Diving & reefs · Isla de la Juventud
Arrecifes Los Ballenatos
Arrecifes Los Ballenatos is a reef at 21°35′05″N 81°35′44″W in Isla de la Juventud province.
Arrecifes Los Ballenatos: coast and water
8900 m at 263°: Bajo Los Ballenatos (shoal); 10940 m at 77°: Punta La Segunda Curva (point); 12250 m at 74°: Punta La Primera Curva (point); 12350 m at 58°: Punta Gancho (point); 13230 m at 72°: Playa Blanca (beach); 14790 m at 70°: Playa Los Coquitos (beach); 23230 m at 289°: Canaliito Estopa (channel); 24390 m at 60°: Punta Iguanita (point); 26630 m at 285°: Punta Mogote (point); 39040 m at 314°: Bajo Mégano (shoal); 47210 m at 273°: Laguna Muerta (lagoon); 47370 m at 264°: Arrecife Seco de Cascajo (reef); 48070 m at 2°: Canal Diego Pérez (channel); 51160 m at 263°: Quebrada Lombelo (channel).
Arrecifes Los Ballenatos: islands
6910 m at 27°: Cayo Piedra (island); 8400 m at 309°: Cayo Rico (island); 11640 m at 292°: Cayos Peraza (island group); 16540 m at 65°: Cayos Los Pájaros (island group); 30250 m at 280°: Cayo del Rosario (island); 32640 m at 286°: Cayo Las Gaviotas (island); 39960 m at 324°: Cayo Traviesa (island); 42670 m at 277°: Cayo Convento (island).
Arrecifes Los Ballenatos: inland
5210 m at 25°: Marina Cayo Largo (settlement); 6680 m at 56°: villa soledad (hotel); 7770 m at 76°: Sol Pelicano (hotel); 8230 m at 79°: Lindamar Hotel (hotel).
Arrecifes Los Ballenatos: distances
3900 m at 81°: Paradise Beach; 8500 m at 74°: Cayo Largo del Sur; 74040 m at 33°: Playa Los Cocos; 6230 m at 55°: Vilo Acuña International Airport ; 134810 m at 62°: Port of Cienfuegos (port); 4110 m at 35°: Marina Marlin Cayo Largo (marina).
Arrecifes Los Ballenatos: close by
610 m at 109°: Cayo Hijo de los Ballenatos (cay); 4460 m at 261°: Cayo los Ballenatos (cay); 4470 m at 261°: Cayos Los Ballenatos (island group); 5040 m at 351°: Cayería Los Majáes (island group); 5420 m at 38°: Diving Center (reef); 6470 m at 320°: Cayos Alcatraces (cay); 6620 m at 27°: Cayo Iguana (cay); 6920 m at 27°: Cayo Piedra (cay); 8390 m at 309°: Cayo Rico (cay); 11640 m at 292°: Cayos Peraza (island group); 12300 m at 69°: Cayo Largo (cay); 12300 m at 69°: Cayo Largo (reef).
Arrecifes Los Ballenatos: on and around
Within 15 km: 6 attractions, 1 marinas, 1 museums, 1 cigars & tobacco, 1 stations & terminals, 1 urban parks & plazas, 1 power plants.
1230 m at 55°: Arrecife de coral (attractions); 3770 m at 47°: Dolphinarium (attractions); 4360 m at 24°: Iguanas (attractions); 5340 m at 37°: Marina Cayo Largo (marinas); 5360 m at 36°: Club House (attractions); 5390 m at 36°: Pesca deportiva (attractions); 5410 m at 35°: Museo Cayo Largo (museums); 5510 m at 33°: Transporte público y otros. Catamaranes (stations & terminals); 5920 m at 37°: Parque Uneca (urban parks & plazas); 8240 m at 77°: Vivero el cocodrilo (attractions).
Arrecifes Los Ballenatos: marine life records
1801 records of 465 species within 10 km, 1948 to 2026: 586 fish, 558 molluscs, 420 corals, 101 sponges, 73 seabirds and shorebirds, 21 echinoderms, 18 crustaceans, 8 seagrass and algae, 6 other, 6 sharks and rays, 4 turtles. That is 573.3 records per 100 km².
Most recorded: Acropora palmata, 79 (corals); Siderastrea siderea, 60 (corals); Porites astreoides, 57 (corals); Acanthurus coeruleus, 47 (fish); Sparisoma viride, 42 (fish); Scarus iseri, 40 (fish); Orbicella annularis, 39 (corals); Acanthurus bahianus, 35 (fish); Sparisoma aurofrenatum, 34 (fish); Haemulon flavolineatum, 33 (fish); Agaricia agaricites, 31 (corals); Orbicella faveolata, 30 (corals).
Months with records, turtles: Sep 2, Nov 1.
Records show where people have surveyed, not how many animals there are.
Arrecifes Los Ballenatos: notes
No depth or visibility data is held; ask a dive centre.
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.