Cays & islands · Cienfuegos

Cayo Sigua

Satellite view of Cayo Sigua, Cuba
Cayo Sigua (Esri, Maxar)

Cayo Sigua is a cay at 21°53′27″N 81°25′02″W in Cienfuegos province.

GPS 21.89081, -81.4172221°53′27″N 81°25′02″W

Cayo Sigua: coast and water

1460 m at 323°: Herradura de la Sagua (shoal); 14300 m at 109°: Cabecería de Cayo Blanco (reef); 23510 m at 174°: Playa Tortuga (beach); 24380 m at 182°: Punta Mangle Prieto (point); 26360 m at 181°: Playa Los Palos (beach); 27430 m at 50°: Punta Palmillas (point); 28590 m at 196°: Punta Gancho (point); 30570 m at 30°: Laguna de las Salinas (lagoon).

Wider satellite view around Cayo Sigua
Cayo Sigua, wider

Cayo Sigua: islands

15940 m at 6°: Cayo Ernest Thaelmann (island); 22600 m at 345°: Cayo El Calvario (island); 23170 m at 45°: Cayo Miguel (island group); 25930 m at 48°: Cayo Rancho de Cándido (island); 29270 m at 350°: Cayo Cobo (island); 30390 m at 39°: Cayo Alcatraz (island); 30500 m at 193°: Cayo Largo (island); 31810 m at 209°: Cayo Piedra (island); 31940 m at 75°: Cayo Piedras (island); 37990 m at 139°: Cayo Sal (island); 41620 m at 225°: Cayos Peraza (island group); 41950 m at 268°: Cayo Traviesa (island).

Cayo Sigua: inland

27620 m at 185°: Los Cocos (hamlet); 32750 m at 195°: playa blanca (hotel); 33220 m at 207°: Combinado (hamlet); 33950 m at 199°: Sol Pelicano (hotel); 34090 m at 198°: Lindamar Hotel (hotel); 34140 m at 197°: Playa Blanca All Inclusive (hotel).

Cayo Sigua: distances

33280 m at 198°: Cayo Largo del Sur; 35550 m at 37°: Playa Los Cocos; 36460 m at 204°: Paradise Beach; 33280 m at 204°: Vilo Acuña International Airport ; 104780 m at 74°: Port of Cienfuegos (port); 34630 m at 208°: Marina Marlin Cayo Largo (marina).

Cayo Sigua: close by

11720 m at 110°: Cayo Blanco (cay); 12920 m at 111°: Médano Vizcaíno (reef); 14300 m at 109°: Cabecería de Cayo Blanco (reef); 15370 m at 11°: Cayos Blancos del Sur (island group); 15920 m at 33°: Las Lavanderas (reef); 15950 m at 6°: Cayo Ernest Thaelmann (cay); 19440 m at 37°: Cayo Blanco (cay); 22600 m at 345°: Cayo El Calvario (cay); 22800 m at 313°: Cayo Flamenco (cay); 23170 m at 45°: Cayo Miguel (island group); 23350 m at 5°: Cayo Cayuelo (cay); 24210 m at 322°: Cayo Diego Pérez (cay).

Cayo Sigua: on and around

Within 15 km: 2 coral reefs.

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Cayo Sigua: marine life records

1815 records of 81 species within 10 km, 1939 to 2001: 993 fish, 821 corals, 1 echinoderms. That is 577.7 records per 100 km².

Most recorded: Acropora palmata, 217 (corals); Siderastrea siderea, 106 (corals); Orbicella annularis, 91 (corals); Sparisoma viride, 81 (fish); Scarus iseri, 77 (fish); Haemulon flavolineatum, 73 (fish); Montastraea cavernosa, 69 (corals); Acanthurus coeruleus, 67 (fish); Sparisoma aurofrenatum, 61 (fish); Porites astreoides, 56 (corals); Lutjanus apodus, 56 (fish); Haemulon plumierii, 55 (fish).

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

Cayo Sigua: notes

Most cays are reached by boat with a guide.

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Sources and data

Name and position: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0) (record). Distances are straight-line measurements from these coordinates. Satellite imagery: Esri, Maxar. Named places: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Positions from public gazetteers can be approximate, so confirm a location with a local operator before you travel.

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