Antoñica (locality); 3950 m at 145°: Las Auras (hamlet); 4060 m at 108°: La Sabana (locality); 4780 m at 172°: Club Amigo Rancho Luna (hotel); 4810 m at 173°: Gran Caribe Rancho Luna All Inclusive (hotel); 4910 m at 255°: Castillo de Jagua (settlement); 5670 m at 237°: Cocal (locality); 5900 m at 144°: El Güiro (hamlet); 5960 m at 162°: Arimao (stream); 6090 m at 66°: Santa Rosalía (locality).

Cayo Ocampo: distances

7660 m at 345°: Cienfuegos; 13130 m at 151°: Las Playitas; 13450 m at 59°: Guaos; 8030 m at 5°: Jaime Gonzalez Airport ; 8240 m at 346°: Port of Cienfuegos (port); 7600 m at 335°: Marina Marlin Cienfuegos (marina).

Protected: 31190 m at 107°: Reserva Ecológica Pico San Juan.

Cayo Ocampo: close by

1400 m at 90°: Cayo Colorado (cay); 1880 m at 63°: Cayo Madama (cay); 2340 m at 263°: Cayo Alcatraz (cay); 2810 m at 31°: Cayo Corojo (cay); 3400 m at 16°: Cayo Ratón (cay); 4100 m at 285°: Cayo Carenas (cay); 4450 m at 189°: Diving Center (reef); 6780 m at 332°: Punta Revienta Cordeles (fishing); 7720 m at 326°: Punta Majagua (fishing); 7750 m at 335°: Muelle Real (fishing); 7900 m at 332°: Terminal Marítima "Olimpia Medina" (fishing); 8830 m at 326°: Punta Arenas (fishing).

Cayo Ocampo: on and around

Within 15 km: 376 guest houses & hostels, 48 schools, 27 factories & works, 24 attractions, 20 clinics & polyclinics, 18 stores & supermarkets, 17 garages & car services, 15 government & embassies, 14 stadiums & sport, 14 historic & heritage.

4370 m at 189°: Hostal Deliz (guest houses & hostels); 4390 m at 187°: Casa Larabi (guest houses & hostels); 4400 m at 186°: Villa La China (guest houses & hostels); 4460 m at 191°: Los Corales (attractions); 4490 m at 192°: Delfinario Cienfuegos (attractions); 4530 m at 247°: Pasacaballos (stations & terminals); 4540 m at 251°: Castillo de Jagua (stations & terminals); 4540 m at 260°: Anfiteatro (theatres & arts); 4710 m at 177°: Centro Provincial de Entrenamiento Deportivo (stadiums & sport); 4820 m at 249°: Ciudad Nuclear (stations & terminals); 5210 m at 234°: Campismo Popular de Jagua (camp sites); 5530 m at 323°: Villa Lagarto (attractions); 5530 m at 322°: Mirador la punta (attractions).

Cayo Ocampo: marine life records

224 records of 145 species within 10 km, 1904 to 2026: 116 molluscs, 50 fish, 34 seabirds and shorebirds, 9 seagrass and algae, 8 crustaceans, 5 other, 2 sharks and rays. That is 71.3 records per 100 km².

Most recorded: Pelecanus occidentalis, 16 (seabirds and shorebirds); Nerita fulgurans, 12 (molluscs); Cenchritis muricatus, 5 (molluscs); Pterois, 5 (fish); Echinolittorina ziczac, 4 (molluscs); Actitis macularius, 4 (seabirds and shorebirds); Syringodium filiforme, 4 (seagrass and algae); Cardisoma guanhumi, 4 (crustaceans); Chilomycterus antillarum, 3 (fish); Lampanella minima, 3 (molluscs); Sterna sandvicensis, 3 (seabirds and shorebirds); Nerita peloronta, 3 (molluscs).

Months with records, seabirds and shorebirds: Feb 2, Mar 1, Jun 3, Jul 2, Dec 3.

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

Cayo Ocampo: notes

Take your rubbish away and keep off the mangrove.

Getting to Cayo Ocampo

• Navigation: the lighthouse Faro de Punta de los Colorados stands about 5.4 km away.