Cayo Puga

Cayo Puga: coast and water

3360 m at 297°: Canal Jobabo (channel); 6240 m at 351°: Bajo Cucharillas de Tierra (shoal); 6620 m at 21°: Bajo Agabama (shoal); 7530 m at 305°: Fondeadero Blanco (anchorage); 7600 m at 324°: Bajos Jobabo (shoal); 8360 m at 17°: Ensenada Palmar (bay); 8640 m at 358°: Punta Estero (point); 8930 m at 349°: Punta Las Cucharillas (point).

Cayo Puga: islands

5550 m at 302°: Cayo Blanco de Casilda (island); 6950 m at 103°: Cayo Macho de Afuera (island); 7150 m at 36°: Cayo Magua (island); 8220 m at 24°: Cayos Machos de Tierra (island group); 13610 m at 329°: Cayo Tabaco (island); 14570 m at 322°: Cayo Guayo (island); 20680 m at 314°: Cayo Ratón (island); 20710 m at 316°: Cayo Ripiado (island); 25240 m at 93°: Cayo Blanco de Zaza (island).

Cayo Puga: inland

12430 m at 19°: Estero de las Brujas (stream); 13140 m at 21°: Las Brujas (hamlet); 13620 m at 30°: San Pedro (stream); 15440 m at 3°: Calambuco (locality); 15970 m at 15°: Buenos Aires (locality); 15970 m at 15°: La Palma (locality).

Cayo Puga: distances

12430 m at 19°: Playa Las Majaguas; 21050 m at 315°: Playa Ancón; 22290 m at 309°: Playa Ancoá; 25510 m at 321°: Alberto Delgado Airport ; 86130 m at 314°: Port of Cienfuegos (port); 22300 m at 315°: Marina Trinidad (Casilda) (marina).

Protected: 37090 m at 38°: Reserva Ecológica Lomas de Banao; 37580 m at 328°: Área Protegida Topes de Collantes.

Cayo Puga: close by

5550 m at 302°: Cayo Blanco de Casilda (cay); 6950 m at 103°: Cayo Macho de Afuera (cay); 7150 m at 36°: Cayo Magua (cay); 8070 m at 353°: Restinga Brava (reef); 8220 m at 24°: Cayos Machos de Tierra (island group); 9000 m at 299°: Marisma (reef); 10400 m at 326°: Bajo Diamante (reef); 12850 m at 301°: Arrecifes La Víbora (reef); 13610 m at 329°: Cayo Tabaco (cay); 14580 m at 322°: Cayo Guayo (cay); 15610 m at 304°: Arrecifes Las Mulatas (reef); 16380 m at 307°: Cabezos Las Mulatas (reef).

Cayo Puga: on and around

Within 15 km: 1 attractions, 1 coral reefs.

6880 m at 105°: Cayo Macho (attractions).

Cayo Puga: marine life records

357 records of 74 species within 10 km, 2001 to 2026: 170 corals, 154 fish, 9 molluscs, 9 crustaceans, 6 seagrass and algae, 5 seabirds and shorebirds, 4 echinoderms. That is 113.6 records per 100 km².

Most recorded: Porites astreoides, 27 (corals); Millepora complanata, 21 (corals); Orbicella faveolata, 19 (corals); Acropora palmata, 18 (corals); Acanthurus coeruleus, 18 (fish); Orbicella franksi, 17 (corals); Scarus iseri, 16 (fish); Sparisoma viride, 15 (fish); Agaricia agaricites, 13 (corals); Sparisoma aurofrenatum, 12 (fish); Chaetodon capistratus, 11 (fish); Microspathodon chrysurus, 9 (fish).

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

Cayo Puga: notes

A cay can lie inside a protected area.

Getting to Cayo Puga

• Navigation: the lighthouse Faro de Cayo Blanco de Casilda stands about 5.4 km away.