Cayo Santa Maria

Cayo Santa Maria: coast and water

8880 m at 245°: Lagunato Prieto (lagoon); 11560 m at 270°: Punta del Este (point); 13060 m at 239°: Laguna Blanca (lagoon); 13580 m at 262°: Canal de las Piraguas (channel); 15680 m at 220°: Laguna de Las Loras (lagoon); 17060 m at 99°: Cabezo Los Colorados (reef); 17820 m at 146°: Ensenada de Corúa (cove); 19170 m at 138°: Canalizo Chorros (channel).

Cayo Santa Maria: islands

1910 m at 271°: Cayo Majá (island); 3760 m at 100°: Cayuelos Las Corúas (island group); 5780 m at 129°: Cayo Mogote (island); 7310 m at 269°: Cayo Agustín (island); 7780 m at 95°: Cayo Róbalo (island); 9690 m at 274°: Cayo Borracho (island); 11010 m at 136°: Cayo Vinagre (island); 13430 m at 136°: Cayo Cureña (island); 13710 m at 176°: Cayuelo del Concha (island); 15310 m at 240°: Cayo La Trina (island); 17460 m at 72°: Cayos Santa María (island group); 18300 m at 247°: Cayuelo del Pan de Azúcar (island).

Cayo Santa Maria: inland

1920 m at 42°: Husa Cayo Santa Maria (hotel); 1950 m at 340°: Melia Cayo Santa Maria (hotel); 2180 m at 50°: Hotel Starfish Cayo Santa Maria (hotel); 2500 m at 57°: Royalton Cayo Sta Maria (hotel); 3080 m at 63°: Memories Paraiso Azul Beach Resort (hotel); 3510 m at 268°: Occidental Royal Hideaway Cayo Ensenachos Ai (hotel).

Cayo Santa Maria: distances

34230 m at 212°: Playa Victoria; 35750 m at 220°: Playa Bofill; 36130 m at 214°: Playa de Carbó; 77660 m at 105°: Jardines Del Rey Airport ; 152370 m at 249°: Port of Cienfuegos (port); 40880 m at 99°: Marina Marlin Cayo Guillermo (marina).

Protected: 9730 m at 82°: Refugio de Fauna Cayo Santa María; 28260 m at 200°: Parque Nacional Caguanes.

Cayo Santa Maria: close by

1270 m at 134°: Cayo La Vieja Pepilla (cay); 1920 m at 271°: Cayo Majá (cay); 2190 m at 196°: Cayuelo de Piedra (cay); 3210 m at 245°: Cayo Chivo (cay); 3410 m at 266°: Cayos Ensenachos (island group); 3480 m at 154°: Cayo Largo (cay); 3770 m at 100°: Cayuelos Las Corúas (island group); 3820 m at 271°: Cayo Ensenachos (cay); 4390 m at 297°: Cayo Guanal (cay); 5790 m at 130°: Cayo Mogote (cay); 6170 m at 275°: Cayo La Chalupa (cay); 6660 m at 259°: Cayo El Ensenachito (cay).

Cayo Santa Maria: on and around

Within 15 km: 6 stadiums & sport, 4 attractions, 3 theatres & arts, 3 markets & malls, 2 guest houses & hostels, 2 banks & exchange, 2 cuban cuisine & lechón, 2 stores & supermarkets, 2 mines & quarries, 1 power plants.

950 m at 11°: Motelera Cayo Santa María (guest houses & hostels); 1210 m at 37°: cyruce (stations & terminals); 1480 m at 7°: Teatro (theatres & arts); 1480 m at 344°: Cubano (cuban cuisine & lechón); 1490 m at 346°: Mirador El Faro (attractions); 1530 m at 343°: Bolera (stadiums & sport); 1690 m at 342°: Teatro de Animación (theatres & arts); 2210 m at 333°: Anfiteatro (theatres & arts); 2290 m at 43°: Punto Náutico (stadiums & sport); 2750 m at 59°: Criollo (cuban cuisine & lechón); 2780 m at 59°: Campanario (attractions); 5080 m at 70°: Casa de Negocios (guest houses & hostels).

Cayo Santa Maria: marine life records

779 records of 185 species within 10 km, 1931 to 2026: 335 fish, 187 seabirds and shorebirds, 112 corals, 71 molluscs, 44 crustaceans, 15 echinoderms, 7 seagrass and algae, 4 marine mammals, 2 other, 1 sharks and rays, 1 turtles. That is 248.0 records per 100 km².

Most recorded: Pelecanus occidentalis, 37 (seabirds and shorebirds); Acropora palmata, 26 (corals); Sterna maxima, 19 (seabirds and shorebirds); Montastraea cavernosa, 18 (corals); Haemulon flavolineatum, 18 (fish); Sparisoma viride, 18 (fish); Haemulon sciurus, 16 (fish); Lutjanus apodus, 16 (fish); Egretta rufescens, 16 (seabirds and shorebirds); Acanthurus coeruleus, 15 (fish); Microspathodon chrysurus, 15 (fish); Arenaria interpres, 15 (seabirds and shorebirds).

Months with records, seabirds and shorebirds: Mar 3, Apr 2, Jun 5, Aug 16, Dec 31.

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

Cayo Santa Maria: notes

Take your rubbish away and keep off the mangrove.

Getting to Cayo Santa Maria

• By road: a causeway (pedraplén) reaches Cayo Santa Maria, mapped in OpenStreetMap as Pedraplén Cayo Santa María.