Diving & reefs · Pinar del Río
Arrecifes de Los Colorados
Arrecifes de Los Colorados is a reef at 22°45′00″N 83°58′59″W in Pinar del Río province.
Arrecifes de Los Colorados: coast and water
3700 m at 180°: Fondeadero El Quebrado (anchorage); 5040 m at 223°: Pasa de la Laja (channel); 6090 m at 124°: Punta Tingo (point); 6190 m at 182°: Bahía Santa Lucía (bay); 6530 m at 212°: Ensenada Sardinero (cove); 7020 m at 148°: Ensenada del Río (bay); 7610 m at 167°: Punta Garza (point); 8740 m at 102°: Punta Malas Aguas (point); 9260 m at 180°: Ensenada de las Cuchillas (cove); 9420 m at 170°: Arroyo Las Turbinas (inlet); 9420 m at 190°: Punta Batea (point); 10010 m at 108°: Ensenada Malas Aguas (bay); 13670 m at 90°: Estero Manatí (bay); 15870 m at 221°: Punta Canal Blanco (point).
Arrecifes de Los Colorados: islands
4080 m at 205°: Cayo Restinga del Palo (island); 7610 m at 167°: Cayos de Santa Lucía (island group); 7800 m at 109°: Los Cayuelos (island group); 12690 m at 216°: Cayo Pimienta (island); 19620 m at 79°: Cayo Prieto (island); 19770 m at 71°: Cayo Inés de Soto (island); 20400 m at 237°: Archipiélago de los Colorados (island group); 24680 m at 76°: Cayo Pescador (island).
Arrecifes de Los Colorados: inland
7950 m at 160°: Río Santa Lucía (stream); 9870 m at 160°: Santa Lucia (airfield); 9910 m at 169°: Santa Lucía (settlement); 10100 m at 143°: El Venero (hamlet).
Arrecifes de Los Colorados: distances
10160 m at 169°: Santa Lucía; 18980 m at 169°: Minas de Matahambre; 25880 m at 85°: La Esperanza; 159960 m at 129°: Rafael Cabrera Airport ; 129150 m at 78°: Port of Mariel (port); 139660 m at 226°: Marina Gaviota Cabo de San Antonio (marina).
Protected: 27120 m at 132°: Parque Nacional Viñales.
Arrecifes de Los Colorados: close by
3280 m at 47°: Cabezo El Tingo (reef); 3670 m at 217°: Cayo Médano (cay); 4080 m at 205°: Cayo Restinga del Palo (cay); 4080 m at 205°: Médano de Jutías (reef); 6880 m at 226°: Cayo Jutías (cay); 7610 m at 167°: Cayos de Santa Lucía (island group); 7610 m at 167°: Cayos La Garza (island group); 7800 m at 109°: Los Cayuelos (island group); 12680 m at 216°: Cayo Pimienta (cay); 13690 m at 88°: Cayos Boquerones (island group); 19600 m at 79°: Cayo Largo (cay); 19620 m at 79°: Cayo Prieto (cay).
Arrecifes de Los Colorados: on and around
Within 15 km: 16 guest houses & hostels, 7 stores & supermarkets, 6 factories & works, 5 schools, 4 urban parks & plazas, 4 mines & quarries, 2 marinas, 2 places of worship, 2 garages & car services, 1 stations & terminals.
8670 m at 169°: Puerto Santa Lucía (marinas); 8720 m at 169°: Santa Lucia (marinas); 8740 m at 161°: El Ranchón (guest houses & hostels); 8830 m at 165°: Balcon al Mar (guest houses & hostels); 8890 m at 169°: Teminal Santa Lucia (stations & terminals); 8890 m at 169°: Parque de Santa Lucía (urban parks & plazas); 8910 m at 166°: El Palmar (guest houses & hostels); 9030 m at 169°: Área de Festejo (urban parks & plazas); 9220 m at 170°: José Martí (urban parks & plazas); 9320 m at 175°: La Ceniza (mines & quarries); 9660 m at 230°: Punta César y Ella (attractions); 9730 m at 172°: Campo de Fútbol (stadiums & sport); 10060 m at 163°: Paladar Rosymar (cuban cuisine & lechón).
Arrecifes de Los Colorados: marine life records
44 records of 33 species within 10 km, 1914 to 2023: 16 fish, 10 seabirds and shorebirds, 6 seagrass and algae, 4 crustaceans, 4 corals, 3 echinoderms, 1 molluscs. That is 14.0 records per 100 km².
Most recorded: Sterna maxima, 4 (seabirds and shorebirds); Ocyurus chrysurus, 2 (fish); Cocos nucifera, 2 (seagrass and algae); Coenobita clypeatus, 2 (crustaceans); Lytechinus variegatus, 2 (echinoderms); Ocypode quadrata, 2 (crustaceans); Abudefduf saxatilis, 2 (fish); Acyrtops beryllinus, 2 (fish); Dactyloscopus poeyi, 2 (fish); Calidris minutilla, 1 (seabirds and shorebirds); Conocarpus erectus, 1 (seagrass and algae); Euthynnus alletteratus, 1 (fish).
Records show where people have surveyed, not how many animals there are.
Arrecifes de Los Colorados: notes
A reef on a gazetteer is not always a dive site.
Getting to Arrecifes de Los Colorados
- Navigation: the lighthouse Faro de Cayo Jutías stands about 5.6 km away.
- Navigation: the lighthouse Faro de Cayo Jutías 2 stands about 5.6 km away.
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.