Cayo Ripiado

Cayo Ripiado: coast and water

900 m at 288°: Punta de la Calma (point); 1260 m at 121°: Punta Real (point); 1670 m at 109°: Punta Guaicanamar (point); 1910 m at 164°: Punta Casilda (point); 2270 m at 271°: Bahía de Casilda (bay); 3170 m at 252°: Playa Ancón (beach); 3680 m at 107°: Punta Dos Hermanas (point); 3790 m at 255°: Punta Mulas (point); 4270 m at 139°: Bajo del Medio (shoal); 4470 m at 266°: Punta María Aguilar (point); 4510 m at 170°: Banco La Derribada (shoal); 4770 m at 108°: Punta del Este (point); 5920 m at 151°: Fondeadero Banco del Medio (shoal); 6510 m at 103°: Punta Chocolate (point); 7070 m at 105°: Punta de Tierra (point); 7420 m at 116°: Punta Tabaco (point).

Cayo Ripiado: islands

770 m at 223°: Cayo Ratón (island); 6340 m at 124°: Cayo Guayo (island).

Cayo Ripiado: inland

2290 m at 280°: Estación Casilda (railway station); 2470 m at 238°: Club Amigo Ancon (hotel); 2560 m at 28°: Tenería (locality); 2640 m at 244°: Playa Ancón (resort); 2940 m at 82°: Malibrán (locality); 4140 m at 353°: La Pitilla (locality); 4280 m at 16°: Las Carboneras (locality); 4410 m at 265°: ancon club (hotel); 4450 m at 266°: Hotel Club Amigo Ancon (hotel); 5040 m at 35°: Vista Hermosa (locality); 5160 m at 64°: La Unión (locality); 5710 m at 294°: La Curva de Alfredo (hamlet).

Cayo Ripiado: distances

770 m at 252°: Playa Ancón; 2010 m at 321°: Casilda (Trinidad); 3170 m at 253°: Playa Ancoá; 5060 m at 337°: Alberto Delgado Airport ; 65450 m at 313°: Port of Cienfuegos (port); 1750 m at 291°: Marina Trinidad (Casilda) (marina).

Protected: 17720 m at 341°: Área Protegida Topes de Collantes; 23430 m at 346°: Guanayara; 31840 m at 330°: Reserva Ecológica Pico San Juan.

Cayo Ripiado: close by

780 m at 223°: Cayo Ratón (cay); 1400 m at 300°: Puerto de Casilda (fishing); 1590 m at 300°: Casilda (fishing); 1800 m at 219°: Península Ancón (cay); 4080 m at 208°: Arrecifes Las Mulaticas (reef); 5290 m at 167°: Cabezos Las Mulatas (reef); 6340 m at 124°: Cayo Guayo (cay); 6490 m at 169°: Arrecifes Las Mulatas (reef); 8010 m at 115°: Cayo Tabaco (cay); 9040 m at 159°: Arrecifes La Víbora (reef); 9700 m at 351°: Criadero (fishing); 10570 m at 128°: Bajo Diamante (reef).

Cayo Ripiado: 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.

1400 m at 300°: Puerto de Casilda (attractions); 1520 m at 305°: Base de Pesca Deportiva Casilda (attractions); 1640 m at 318°: B&B Santa María (guest houses & hostels); 1710 m at 316°: Hostal El Dorado (guest houses & hostels); 1750 m at 313°: Grabie y Leo (guest houses & hostels); 1780 m at 175°: la barca (attractions); 1780 m at 174°: pesqueroblas (attractions); 1900 m at 166°: barca1 (attractions); 2040 m at 238°: Marlin Marina Trinidad (marinas); 2110 m at 237°: Marina Gaviota (attractions); 2200 m at 320°: Paladar (cuban cuisine & lechón); 2280 m at 224°: Playa Ancón (attractions); 2310 m at 323°: Paladar La Marinera (cuban cuisine & lechón).

Cayo Ripiado: marine life records

1341 records of 158 species within 10 km, 1904 to 2026: 614 fish, 492 corals, 180 seabirds and shorebirds, 20 crustaceans, 14 seagrass and algae, 7 molluscs, 5 other, 3 echinoderms, 3 sponges, 2 sharks and rays, 1 marine mammals. That is 426.9 records per 100 km².

Most recorded: Porites astreoides, 73 (corals); Acropora palmata, 68 (corals); Acanthurus coeruleus, 61 (fish); Siderastrea siderea, 55 (corals); Acanthurus bahianus, 47 (fish); Sparisoma viride, 47 (fish); Montastraea cavernosa, 38 (corals); Scarus iseri, 37 (fish); Agaricia agaricites, 37 (corals); Pseudodiploria strigosa, 37 (corals); Sparisoma aurofrenatum, 37 (fish); Orbicella franksi, 36 (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 Ripiado: notes

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