Cays & islands · Guantánamo
Cayo Tumberel
Cayo Tumberel is a cay at 19°53′21″N 75°25′19″W in Guantánamo province.
Cayo Tumberel: coast and water
400 m at 341°: Playa del Este (beach); 1280 m at 320°: Playa Caletoncito (beach); 2870 m at 282°: Surgidero de Baconao (anchorage); 3070 m at 299°: Playa Cardenero (beach); 4710 m at 262°: Punta Julia (point); 5140 m at 297°: Laguna Baconao (lagoon); 5480 m at 267°: Punta Junta (point); 5760 m at 93°: Playa el Morrillo (beach); 7670 m at 265°: Punta La Yana (point); 7720 m at 265°: Punta Colorada (point); 8360 m at 267°: Playa Coloradas (beach); 9520 m at 96°: Punta el Convento (point); 10280 m at 98°: Surgidero de Hatibonico (anchorage); 10660 m at 268°: Surgidero de Sigua (anchorage); 13990 m at 270°: Playa Larga (beach); 14000 m at 91°: Playa el Médico (beach).
Cayo Tumberel: inland
1340 m at 13°: Playa del Este (locality); 4490 m at 288°: Club Amigo Carisol Los Corales (hotel); 4580 m at 345°: María del Pilar (settlement); 4580 m at 93°: Arroyo Borrachos (stream); 5080 m at 53°: El Suspiro (locality); 5410 m at 20°: Ramón de las Yaguas (settlement); 6940 m at 77°: Ocujal (locality); 7270 m at 298°: El Palmar (hamlet); 7330 m at 59°: La Redonda (hamlet); 7750 m at 280°: Sigua (locality); 8670 m at 95°: Aguacate (stream); 8930 m at 279°: Laguna Sigua (pond).
Cayo Tumberel: distances
160 m at 6°: Playa del Este; 3070 m at 299°: Playa Cardenero; 3380 m at 288°: Playa Caletoncito; 44250 m at 282°: Antonio Maceo International Airport ; 30990 m at 67°: Port of Guantánamo (port); 48670 m at 282°: Marina Marlin Santiago de Cuba (marina).
Protected: 18150 m at 309°: Reserva de Biosfera Baconao; 36910 m at 283°: Biosfera ecológica Siboney-Juticí.
Cayo Tumberel: on and around
Within 15 km: 4 attractions, 2 peaks & volcanoes, 1 schools, 1 urban parks & plazas, 1 trails & viewpoints, 1 mines & quarries.
840 m at 95°: Loma Morrillo Grande (peaks & volcanoes); 3760 m at 38°: Sierra La Larga (peaks & volcanoes); 3870 m at 289°: Laguna Baconao paseo en lancha (attractions); 8270 m at 267°: Acuario de Baconao (attractions); 9690 m at 270°: Maqueta de trenes (attractions); 10090 m at 272°: Jardín de Cactus (urban parks & plazas); 12880 m at 63°: Los Monitongos (attractions); 13860 m at 311°: Quarry (mines & quarries).
Cayo Tumberel: marine life records
161 records of 93 species within 10 km, 1902 to 2025: 84 fish, 31 seabirds and shorebirds, 25 corals, 9 crustaceans, 5 molluscs, 4 echinoderms, 2 other, 1 marine mammals. That is 51.2 records per 100 km².
Most recorded: Stegastes leucostictus, 8 (fish); Sparisoma viride, 6 (fish); Thalassoma bifasciatum, 6 (fish); Sparisoma, 5 (fish); Halichoeres bivittatus, 5 (fish); Sparisoma chrysopterum, 5 (fish); Agaricia tenuifolia, 5 (corals); Sterna maxima, 4 (seabirds and shorebirds); Orbicella faveolata, 4 (corals); Stegastes diencaeus, 3 (fish); Sparisoma rubripinne, 3 (fish); Cardisoma guanhumi, 3 (crustaceans).
Records show where people have surveyed, not how many animals there are.
Cayo Tumberel: notes
Land only where a guide allows it.
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.