Cayo Ratón

Cayo Ratón: coast and water

870 m at 263°: Punta Lastre (point); 910 m at 339°: Punta de la Calma (point); 1620 m at 93°: Punta Real (point); 1650 m at 201°: Punta de los Negros (point); 2020 m at 153°: Punta de Calisí (point); 2110 m at 89°: Punta Guaicanamar (point); 2520 m at 261°: Playa Ancón (beach); 3530 m at 96°: Punta Ariola (point); 4260 m at 129°: Bajo del Medio (shoal); 4850 m at 97°: Punta Piedra (point); 4900 m at 159°: Cabezos Las Mulatas (reef); 5080 m at 191°: Canal de Las Mulatas (channel); 5140 m at 101°: Punta del Este (point); 5230 m at 175°: Canal Mulatas (channel); 6940 m at 97°: Punta Chocolate (point); 7690 m at 110°: Punta Tabaco (point).

Cayo Ratón: islands

770 m at 43°: Cayo Ripiado (island); 6510 m at 117°: Cayo Guayo (island).

Cayo Ratón: inland

1730 m at 245°: Ancon Club All Inclusive (hotel); 1770 m at 262°: Hotel Brisas Trinidad Del Mar (hotel); 1980 m at 299°: Estación Casilda (railway station); 2830 m at 0°: El Molino (locality); 3580 m at 74°: Malibrán (locality); 4110 m at 350°: La Media Legua (settlement); 4450 m at 51°: Palmarito (locality); 4670 m at 0°: Venegas (hamlet); 5260 m at 79°: Recalero (locality); 5310 m at 36°: Santiago Escobar (settlement); 5800 m at 36°: Vista Hermosa (locality); 6360 m at 64°: Los Tamarindos (hamlet).

Cayo Ratón: distances

390 m at 328°: Playa Ancón; 2250 m at 341°: Casilda (Trinidad); 2530 m at 261°: Playa Ancoá; 5420 m at 345°: Alberto Delgado Airport ; 65450 m at 314°: Port of Cienfuegos (port); 1630 m at 317°: Marina Trinidad (Casilda) (marina).

Protected: 18100 m at 343°: Área Protegida Topes de Collantes; 23860 m at 348°: Guanayara; 32070 m at 331°: Reserva Ecológica Pico San Juan.

Cayo Ratón: close by

780 m at 43°: Cayo Ripiado (cay); 1020 m at 216°: Península Ancón (cay); 1440 m at 331°: Puerto de Casilda (fishing); 1600 m at 328°: Casilda (fishing); 3340 m at 204°: Arrecifes Las Mulaticas (reef); 4900 m at 159°: Cabezos Las Mulatas (reef); 6070 m at 163°: Arrecifes Las Mulatas (reef); 6500 m at 117°: Cayo Guayo (cay); 8290 m at 109°: Cayo Tabaco (cay); 8730 m at 155°: Arrecifes La Víbora (reef); 10190 m at 354°: Criadero (fishing); 10670 m at 123°: Bajo Diamante (reef).

Cayo Ratón: on and around

Within 15 km: 980 guest houses & hostels, 48 attractions, 23 stores & supermarkets, 19 cuban cuisine & lechón, 14 schools, 11 garages & car services, 8 museums, 7 urban parks & plazas, 7 banks & exchange, 7 historic & heritage.

1300 m at 247°: Marlin Marina Trinidad (marinas); 1370 m at 245°: Marina Gaviota (attractions); 1390 m at 150°: la barca (attractions); 1400 m at 150°: pesqueroblas (attractions); 1440 m at 331°: Puerto de Casilda (attractions); 1500 m at 225°: Playa Ancón (attractions); 1600 m at 333°: Base de Pesca Deportiva Casilda (attractions); 1620 m at 142°: barca1 (attractions); 1860 m at 342°: B&B Santa María (guest houses & hostels); 1920 m at 337°: Grabie y Leo (guest houses & hostels); 1920 m at 340°: Hostal El Dorado (guest houses & hostels); 1960 m at 154°: barca (attractions); 2050 m at 153°: punta de ancon (attractions).

Cayo Ratón: marine life records

1512 records of 154 species within 10 km, 1904 to 2026: 676 fish, 603 corals, 180 seabirds and shorebirds, 20 crustaceans, 14 seagrass and algae, 7 molluscs, 5 other, 3 echinoderms, 3 sponges, 1 marine mammals. That is 481.3 records per 100 km².

Most recorded: Porites astreoides, 96 (corals); Acanthurus coeruleus, 70 (fish); Acropora palmata, 68 (corals); Siderastrea siderea, 56 (corals); Sparisoma viride, 52 (fish); Orbicella franksi, 51 (corals); Acanthurus bahianus, 51 (fish); Agaricia agaricites, 50 (corals); Scarus iseri, 47 (fish); Sparisoma aurofrenatum, 46 (fish); Chaetodon capistratus, 43 (fish); Montastraea cavernosa, 43 (corals).

Months with records, seabirds and shorebirds: Feb 17, Mar 19, Apr 3, Jun 23, Aug 5, Oct 10, Nov 4.

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

Cayo Ratón: notes

Take your rubbish away and keep off the mangrove.