Cayo Rancho de Cándido

Cayo Rancho de Cándido: coast and water

5650 m at 36°: Punta Migote del Padre (point); 6640 m at 33°: Estero Migote (cove); 11250 m at 11°: Playa Los Cocos (beach); 13970 m at 65°: Punta Perdiz (point); 16850 m at 33°: Punta Rosario (point); 19440 m at 10°: Entrada Cazones (cove); 19890 m at 9°: Punta Guaníval (point); 20180 m at 84°: Caleta Buena (cove).

Cayo Rancho de Cándido: islands

4100 m at 333°: Cayo Borracho (island); 6300 m at 359°: Cayo Alcatraz (island); 7950 m at 258°: Cayo Blanco (island); 9170 m at 348°: Cayo Mogote (island); 14590 m at 128°: Cayo Piedras (island); 16500 m at 263°: Cayos Blancos del Sur (island group); 17650 m at 266°: Cayo Ernest Thaelmann (island); 18240 m at 289°: Cayo Cayuelo (island); 25480 m at 281°: Cayo El Calvario (island); 25930 m at 228°: Cayo Sigua (island); 26330 m at 292°: Cayo Cancamán (island); 27070 m at 295°: Cayo Cobo (island).

Cayo Rancho de Cándido: inland

11960 m at 335°: Laguna Hervidero (lake); 13970 m at 57°: Punta Perdiz (settlement); 15140 m at 50°: Lagunillas (locality); 17250 m at 40°: Rosario (locality); 17290 m at 353°: Cazones (locality); 20860 m at 359°: Tienda Vieja (locality).

Cayo Rancho de Cándido: distances

11250 m at 11°: Playa Los Cocos; 20330 m at 83°: Playa Girón; 25990 m at 12°: Playa Máquina; 57850 m at 214°: Vilo Acuña International Airport ; 82140 m at 82°: Port of Cienfuegos (port); 59600 m at 217°: Marina Marlin Cayo Largo (marina).

Protected: 29370 m at 69°: Refugio de Faunas.

Cayo Rancho de Cándido: close by

3170 m at 256°: Cayo Miguel (island group); 4100 m at 333°: Cayo Borracho (cay); 6310 m at 359°: Cayo Alcatraz (cay); 7950 m at 258°: Cayo Blanco (cay); 9170 m at 348°: Cayo Mogote (cay); 11380 m at 250°: Las Lavanderas (reef); 13970 m at 56°: Centro de Buceo Punta Perdiz (reef); 13970 m at 65°: Punta Perdiz (reef); 14600 m at 128°: Cayo Piedras (cay); 16410 m at 35°: Cueva de los Peces (reef); 16500 m at 263°: Cayos Blancos del Sur (island group); 17650 m at 266°: Cayo Ernest Thaelmann (cay).

Cayo Rancho de Cándido: on and around

Within 15 km: 6 attractions, 3 trails & viewpoints.

9030 m at 323°: Las Salinas (attractions); 12000 m at 338°: Mirador #3 (attractions); 13040 m at 343°: Mirador #2 (attractions); 13900 m at 57°: Playa Punta Perdiz (attractions); 14050 m at 347°: Mirador #1 (attractions); 14450 m at 128°: Delfinario (attractions).

Cayo Rancho de Cándido: marine life records

324 records of 115 species within 10 km, 1910 to 2026: 108 sponges, 97 seabirds and shorebirds, 48 fish, 35 corals, 11 echinoderms, 10 seagrass and algae, 6 sharks and rays, 5 other, 3 molluscs, 1 crustaceans. That is 103.1 records per 100 km².

Most recorded: Demospongiae, 29 (sponges); Agelas sceptrum, 17 (sponges); Stichopathes, 16 (corals); Hydroprogne caspia, 12 (seabirds and shorebirds); Platalea ajaja, 10 (seabirds and shorebirds); Spirastrella, 10 (sponges); Egretta rufescens, 9 (seabirds and shorebirds); Pelecanus erythrorhynchos, 9 (seabirds and shorebirds); Benthocometes robustus, 8 (fish); Egretta tricolor, 8 (seabirds and shorebirds); Fregata magnificens, 7 (seabirds and shorebirds); Agelas citrina, 5 (sponges).

Months with records, seabirds and shorebirds: Jan 1, Feb 7, Mar 13, May 2, Jun 1, Sep 3, Dec 10.

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

Cayo Rancho de Cándido: notes

A cay can lie inside a protected area.

Getting to Cayo Rancho de Cándido

• Navigation: the lighthouse Faro Cayo Piedras del Sur stands about 14 km away.