Arrecifes La Víbora

Arrecifes La Víbora: coast and water

1130 m at 84°: Cabezo Ballenato (shoal); 3310 m at 355°: Fondeadero Banco del Medio (shoal); 4240 m at 6°: Banco Guayo (shoal); 4260 m at 309°: Canal Mulatas (channel); 4700 m at 328°: Banco La Derribada (shoal); 6240 m at 34°: Punta Tabaco (point); 6700 m at 335°: Punta de Calisí (point); 6700 m at 66°: Punta Jobabo (point); 7040 m at 56°: Punta La Guardia (point); 7050 m at 313°: Arrecifes Las Mulaticas (reef); 7240 m at 18°: Punta Gorda (point); 7410 m at 8°: Punta Piedra (point); 7510 m at 358°: Punta Ariola (point); 8630 m at 29°: Punta Oeste (point).

Arrecifes La Víbora: islands

5290 m at 23°: Cayo Guayo (island); 6530 m at 38°: Cayo Tabaco (island); 7310 m at 120°: Cayo Blanco de Casilda (island); 8730 m at 335°: Cayo Ratón (island); 9030 m at 339°: Cayo Ripiado (island); 12850 m at 121°: Cayo Puga (island); 14430 m at 86°: Cayos Machos de Tierra (island group).

Arrecifes La Víbora: inland

8920 m at 323°: Club Amigo Ancon (hotel); 8950 m at 323°: Las Cuevas (hotel); 9180 m at 323°: Playa Ancón (resort); 9390 m at 19°: Los Hermanos (locality).

Arrecifes La Víbora: distances

9110 m at 334°: Playa Ancón; 9760 m at 320°: Playa Ancoá; 10970 m at 336°: Casilda (Trinidad); 14100 m at 338°: Alberto Delgado Airport ; 73690 m at 316°: Port of Cienfuegos (port); 10290 m at 332°: Marina Trinidad (Casilda) (marina).

Protected: 26760 m at 340°: Área Protegida Topes de Collantes; 32420 m at 344°: Guanayara.

Arrecifes La Víbora: close by

2850 m at 317°: Arrecifes Las Mulatas (reef); 3870 m at 328°: Cabezos Las Mulatas (reef); 3870 m at 126°: Marisma (reef); 5290 m at 23°: Cayo Guayo (cay); 5540 m at 69°: Bajo Diamante (reef); 6540 m at 38°: Cayo Tabaco (cay); 7050 m at 313°: Arrecifes Las Mulaticas (reef); 7310 m at 119°: Cayo Blanco de Casilda (cay); 8290 m at 328°: Península Ancón (cay); 8730 m at 335°: Cayo Ratón (cay); 9040 m at 339°: Cayo Ripiado (cay); 10130 m at 82°: Restinga Brava (reef).

Arrecifes La Víbora: on and around

Within 15 km: 314 guest houses & hostels, 19 attractions, 10 stores & supermarkets, 7 garages & car services, 7 schools, 5 banks & exchange, 4 coral reefs, 4 urban parks & plazas, 3 factories & works, 3 government & embassies.

6680 m at 335°: punta de ancon (attractions); 6770 m at 335°: barca (attractions); 6830 m at 335°: barca1 (attractions); 7330 m at 336°: pesqueroblas (attractions); 7340 m at 335°: la barca (attractions); 8330 m at 325°: Playa Ancón (attractions); 8850 m at 326°: Marina Gaviota (attractions); 8880 m at 326°: Marlin Marina Trinidad (marinas); 10160 m at 334°: Puerto de Casilda (attractions); 10330 m at 334°: Base de Pesca Deportiva Casilda (attractions); 10580 m at 336°: B&B Santa María (guest houses & hostels); 10640 m at 336°: Hostal El Dorado (guest houses & hostels); 10640 m at 335°: Grabie y Leo (guest houses & hostels).

Arrecifes La Víbora: marine life records

1400 records of 151 species within 10 km, 1930 to 2026: 652 fish, 604 corals, 90 seabirds and shorebirds, 19 crustaceans, 13 seagrass and algae, 11 molluscs, 3 sponges, 3 echinoderms, 3 other, 2 marine mammals. That is 445.6 records per 100 km².

Most recorded: Porites astreoides, 96 (corals); Acanthurus coeruleus, 69 (fish); Acropora palmata, 69 (corals); Siderastrea siderea, 56 (corals); Sparisoma viride, 52 (fish); Orbicella franksi, 51 (corals); Acanthurus bahianus, 51 (fish); Agaricia agaricites, 50 (corals); Scarus iseri, 46 (fish); Sparisoma aurofrenatum, 45 (fish); Chaetodon capistratus, 43 (fish); Montastraea cavernosa, 43 (corals).

Months with records, seabirds and shorebirds: Feb 12, Mar 4, Apr 2, Jun 18, Aug 1, Oct 2, Nov 4.

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

Arrecifes La Víbora: notes

A reef on a gazetteer is not always a dive site.

Getting to Arrecifes La Víbora

• Navigation: the lighthouse Faro de Cayo Blanco de Casilda stands about 7.5 km away.