Cayo Vara

Cayo Vara: coast and water

5580 m at 51°: Canalizo Las Bocainas (channel); 7270 m at 131°: Ensenada de Cayo La Muerte (cove); 7410 m at 135°: Punta El Factor (point); 8330 m at 108°: Ensenada del Ferrol (cove); 9170 m at 304°: Canalizo Los Jimaguas (inlet); 9270 m at 123°: Laguna del Ferrol (lagoon); 9460 m at 310°: Punta Cabeza de Cayo Blanco (point); 9520 m at 186°: Canalizo del Genovés (channel).

Cayo Vara: islands

1700 m at 87°: Cayo Dama (island); 2000 m at 132°: Cayo Seboruquito (island); 3670 m at 108°: Cayo Seboruco (island); 3730 m at 30°: Cayo Hijo de la Pluma (island); 7000 m at 348°: Cayo La Pluma (island); 7250 m at 157°: Cayos de las Cinco Leguas (island group); 8240 m at 101°: Cayo Hornilla (island); 8700 m at 307°: Cayo Blanco (island); 10410 m at 99°: Cayo Cedro (island); 16570 m at 112°: Cayo Portillo (island); 16780 m at 109°: Cayos Hijos de las Cinco Leguas (island group); 18000 m at 258°: Cayo Diana (island).

Cayo Vara: inland

18010 m at 168°: Castillo (locality); 19010 m at 178°: El Corojo (locality); 19070 m at 227°: Cayo Corojal (locality); 20360 m at 173°: Paso Real (locality); 20520 m at 269°: Royal Service Paradisus Princesa Del Mar Resort (hotel); 20560 m at 270°: Paradisus Princesa del Mar Resort & Spa (hotel).

Cayo Vara: distances

17300 m at 147°: Playa Musulmanes; 20910 m at 131°: Salinas La Teja; 21530 m at 271°: Laguna Mangón; 54850 m at 250°: Juan Gualberto Gomez International Airport ; 67520 m at 256°: Port of Matanzas (port); 21080 m at 258°: Marina Gaviota Varadero (marina).

Protected: 9320 m at 305°: Reserva Ecológica Cayo Mono Galindo; 22790 m at 268°: Reserva Ecológica Varahicacos; 23000 m at 269°: Varahicacos.

Cayo Vara: close by

1700 m at 87°: Cayo Dama (cay); 1930 m at 87°: Cayo Melón (cay); 1970 m at 140°: Cayos Redondos (island group); 2010 m at 132°: Cayo Seboruquito (cay); 2090 m at 156°: Cayo Palomo (cay); 2720 m at 161°: Cayo Perro (cay); 3070 m at 162°: Cayo Factor (cay); 3320 m at 348°: Cayo el Sombrero (cay); 3650 m at 105°: Cayo Partido (cay); 3670 m at 108°: Cayo Seboruco (cay); 3730 m at 30°: Cayo Hijo de la Pluma (cay); 5550 m at 218°: Cayo Machito (cay).

Cayo Vara: on and around

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

7110 m at 266°: Delfinario aguas abiertas Rancho Cangrejo (attractions); 9320 m at 305°: Reserva Ecológica Cayo Mono Galindo (parks & reserves).

Cayo Vara: marine life records

204 records of 83 species within 10 km, 1931 to 2025: 97 fish, 36 corals, 33 molluscs, 13 seabirds and shorebirds, 10 crustaceans, 9 marine mammals, 5 seagrass and algae, 1 sponges. That is 64.9 records per 100 km².

Most recorded: Millepora complanata, 17 (corals); Coenobita clypeatus, 10 (crustaceans); Acanthurus coeruleus, 10 (fish); Microspathodon chrysurus, 10 (fish); Tursiops truncatus, 9 (marine mammals); Sparisoma viride, 7 (fish); Lutjanus apodus, 7 (fish); Acanthurus bahianus, 6 (fish); Haemulon sciurus, 6 (fish); Haemulon flavolineatum, 6 (fish); Pseudodiploria strigosa, 6 (corals); Pseudodiploria clivosa, 6 (corals).

Months with records, marine mammals: Mar 2, Apr 1, Jul 1, Aug 2, Nov 1, Dec 2.

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

Cayo Vara: notes

Most cays are reached by boat with a guide.

Getting to Cayo Vara

• Navigation: the lighthouse Faro Cruz del Padre stands about 9.7 km away.