Diving & reefs · Matanzas

Arrecife Los Cabezos

Satellite view of Arrecife Los Cabezos, Cuba
Arrecife Los Cabezos (Esri, Maxar)

Arrecife Los Cabezos is a reef at 23°14′14″N 80°36′27″W in Matanzas province.

GPS 23.23722, -80.6075023°14′14″N 80°36′27″W

Arrecife Los Cabezos: coast and water

4270 m at 197°: Canal La Palometa (channel); 6490 m at 123°: Arrecife Lavandera de Tierra (reef); 7060 m at 152°: Canal Blanca (channel); 8350 m at 237°: Canal de Juan Claro (channel); 8970 m at 242°: Canal del Pargo (channel); 8970 m at 203°: Lagunato Blanco (lagoon); 10990 m at 265°: Arrecife Las Lavanderas de Punta Arenas (reef); 11390 m at 128°: Canalizo La Cuberita (channel); 12430 m at 115°: Bahía de Cádiz (bay); 13320 m at 105°: Cayo Bahía de Cádiz Lighthouse (lighthouse); 14230 m at 252°: Canalizo Punta Arenas (channel); 16070 m at 191°: Canalizo Faría (channel); 20060 m at 132°: Canal Sierra Morena (channel); 20890 m at 256°: Torrentera de Cayo Cedro (channel).

Wider satellite view around Arrecife Los Cabezos
Arrecife Los Cabezos, wider

Arrecife Los Cabezos: islands

4310 m at 234°: Cayos Juan Clarito (island group); 9350 m at 211°: Cayos Jutías (island group); 17830 m at 243°: Cayo Largo (island); 18460 m at 144°: Cayo Esponja (island); 20420 m at 240°: Cayo Portillo (island); 20480 m at 126°: Cayo Negro Maco (island); 20820 m at 138°: Cayo Pasaje (island); 21650 m at 169°: Cayo Negrito (island).

Arrecife Los Cabezos: inland

19140 m at 188°: El Roblar (locality); 20560 m at 174°: Río Cañas (stream); 21810 m at 182°: Hotel Elguea (hotel); 22910 m at 214°: Los Alemanes (locality).

Arrecife Los Cabezos: distances

21760 m at 219°: Salinas Bidos; 24690 m at 224°: Salinas La Teja; 28090 m at 175°: Corralillo; 87600 m at 255°: Juan Gualberto Gomez International Airport ; 100590 m at 258°: Port of Matanzas (port); 54270 m at 261°: Marina Gaviota Varadero (marina).

Arrecife Los Cabezos: close by

1590 m at 123°: Arrecife La Corona (reef); 3340 m at 259°: Arrecife Juan Claro (reef); 3520 m at 159°: Cayo Cabezos (cay); 4310 m at 234°: Cayos Juan Clarito (island group); 6490 m at 123°: Arrecife Lavandera de Tierra (reef); 9350 m at 211°: Cayos Jutías (island group); 10470 m at 231°: Cayo Matancero (cay); 10990 m at 266°: Arrecife Las Lavanderas de Punta Arenas (reef); 11690 m at 246°: Cayos Arenas (island group); 12540 m at 250°: Cayo Punta Arenas (cay); 12860 m at 268°: Las Coloradas (reef); 13310 m at 107°: Cayo Bahía de Cádiz (cay).

Arrecife Los Cabezos: on and around

Within 15 km: 4 coral reefs.

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Arrecife Los Cabezos: marine life records

250 records of 52 species within 10 km, 2001 to 2001: 160 fish, 90 corals. That is 79.6 records per 100 km².

Most recorded: Millepora complanata, 22 (corals); Acanthurus coeruleus, 15 (fish); Porites astreoides, 13 (corals); Acanthurus bahianus, 13 (fish); Orbicella faveolata, 13 (corals); Haemulon sciurus, 11 (fish); Scarus iseri, 11 (fish); Sparisoma viride, 9 (fish); Sparisoma aurofrenatum, 9 (fish); Montastraea cavernosa, 9 (corals); Microspathodon chrysurus, 8 (fish); Pseudodiploria strigosa, 8 (corals).

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

Arrecife Los Cabezos: notes

Dive within your certification and never touch coral.

Getting to Arrecife Los Cabezos

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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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