Cayo Pueblo Viejo

Cayo Pueblo Viejo: coast and water

2770 m at 161°: Lagunato La Escondida (lagoon); 5300 m at 171°: Ensenada del Palo (cove); 5960 m at 181°: Pasa Restinga de los Machos (channel); 6850 m at 26°: Canal de las Piraguas (channel); 8010 m at 247°: Restinga El Masculino (shoal); 9220 m at 218°: Cabezo del Medio (shoal); 9290 m at 114°: Boca de las Manchas (channel); 9490 m at 63°: Lagunato Prieto (lagoon).

Cayo Pueblo Viejo: islands

6090 m at 40°: Cayo las Brujas (island); 6480 m at 121°: Cayos de la Herradura (island group); 6960 m at 119°: Cayos Las Loras (island group); 9870 m at 296°: Cayo Boca Chica (island); 11050 m at 38°: Cayo Borracho (island); 11560 m at 51°: Cayuelo de Piedra (island); 15280 m at 59°: Cayos Ensenachos (island group); 16520 m at 174°: Cayo Guainabo (island); 16680 m at 61°: Cayo Majá (island); 18360 m at 64°: Cayo Santa Maria (island); 18470 m at 168°: Cayo Cueva (island); 18690 m at 75°: Cayo Largo (island).

Cayo Pueblo Viejo: inland

9470 m at 51°: villa las brujas (hotel); 9730 m at 44°: Occidental Royal Hideaway Cayo Ensenachos (hotel); 15230 m at 58°: Occidental Royal Hideaway Cayo Ensenachos Ai (hotel); 15510 m at 59°: Cayo Ensenachos (settlement); 18770 m at 59°: Sol Cayo Santa María (hotel); 19820 m at 61°: Hotel Playa Cayo Santa Maria (hotel).

Cayo Pueblo Viejo: distances

20280 m at 199°: Playa Bofill; 20830 m at 200°: Playa Júcaro; 21070 m at 184°: Playa Victoria; 74940 m at 263°: Abel Santamaria International Airport ; 134090 m at 250°: Port of Cienfuegos (port); 56860 m at 88°: Marina Marlin Cayo Guillermo (marina).

Protected: 19580 m at 160°: Parque Nacional Caguanes; 27780 m at 70°: Refugio de Fauna Cayo Santa María; 32660 m at 177°: Jobo Rosado.

Cayo Pueblo Viejo: close by

1040 m at 339°: Cayuelo del Pan de Azúcar (cay); 3220 m at 80°: Cayo La Trina (cay); 3350 m at 10°: Cayo La Potala (cay); 4920 m at 39°: Cayo Cobos (island group); 5820 m at 234°: Barco hundido (reef); 6090 m at 40°: Cayo las Brujas (cay); 6240 m at 38°: Cayo Tío Pepe (cay); 6470 m at 121°: Cayos de la Herradura (island group); 6800 m at 120°: Cayo Las Loras (cay); 6960 m at 119°: Cayos Las Loras (island group); 7290 m at 16°: Cayo Francés (cay); 9870 m at 296°: Cayo Boca Chica (cay).

Cayo Pueblo Viejo: on and around

Within 15 km: 2 mines & quarries, 1 coral reefs, 1 marinas, 1 fuel stations, 1 urban parks & plazas, 1 stadiums & sport.

7510 m at 38°: Marina Las Brujas (marinas); 8190 m at 48°: Quarry (mines & quarries); 9560 m at 47°: Plaza Flor de Sal (pasa día) (urban parks & plazas); 13890 m at 56°: Nautical Center (stadiums & sport).

Cayo Pueblo Viejo: marine life records

489 records of 121 species within 10 km, 1931 to 2026: 308 fish, 115 corals, 30 seabirds and shorebirds, 13 molluscs, 13 crustaceans, 4 seagrass and algae, 4 echinoderms, 1 sharks and rays, 1 marine mammals. That is 155.7 records per 100 km².

Most recorded: Acropora palmata, 26 (corals); Sparisoma viride, 19 (fish); Montastraea cavernosa, 18 (corals); Pelecanus occidentalis, 18 (seabirds and shorebirds); Haemulon flavolineatum, 17 (fish); Acanthurus coeruleus, 16 (fish); Microspathodon chrysurus, 16 (fish); Scarus iseri, 16 (fish); Lutjanus apodus, 16 (fish); Acanthurus bahianus, 15 (fish); Haemulon plumierii, 14 (fish); Haemulon sciurus, 14 (fish).

Months with records, seabirds and shorebirds: Mar 6, Dec 4.

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

Cayo Pueblo Viejo: notes

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

Getting to Cayo Pueblo Viejo

• Navigation: the lighthouse Faro Cayo Francés stands about 7.9 km away.