Diving & reefs · Pinar del Río

Cabezo El Tingo

Satellite view of Cabezo El Tingo, Cuba
Cabezo El Tingo (Esri, Maxar)

Cabezo El Tingo is a reef at 22°46′13″N 83°57′36″W in Pinar del Río province.

GPS 22.77025, -83.9601322°46′13″N 83°57′36″W

Cabezo El Tingo: coast and water

4750 m at 210°: Pasa San Pedro (channel); 6410 m at 202°: Fondeadero El Quebrado (anchorage); 7410 m at 124°: Punta Malas Aguas (point); 7880 m at 172°: Punta Santa Lucía (point); 8290 m at 170°: Ensenada del Río (bay); 8850 m at 111°: Punta Francés (point); 8910 m at 127°: Ensenada Malas Aguas (bay); 9090 m at 225°: Punta Jutías (point); 10530 m at 102°: Punta Pan de Azúcar (point); 11530 m at 183°: Arroyo Las Turbinas (inlet); 11760 m at 192°: Ensenada de las Cuchillas (cove); 12460 m at 219°: Ensenada Nombre de Dios (bay); 14590 m at 229°: Canalizo Norte (channel); 15290 m at 93°: Ensenada de Playuelas (bay).

Wider satellite view around Cabezo El Tingo
Cabezo El Tingo, wider

Cabezo El Tingo: islands

6920 m at 134°: Los Cayuelos (island group); 9690 m at 184°: Cayos de Santa Lucía (island group); 10150 m at 226°: Cayo Jutías (island); 15920 m at 218°: Cayo Pimienta (island); 16850 m at 76°: Cayo Inés de Soto (island); 20860 m at 89°: Cayo la Pasa de la Legua (island); 21880 m at 80°: Cayo Pescador (island); 26460 m at 83°: Cayo Coruita (island).

Cabezo El Tingo: inland

6930 m at 147°: Río Malas Aguas (stream); 8570 m at 134°: Arroyo Correas (stream); 10510 m at 141°: Malas Aguas (locality); 10870 m at 105°: Río Pan de Azúcar (stream).

Cabezo El Tingo: distances

12220 m at 182°: Santa Lucía; 20940 m at 177°: Minas de Matahambre; 23400 m at 90°: La Esperanza; 159580 m at 130°: Rafael Cabrera Airport ; 126360 m at 79°: Port of Mariel (port); 142940 m at 226°: Marina Gaviota Cabo de San Antonio (marina).

Protected: 27060 m at 139°: Parque Nacional Viñales.

Cabezo El Tingo: close by

3280 m at 227°: Arrecifes de Los Colorados (reef); 6920 m at 134°: Los Cayuelos (island group); 6920 m at 222°: Cayo Médano (cay); 7230 m at 214°: Cayo Restinga del Palo (cay); 7230 m at 214°: Médano de Jutías (reef); 9690 m at 184°: Cayos de Santa Lucía (island group); 9690 m at 184°: Cayos La Garza (island group); 10150 m at 226°: Cayo Jutías (cay); 11450 m at 99°: Cayos Boquerones (island group); 15910 m at 218°: Cayo Pimienta (cay); 16840 m at 76°: Cayo Inés de Soto (cay); 16930 m at 85°: Cayo Largo (cay).

Cabezo El Tingo: on and around

Within 15 km: 16 guest houses & hostels, 7 stores & supermarkets, 6 factories & works, 5 schools, 4 urban parks & plazas, 3 mines & quarries, 2 marinas, 2 places of worship, 2 garages & car services, 1 stations & terminals.

10540 m at 178°: El Ranchón (guest houses & hostels); 10790 m at 181°: Balcon al Mar (guest houses & hostels); 10790 m at 184°: Puerto Santa Lucía (marinas); 10830 m at 184°: Santa Lucia (marinas); 10890 m at 181°: El Palmar (guest houses & hostels); 11000 m at 184°: Parque de Santa Lucía (urban parks & plazas); 11010 m at 184°: Teminal Santa Lucia (stations & terminals); 11140 m at 184°: Área de Festejo (urban parks & plazas); 11360 m at 184°: José Martí (urban parks & plazas); 11630 m at 188°: La Ceniza (mines & quarries); 11900 m at 178°: Paladar Rosymar (cuban cuisine & lechón); 11910 m at 185°: Campo de Fútbol (stadiums & sport); 12930 m at 229°: Punta César y Ella (attractions).

Cabezo El Tingo: marine life records

42 records of 31 species within 10 km, 1914 to 2023: 16 fish, 9 seabirds and shorebirds, 6 seagrass and algae, 4 crustaceans, 4 corals, 3 echinoderms. That is 13.4 records per 100 km².

Most recorded: Sterna maxima, 4 (seabirds and shorebirds); Ocyurus chrysurus, 2 (fish); Cocos nucifera, 2 (seagrass and algae); Coenobita clypeatus, 2 (crustaceans); Lytechinus variegatus, 2 (echinoderms); Ocypode quadrata, 2 (crustaceans); Abudefduf saxatilis, 2 (fish); Acyrtops beryllinus, 2 (fish); Dactyloscopus poeyi, 2 (fish); Calidris minutilla, 1 (seabirds and shorebirds); Conocarpus erectus, 1 (seagrass and algae); Euthynnus alletteratus, 1 (fish).

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

Cabezo El Tingo: notes

Dive within your certification and never touch coral.

Getting to Cabezo El Tingo

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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.

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