Bajo Diamante

Bajo Diamante: coast and water

1720 m at 188°: Canal de los Guairos (channel); 3160 m at 355°: Punta Sur (point); 3700 m at 1°: Punta Chicharrones (point); 4220 m at 87°: Punta Las Cucharillas (point); 4600 m at 209°: Cabezo Negrillos (shoal); 4730 m at 205°: Marisma (reef); 4870 m at 342°: Punta de Tierra (point); 5620 m at 283°: Fondeadero Banco del Medio (shoal); 5630 m at 350°: Punta Oeste (point); 5640 m at 95°: Punta La Caoba (point); 5700 m at 84°: Punta Lumbre (point); 6020 m at 144°: Bajo Cucharillas de Afuera (shoal); 7200 m at 44°: Estero del Masío (marsh); 7610 m at 158°: Canal Jobabo (channel).

Bajo Diamante: islands

3300 m at 341°: Cayo Tabaco (island); 4250 m at 313°: Cayo Guayo (island); 5730 m at 168°: Cayo Blanco de Casilda (island); 9300 m at 97°: Cayos Machos de Tierra (island group); 10400 m at 146°: Cayo Puga (island); 10440 m at 105°: Cayo Magua (island); 10570 m at 308°: Cayo Ripiado (island); 10670 m at 303°: Cayo Ratón (island).

Bajo Diamante: inland

6850 m at 357°: El Tamarindo (locality); 7800 m at 331°: Recalero (locality); 8030 m at 358°: La Redonda (settlement); 8820 m at 9°: Matamoros (locality).

Bajo Diamante: distances

10510 m at 73°: Playa Las Majaguas; 11020 m at 304°: Playa Ancón; 12540 m at 310°: Casilda (Trinidad); 15170 m at 317°: Alberto Delgado Airport ; 75970 m at 313°: Port of Cienfuegos (port); 12260 m at 305°: Marina Trinidad (Casilda) (marina).

Protected: 27190 m at 328°: Área Protegida Topes de Collantes; 32360 m at 334°: Guanayara; 35300 m at 54°: Reserva Ecológica Lomas de Banao.

Bajo Diamante: close by

3300 m at 341°: Cayo Tabaco (cay); 4260 m at 313°: Cayo Guayo (cay); 4730 m at 205°: Marisma (reef); 4900 m at 97°: Restinga Brava (reef); 5540 m at 249°: Arrecifes La Víbora (reef); 5730 m at 168°: Cayo Blanco de Casilda (cay); 7100 m at 271°: Arrecifes Las Mulatas (reef); 7300 m at 280°: Cabezos Las Mulatas (reef); 9300 m at 97°: Cayos Machos de Tierra (island group); 10400 m at 146°: Cayo Puga (cay); 10430 m at 105°: Cayo Magua (cay); 10570 m at 308°: Cayo Ripiado (cay).

Bajo Diamante: on and around

Within 15 km: 86 guest houses & hostels, 15 attractions, 6 garages & car services, 5 schools, 4 coral reefs, 3 stadiums & sport, 2 marinas, 2 stations & terminals, 2 cuban cuisine & lechón, 2 fuel stations.

8950 m at 297°: punta de ancon (attractions); 9040 m at 297°: barca (attractions); 9060 m at 298°: barca1 (attractions); 9440 m at 300°: pesqueroblas (attractions); 9450 m at 300°: la barca (attractions); 11060 m at 296°: Playa Ancón (attractions); 11440 m at 298°: Marlin Marina Trinidad (marinas); 11450 m at 298°: Marina Gaviota (attractions); 11960 m at 307°: Puerto de Casilda (attractions); 12090 m at 307°: Base de Pesca Deportiva Casilda (attractions); 12180 m at 309°: B&B Santa María (guest houses & hostels); 12260 m at 309°: Hostal El Dorado (guest houses & hostels); 12310 m at 308°: Grabie y Leo (guest houses & hostels).

Bajo Diamante: marine life records

956 records of 95 species within 10 km, 2001 to 2023: 488 fish, 441 corals, 10 seabirds and shorebirds, 8 molluscs, 5 crustaceans, 2 echinoderms, 2 marine mammals. That is 304.3 records per 100 km².

Most recorded: Acropora palmata, 67 (corals); Porites astreoides, 59 (corals); Orbicella franksi, 49 (corals); Acanthurus coeruleus, 47 (fish); Sparisoma viride, 46 (fish); Scarus iseri, 42 (fish); Agaricia agaricites, 40 (corals); Sparisoma aurofrenatum, 37 (fish); Orbicella faveolata, 37 (corals); Acanthurus bahianus, 36 (fish); Millepora complanata, 32 (corals); Chaetodon capistratus, 32 (fish).

Months with records, seabirds and shorebirds: Feb 5, Jun 1, Nov 1.

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

Bajo Diamante: notes

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

Getting to Bajo Diamante

• Navigation: the lighthouse Faro de Cayo Blanco de Casilda stands about 5.7 km away.