Bajo de Cayo Ahogado

Bajo de Cayo Ahogado: coast and water

750 m at 143°: Punta Tío Torres (point); 850 m at 322°: Ensenada de Orozco (cove); 1470 m at 4°: Ensenada Bramales (cove); 1660 m at 172°: Ensenada de San Luis (cove); 1790 m at 188°: Estero San Luis (estuary); 1870 m at 5°: Punta Purgatorio (point); 1970 m at 98°: Estero de Punta Julia (estuary); 2040 m at 152°: Ensenada San Agustín (cove); 2070 m at 49°: Punta Bacalao (point); 2350 m at 55°: Punta del Mango (point); 2790 m at 99°: Ensenada La Conga (cove); 2830 m at 102°: Punta de la Baría (point); 3150 m at 321°: Playa San Pedro (beach); 3330 m at 73°: Punta Fuerte Reina Amalia (point).

Bajo de Cayo Ahogado: islands

1010 m at 8°: Cayo Negrito (island); 3880 m at 93°: Cayo La Sucia (island); 4550 m at 91°: Cayo Los Pinos (island); 4840 m at 30°: Cayuelo del Diamante (island); 4840 m at 30°: Cayuelo Alonso (island); 6030 m at 72°: Cayo San Vicente (island); 7480 m at 76°: Cayo Blanco (island); 7880 m at 73°: Cayo Buenavista (island).

Bajo de Cayo Ahogado: inland

1820 m at 330°: La Aldea (settlement); 1930 m at 320°: Cayo Negrito (settlement); 1980 m at 246°: Cuatro Vientos (settlement); 2680 m at 270°: Bramales (settlement).

Bajo de Cayo Ahogado: distances

4650 m at 101°: Playa La Luisa; 8640 m at 91°: Cabañas; 18000 m at 243°: Bahía Honda; 61200 m at 89°: José Martí International Airport ; 26320 m at 87°: Port of Mariel (port); 53090 m at 76°: Marina Hemingway (marina).

Protected: 13470 m at 167°: Reserva de la Biosfera Sierra del Rosario.

Bajo de Cayo Ahogado: close by

1000 m at 8°: Cayo Negrito (cay); 3870 m at 93°: Cayo La Sucia (cay); 4550 m at 91°: Cayo Los Pinos (cay); 4830 m at 30°: Cayuelo Alonso (cay); 4830 m at 30°: Cayuelo del Diamante (cay); 5080 m at 94°: Cayo La Piedra de Dios (cay); 6020 m at 72°: Cayo San Vicente (cay); 7010 m at 85°: Cayo Almeja (cay); 7480 m at 76°: Cayo Blanco (cay); 7880 m at 73°: Cayo Buenavista (cay); 8390 m at 83°: Cayo del Medio (cay); 8430 m at 83°: Cayo Puchi (cay).

Bajo de Cayo Ahogado: on and around

Within 15 km: 7 coral reefs, 4 peaks & volcanoes, 3 schools, 3 stores & supermarkets, 3 historic & heritage, 2 places of worship, 2 camp sites, 2 clinics & polyclinics, 2 farms & plantations, 2 guest houses & hostels.

3070 m at 320°: Campismo San Pedro (camp sites); 8330 m at 92°: Monumento a los Mártires de Cabañas (historic & heritage); 8720 m at 90°: Cine de Cabañas (theatres & arts); 8760 m at 95°: Villa Louis Montesino (guest houses & hostels); 8910 m at 207°: Quarry (mines & quarries); 9710 m at 65°: Campismo La Herradura (camp sites); 9840 m at 159°: Las Ánimas (peaks & volcanoes); 10800 m at 145°: Loma del Rubí (peaks & volcanoes); 12610 m at 161°: Loma del Mulo (peaks & volcanoes); 13470 m at 167°: Reserva de la Biosfera Sierra del Rosario (parks & reserves); 14280 m at 157°: Cafetal Santa Serafina (historic & heritage).

Bajo de Cayo Ahogado: marine life records

2813 records of 2710 species within 10 km, 1900 to 1996: 829 other, 482 molluscs, 427 fish, 403 crustaceans, 285 corals, 243 echinoderms, 57 sponges, 51 sharks and rays, 19 seabirds and shorebirds, 17 marine mammals. That is 895.4 records per 100 km².

Most recorded: Xiphias gladius, 11 (fish); Crinometra brevipinna, 8 (echinoderms); Lepidocybium flavobrunneum, 7 (fish); Leptopecten bavayi, 4 (molluscs); Thunnus albacares, 4 (fish); Mesostephanus appendiculatoides, 3 (other); Coryphaena hippurus, 3 (fish); Argopecten nucleus, 3 (molluscs); Cardiocephaloides medioconiger, 3 (other); Lafoea dumosa, 3 (corals); Bythocypris affinis, 2 (other); Ellisella elongata, 2 (corals).

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

Bajo de Cayo Ahogado: notes

No depth or visibility data is held; ask a dive centre.

Getting to Bajo de Cayo Ahogado

• Navigation: the lighthouse Faro Fría stands about 3.1 km away.
• Navigation: the lighthouse Faro Punta del Morillo stands about 15 km away.