Bajo Las Torronteras

Bajo Las Torronteras: coast and water

8400 m at 302°: Punta Tío Pancho (point); 8620 m at 116°: Albufera La Siguapa (lagoon); 10220 m at 302°: Punta San Ramón (point); 10890 m at 79°: Punta Corojal (point); 11120 m at 350°: Ensenada Oeste de Punta Gorda (bay); 11200 m at 78°: Punta de Piedras (point); 11830 m at 352°: Punta Oeste de Chapelín (point); 11860 m at 101°: Corojal (estuary); 12650 m at 305°: Canal Cueva del Muerto (channel); 12650 m at 305°: Laguna Azul (lagoon); 14250 m at 22°: Canal de Molas (channel); 14290 m at 15°: Estero de Marco (cove); 14310 m at 26°: Canal Norte de Buba (channel); 14670 m at 93°: Laguna de Cayo Corojal (lagoon).

Bajo Las Torronteras: islands

460 m at 179°: Cayo del Medio (island); 780 m at 186°: Cayo Valentín (island); 1860 m at 184°: Cayo Marcote (island); 3560 m at 105°: Cayo Cupey (island); 11300 m at 310°: Cayo de la Siguapa (island); 13570 m at 37°: Cayo Diana (island); 14040 m at 28°: Cayo Buba (island); 14460 m at 25°: Cayo Molas (island).

Bajo Las Torronteras: inland

4450 m at 257°: La Caridad (locality); 5390 m at 162°: Navarro (locality); 5540 m at 260°: San Lorenzo (settlement); 5600 m at 189°: La Pluma (locality).

Bajo Las Torronteras: distances

3300 m at 259°: Playa Larga; 3940 m at 211°: Cárdenas; 12580 m at 316°: Varadero Beach; 26190 m at 262°: Juan Gualberto Gomez International Airport ; 39750 m at 267°: Port of Matanzas (port); 11530 m at 26°: Marina Gaviota Varadero (marina).

Protected: 11950 m at 0°: Manglares; 12930 m at 6°: Manglares; 14310 m at 12°: Reserva Ecológica Varahicacos.

Bajo Las Torronteras: close by

460 m at 180°: Cayo del Medio (cay); 780 m at 186°: Cayo Valentín (cay); 1830 m at 189°: Cayos Las Torrenteras (island group); 1860 m at 184°: Cayo Marcote (cay); 3560 m at 105°: Cayo Cupey (cay); 11300 m at 310°: Cayo de la Siguapa (cay); 11660 m at 328°: Barracuda Diving Centre (reef); 12580 m at 360°: Marina Chapelin (Merlin) (fishing); 13570 m at 37°: Cayo Diana (cay); 13780 m at 3°: Atlantis Varadero (reef); 14040 m at 28°: Cayo Buba (cay); 14400 m at 7°: Centro de Buceo Barracuda (reef).

Bajo Las Torronteras: on and around

Within 15 km: 274 guest houses & hostels, 96 oil & gas, 31 schools, 31 stores & supermarkets, 22 attractions, 16 places of worship, 13 urban parks & plazas, 13 factories & works, 12 markets & malls, 12 banks & exchange.

2840 m at 211°: Donde se enarbola por primera vez la bandera cubana (historic & heritage); 3310 m at 206°: Estación de Ferrocarriles Cárdenas (stations & terminals); 3320 m at 206°: Cárdenas (stations & terminals); 3330 m at 222°: Fuerte de la Fábrica de Gas (historic & heritage); 3560 m at 210°: Deportivo (stadiums & sport); 3580 m at 214°: Cristóbal Colón (attractions); 3580 m at 213°: Parque Colón (urban parks & plazas); 3710 m at 227°: Ksa d Yuni (guest houses & hostels); 3990 m at 211°: Museo Batalla de Ideas (museums); 4020 m at 214°: Gonzalo Roig (attractions); 4020 m at 212°: José Antonio Echeverría (historic & heritage); 4050 m at 220°: Casa de Yanesita (guest houses & hostels); 4080 m at 232°: Las Violetas (guest houses & hostels).

Bajo Las Torronteras: marine life records

230 records of 103 species within 10 km, 1914 to 2025: 52 seabirds and shorebirds, 44 molluscs, 40 crustaceans, 32 corals, 25 fish, 20 marine mammals, 14 seagrass and algae, 2 sharks and rays, 1 other. That is 73.2 records per 100 km².

Most recorded: Physalia physalis, 25 (corals); Tursiops truncatus, 19 (marine mammals); Ocypode quadrata, 12 (crustaceans); Pelecanus occidentalis, 12 (seabirds and shorebirds); Sterna maxima, 10 (seabirds and shorebirds); Cocos nucifera, 8 (seagrass and algae); Majidae, 7 (crustaceans); Cymatium femorale, 5 (molluscs); Charadrius vociferus, 4 (seabirds and shorebirds); Argopecten nucleus, 4 (molluscs); Sternula antillarum, 4 (seabirds and shorebirds); Egretta tricolor, 4 (seabirds and shorebirds).

Months with records, marine mammals: Jan 1, Feb 1, Mar 2, Apr 1, Jun 2, Jul 5, Aug 3, Sep 1, Oct 1, Dec 3; seabirds and shorebirds: Mar 3, Apr 4, Jun 2, Jul 1, Nov 2, Dec 8.

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

Bajo Las Torronteras: notes

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

Getting to Bajo Las Torronteras

• Navigation: the lighthouse Faro de Cayo Diana stands about 13 km away.