Diving & reefs · Cienfuegos
Cabecería de Cayo Blanco
Cabecería de Cayo Blanco is a reef at 21°50′54″N 81°17′11″W in Cienfuegos province.
Cabecería de Cayo Blanco: coast and water
1420 m at 277°: Médano Vizcaíno (reef); 15540 m at 292°: Herradura de la Sagua (shoal); 21580 m at 210°: Playa Tortuga (beach); 21980 m at 346°: Ensenada Palmillas (cove); 27200 m at 327°: Punta de Espeque (point); 29110 m at 19°: Estero Migote (cove); 29120 m at 134°: Banco de Jardinillos (shoal); 29570 m at 325°: Punta de Piedra (point); 30250 m at 217°: Playa Los Coquitos (beach); 31840 m at 217°: Playa Blanca (beach); 33470 m at 34°: Punta Perdiz (point); 33790 m at 32°: Punta Ceibita (point); 35850 m at 302°: Canal Diego Pérez (channel); 38900 m at 19°: Bay of Pigs (bay).
Cabecería de Cayo Blanco: islands
10410 m at 121°: Cayo Arenoso (island); 14300 m at 289°: Cayo Sigua (island); 22400 m at 332°: Cayos Blancos del Sur (island group); 23670 m at 330°: Cayo Ernest Thaelmann (island); 27010 m at 144°: Cayo La Trinchera (island); 28830 m at 11°: Cayo Alcatraz (island); 30180 m at 338°: Cayo Cayuelo (island); 31190 m at 7°: Cayo Mogote (island).
Cabecería de Cayo Blanco: inland
29190 m at 1°: La Salina (locality); 32750 m at 1°: Laguna Hervidero (lake); 34440 m at 31°: Punta Perdiz (settlement); 34690 m at 31°: Finca Perdices (locality).
Cabecería de Cayo Blanco: distances
33960 m at 14°: Playa Los Cocos; 35650 m at 47°: Playa Girón; 35940 m at 221°: Cayo Largo del Sur; 37200 m at 226°: Vilo Acuña International Airport ; 93480 m at 69°: Port of Cienfuegos (port); 39370 m at 229°: Marina Marlin Cayo Largo (marina).
Cabecería de Cayo Blanco: close by
1420 m at 277°: Médano Vizcaíno (reef); 2580 m at 287°: Cayo Blanco (cay); 10410 m at 121°: Cayo Arenoso (cay); 14300 m at 289°: Cayo Sigua (cay); 18700 m at 345°: Las Lavanderas (reef); 20410 m at 355°: Cayo Blanco (cay); 21370 m at 8°: Cayo Miguel (island group); 21650 m at 53°: Cayo Piedras (cay); 22400 m at 332°: Cayos Blancos del Sur (island group); 22720 m at 15°: Cayo Rancho de Cándido (cay); 23670 m at 330°: Cayo Ernest Thaelmann (cay).
Cabecería de Cayo Blanco: on and around
Within 15 km: 3 coral reefs.
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Cabecería de Cayo Blanco: marine life records
1274 records of 84 species within 10 km, 2001 to 2001: 664 fish, 610 corals. That is 405.5 records per 100 km².
Most recorded: Acropora palmata, 137 (corals); Orbicella annularis, 79 (corals); Siderastrea siderea, 69 (corals); Orbicella faveolata, 55 (corals); Sparisoma viride, 50 (fish); Montastraea cavernosa, 48 (corals); Scarus iseri, 47 (fish); Agaricia agaricites, 47 (corals); Haemulon flavolineatum, 45 (fish); Sparisoma aurofrenatum, 43 (fish); Acanthurus coeruleus, 42 (fish); Porites astreoides, 40 (corals).
Records show where people have surveyed, not how many animals there are.
Cabecería de Cayo Blanco: notes
Protected waters have their own rules.
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.