Cayo Redondo

Cayo Redondo: coast and water

2340 m at 191°: Eagle Channel (channel); 3030 m at 22°: Guantanamo Bay (bay); 3770 m at 242°: Port Palma (cove); 4090 m at 166°: Granadillo Point (point); 5010 m at 201°: Caracoles Point (point); 6660 m at 190°: Deer Point (point); 7210 m at 191°: Radio Point (point); 7320 m at 180°: Evans Point (point); 7550 m at 197°: Corinaso Point (point); 8280 m at 225°: Conde Beach (beach); 9130 m at 19°: Playa de Manatí (beach); 10160 m at 153°: Kittery Beach (beach); 10400 m at 193°: Cable Beach (beach); 10460 m at 197°: Windward Point Light (lighthouse); 10560 m at 197°: Windward Point (point); 10610 m at 216°: Leeward Point (point).

Cayo Redondo: islands

800 m at 21°: Cayo Ramón (island); 1310 m at 33°: Cayo Piedra (island); 1990 m at 236°: Flamingo Cay (island); 2560 m at 198°: Medio Cay (island); 4200 m at 196°: Hospital Cay (island).

Cayo Redondo: inland

7490 m at 188°: Naval Station Guantanamo Bay (settlement); 8470 m at 38°: Glorieta (settlement); 8670 m at 86°: Sierra Loma Las Guásimas (mountain); 8670 m at 270°: Capitolio (locality); 8880 m at 317°: Novaliches (locality); 8940 m at 238°: Laguna Salada (pond); 9120 m at 261°: Río Ullao (stream); 9270 m at 23°: Arroyo Salado (stream); 9790 m at 297°: La Larga (locality); 9830 m at 159°: Denich Hill (hill); 10060 m at 220°: Río Guantánamo (stream); 10070 m at 292°: Cayamo (settlement).

Cayo Redondo: distances

1800 m at 87°: Boquerón; 2110 m at 296°: Caimanera; 7240 m at 222°: Hicacal Beach; 73330 m at 269°: Antonio Maceo International Airport ; 2570 m at 319°: Port of Guantánamo (port); 77760 m at 270°: Marina Marlin Santiago de Cuba (marina).

Cayo Redondo: close by

800 m at 21°: Cayo Ramón (cay); 1310 m at 33°: Cayo Piedra (cay); 1990 m at 236°: Flamingo Cay (cay); 2560 m at 198°: Medio Cay (cay); 4200 m at 196°: Hospital Cay (cay); 6210 m at 189°: Old fuel station (fishing).

Cayo Redondo: on and around

Within 15 km: 131 salt works, 10 power plants, 3 stores & supermarkets, 3 police & fire, 2 fuel stations, 2 stadiums & sport, 2 schools, 1 factories & works, 1 places of worship, 1 attractions.

5740 m at 177°: Marine Hill Pool (stadiums & sport); 6950 m at 181°: batting cages (stadiums & sport); 9560 m at 147°: Puesto de observación (attractions).

Cayo Redondo: marine life records

4000+ records of 764 species within 10 km, 1933 to 2026: 1019 sponges, 695 fish, 683 corals, 592 molluscs, 266 crustaceans, 196 echinoderms, 185 seabirds and shorebirds, 139 other, 133 marine mammals, 49 seagrass and algae, 31 sharks and rays, 12 turtles. That is 1273.2 records per 100 km².

Most recorded: Trichechus manatus, 127 (marine mammals); Cyphoma gibbosum, 51 (molluscs); Montastraea cavernosa, 47 (corals); Astrophyton muricatum, 47 (echinoderms); Aliger gigas, 41 (molluscs); Aplysina fistularis, 40 (sponges); Aiolochroia crassa, 40 (sponges); Xestospongia muta, 39 (sponges); Scolymia cubensis, 37 (corals); Ptilocaulis walpersii, 35 (sponges); Condylactis gigantea, 32 (corals); Ircinia felix, 32 (sponges).

Months with records, marine mammals: Jan 12, Feb 2, Mar 10, Apr 16, May 14, Jun 10, Jul 21, Aug 10, Sep 14, Oct 14, Nov 5, Dec 2.

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

Cayo Redondo: notes

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

Getting to Cayo Redondo

• Navigation: the lighthouse Windward Point Light stands about 10 km away.