Cayo Valentín

Cayo Valentín: coast and water

3900 m at 286°: Punta Cuchillo (point); 7180 m at 124°: Ensenada de Siguanea (cove); 8400 m at 111°: Albufera La Siguapa (lagoon); 8760 m at 307°: Punta Tío Pancho (point); 9740 m at 24°: Canal Buba (channel); 11150 m at 75°: Punta Corojal (point); 11750 m at 313°: La Puntilla (point); 12000 m at 301°: Punta Cayito las Brujas (point); 12160 m at 6°: Punta Gorda Este (point); 12580 m at 353°: Punta Oeste de Chapelín (point); 13040 m at 308°: Laguna Azul (lagoon); 13040 m at 308°: Playa Kawama (beach); 13060 m at 355°: Estero Oeste de Punta Gorda (inlet); 13930 m at 15°: Ensenada Punta Hicacos (bay); 14430 m at 304°: Laguna de Paso Malo (lagoon); 14470 m at 114°: Nuevo Mundo (estuary).

Cayo Valentín: islands

320 m at 16°: Cayo del Medio (island); 1040 m at 191°: Cayos Las Torrenteras (island group); 1080 m at 183°: Cayo Marcote (island); 3520 m at 93°: Cayo Cupey (island); 11750 m at 313°: Cayo de la Siguapa (island); 14240 m at 35°: Cayo Diana (island); 14770 m at 27°: Cayo Buba (island).

Cayo Valentín: inland

4690 m at 158°: Navarro (locality); 4820 m at 189°: La Pluma (locality); 5230 m at 229°: Henequenero (hamlet); 5400 m at 210°: Bicot (locality); 5920 m at 148°: Concepción (locality); 5920 m at 202°: San Cristóbal (locality); 5950 m at 172°: El Castillito (settlement); 6080 m at 236°: San Antonio (locality); 7190 m at 226°: Las Limas (locality); 7280 m at 165°: El Tejar (locality); 7540 m at 246°: La Fe (locality); 7750 m at 180°: Progreso (locality).

Cayo Valentín: distances

3160 m at 273°: Playa Larga; 3250 m at 217°: Cárdenas; 12540 m at 193°: Lagunillas; 26010 m at 263°: Juan Gualberto Gomez International Airport ; 39640 m at 268°: Port of Matanzas (port); 12260 m at 25°: Marina Gaviota Varadero (marina).

Protected: 12720 m at 0°: Manglares; 13710 m at 6°: Manglares; 15080 m at 12°: Reserva Ecológica Varahicacos.

Cayo Valentín: close by

320 m at 16°: Cayo del Medio (cay); 780 m at 6°: Bajo Las Torronteras (reef); 1050 m at 192°: Cayos Las Torrenteras (island group); 1080 m at 183°: Cayo Marcote (cay); 3520 m at 93°: Cayo Cupey (cay); 11750 m at 313°: Cayo de la Siguapa (cay); 12280 m at 330°: Barracuda Diving Centre (reef); 13350 m at 0°: Marina Chapelin (Merlin) (fishing); 14250 m at 35°: Cayo Diana (cay); 14560 m at 4°: Atlantis Varadero (reef); 14770 m at 27°: Cayo Buba (cay); 15180 m at 7°: Centro de Buceo Barracuda (reef).

Cayo Valentín: on and around

Within 15 km: 273 guest houses & hostels, 92 oil & gas, 31 schools, 31 stores & supermarkets, 20 attractions, 16 places of worship, 13 urban parks & plazas, 12 banks & exchange, 12 factories & works, 11 stadiums & sport.

2160 m at 220°: Donde se enarbola por primera vez la bandera cubana (historic & heritage); 2590 m at 212°: Estación de Ferrocarriles Cárdenas (stations & terminals); 2600 m at 212°: Cárdenas (stations & terminals); 2740 m at 231°: Fuerte de la Fábrica de Gas (historic & heritage); 2870 m at 216°: Deportivo (stadiums & sport); 2910 m at 221°: Cristóbal Colón (attractions); 2910 m at 220°: Parque Colón (urban parks & plazas); 3160 m at 236°: Ksa d Yuni (guest houses & hostels); 3300 m at 216°: Museo Batalla de Ideas (museums); 3340 m at 218°: José Antonio Echeverría (historic & heritage); 3350 m at 217°: Parque José Antonio Echeverría (urban parks & plazas); 3430 m at 227°: Casa de Yanesita (guest houses & hostels); 3560 m at 222°: Hostal Villa Dayi (guest houses & hostels).

Cayo Valentín: marine life records

174 records of 93 species within 10 km, 1914 to 2025: 40 molluscs, 37 crustaceans, 28 corals, 25 fish, 23 seabirds and shorebirds, 12 marine mammals, 7 seagrass and algae, 2 sharks and rays. That is 55.4 records per 100 km².

Most recorded: Physalia physalis, 21 (corals); Tursiops truncatus, 11 (marine mammals); Ocypode quadrata, 10 (crustaceans); Sterna maxima, 9 (seabirds and shorebirds); Majidae, 7 (crustaceans); Pelecanus occidentalis, 6 (seabirds and shorebirds); Argopecten nucleus, 4 (molluscs); Cocos nucifera, 3 (seagrass and algae); Cymatium femorale, 3 (molluscs); Calliostoma cubense, 3 (molluscs); Cardisoma guanhumi, 2 (crustaceans); Luria cinerea, 2 (molluscs).

Months with records, marine mammals: Jan 1, Feb 1, Mar 1, Jul 4, Aug 2, Sep 1, Dec 2; seabirds and shorebirds: Mar 3, Apr 4.

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

Cayo Valentín: notes

Land only where a guide allows it.

Getting to Cayo Valentín

• Navigation: the lighthouse Faro de Cayo Diana stands about 14 km away.