Cayo Seboruquito

Cayo Seboruquito: coast and water

5400 m at 137°: Punta El Factor (point); 7640 m at 51°: Punta Empalizada (point); 7780 m at 81°: Laguna de Cayo Cedro (lagoon); 8750 m at 312°: Boca las Brujas (channel); 9520 m at 9°: Pasa Cruz del Padre (channel); 10600 m at 211°: Playa El Patabán (beach); 10740 m at 294°: Canalizo Carenerito (channel); 10790 m at 126°: Estero de Huevo Frito (lagoon).

Cayo Seboruquito: islands

1450 m at 8°: Cayo Dama (island); 5500 m at 166°: Cayos de las Cinco Leguas (island group); 5770 m at 238°: Cayo Hijo de Cayo Machos (island); 6940 m at 183°: Cayo Genovés (island); 8710 m at 340°: Cayo La Pluma (island); 8840 m at 2°: Cayo Cruz del Padre (island); 8960 m at 31°: Cayo Galindito (island); 10360 m at 297°: Cayos Blancos (island group); 10700 m at 308°: Cayo Blanco (island); 16580 m at 265°: Cayo Chalupa Alta (island); 19240 m at 263°: Cayo Diana (island); 19750 m at 87°: Cayo Punta Arenas (island).

Cayo Seboruquito: inland

16430 m at 172°: Castillo (locality); 19570 m at 146°: Menéndez (locality); 19900 m at 180°: La Vega (locality); 20040 m at 144°: Conconí (hamlet); 20140 m at 126°: Lagunitas (locality); 20170 m at 144°: Balnearios Menéndez (settlement).

Cayo Seboruquito: distances

15360 m at 149°: Playa Musulmanes; 18900 m at 131°: Salinas La Teja; 21000 m at 123°: Salinas Bidos; 55830 m at 252°: Juan Gualberto Gomez International Airport ; 68660 m at 257°: Port of Matanzas (port); 22330 m at 262°: Marina Gaviota Varadero (marina).

Protected: 11310 m at 306°: Reserva Ecológica Cayo Mono Galindo; 24280 m at 272°: Reserva Ecológica Varahicacos; 24510 m at 272°: Varahicacos.

Cayo Seboruquito: close by

280 m at 234°: Cayos Redondos (island group); 870 m at 229°: Cayo Palomo (cay); 1380 m at 206°: Cayo Perro (cay); 1450 m at 8°: Cayo Dama (cay); 1500 m at 17°: Cayo Melón (cay); 1680 m at 200°: Cayo Factor (cay); 2010 m at 312°: Cayo Vara (cay); 2010 m at 84°: Cayo Seboruco (cay); 2060 m at 79°: Cayo Partido (cay); 4450 m at 124°: Cayo la Muerte (cay); 4580 m at 5°: Cayo Hijo de la Pluma (cay); 5070 m at 335°: Cayo el Sombrero (cay).

Cayo Seboruquito: on and around

Within 15 km: 5 coral reefs, 1 attractions, 1 parks & reserves.

8640 m at 276°: Delfinario aguas abiertas Rancho Cangrejo (attractions); 11310 m at 306°: Reserva Ecológica Cayo Mono Galindo (parks & reserves).

Cayo Seboruquito: marine life records

50 records of 44 species within 10 km, 1931 to 2025: 34 molluscs, 6 marine mammals, 4 seabirds and shorebirds, 3 fish, 1 crustaceans, 1 corals, 1 seagrass and algae. That is 15.9 records per 100 km².

Most recorded: Tursiops truncatus, 6 (marine mammals); Pelecanus occidentalis, 2 (seabirds and shorebirds); Tonna pennata, 1 (molluscs); Cerithideopsis, 1 (molluscs); Melampus monile, 1 (molluscs); Xiphias gladius, 1 (fish); Melampus bidentatus, 1 (molluscs); Dendropoma corrodens, 1 (molluscs); Johnsonella fausta, 1 (molluscs); Pusula pediculus, 1 (molluscs); Fissurella barbadensis, 1 (molluscs); Eoacmaea pustulata, 1 (molluscs).

Months with records, marine mammals: Mar 2, Aug 2, Dec 2.

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

Cayo Seboruquito: notes

Most cays are reached by boat with a guide.

Getting to Cayo Seboruquito

• Navigation: the lighthouse Faro Cruz del Padre stands about 11 km away.