Diving & reefs · Ciego de Ávila
Cabezo Los Colorados
Cabezo Los Colorados is a reef at 22°37′14″N 78°53′38″W in Ciego de Ávila province.
Cabezo Los Colorados: coast and water
7260 m at 295°: Punta del Este de Santa María (point); 8250 m at 280°: Canalizo del Mangle (channel); 10170 m at 127°: Canalizo El Meganito (channel); 12230 m at 199°: Canalizo Chorros (channel); 13320 m at 224°: Pasa del Manatí (channel); 13850 m at 210°: Ensenada de Corúa (cove); 14220 m at 86°: Cabezo de Vaca (reef); 17630 m at 149°: Canalizo del Abogado (channel); 17880 m at 143°: Canalizo Baliza Vieja (channel); 19160 m at 127°: Punta Casola (point); 21370 m at 92°: Punta Lechuza (point); 22850 m at 125°: Punta Jutía (point); 23180 m at 111°: Lagunato Blanco (lagoon); 26900 m at 170°: Playa Mamón (beach).
Cabezo Los Colorados: islands
8080 m at 359°: Cayos Santa María (island group); 8930 m at 348°: Cayos Caimán de los Cayuelos (island group); 10230 m at 227°: Cayo Cureña (island); 11190 m at 320°: Cayo Caimán de la Mata de Coco (island); 12080 m at 156°: Cayo Partido (island); 14010 m at 148°: Cayo Candela (island); 14450 m at 117°: Cayo Jején (island); 14680 m at 127°: Cayo La Cáscara (island).
Cabezo Los Colorados: inland
13420 m at 283°: Melia Cayo Santa Maria (hotel); 14140 m at 161°: San Pedro (locality); 15310 m at 286°: Royalton Cayo Sta Maria (hotel); 16090 m at 285°: Husa Cayo Santa Maria (hotel).
Cabezo Los Colorados: distances
35870 m at 164°: Kilo 9; 37810 m at 188°: Arroyo de Agua; 37810 m at 188°: Arroyo Prieto Uno; 60730 m at 107°: Jardines Del Rey Airport ; 167350 m at 252°: Port of Cienfuegos (port); 23830 m at 99°: Marina Marlin Cayo Guillermo (marina).
Protected: 8260 m at 299°: Refugio de Fauna Cayo Santa María; 35720 m at 228°: Parque Nacional Caguanes.
Cabezo Los Colorados: close by
7370 m at 7°: Cayo Caimán del Faro (cay); 7390 m at 18°: Cayo Caimán de la Sardina (cay); 7680 m at 45°: Cayo Caimán de Barlovento (cay); 8080 m at 359°: Cayos Santa María (island group); 8110 m at 264°: Cayo Guanal (cay); 8240 m at 250°: Cayo Punta de Piedra (cay); 8480 m at 60°: Cayo Caimancito (cay); 8930 m at 190°: Cayo La Lisa (cay); 8930 m at 348°: Cayos Caimán de los Cayuelos (island group); 9330 m at 283°: Cayo Róbalo (cay); 9780 m at 266°: Cayo Iguana (cay); 10240 m at 227°: Cayo Cureña (cay).
Cabezo Los Colorados: on and around
Within 15 km: 2 attractions, 1 parks & reserves, 1 markets & malls, 1 guest houses & hostels.
8260 m at 299°: Refugio de Fauna Cayo Santa María (parks & reserves); 9050 m at 300°: Sendero Playa las Gaviotas (attractions); 10780 m at 298°: Playa Las Terrazas (attractions); 12880 m at 290°: Casa de Negocios (guest houses & hostels).
Cabezo Los Colorados: marine life records
189 records of 72 species within 10 km, 2001 to 2025: 75 fish, 39 corals, 39 seabirds and shorebirds, 14 molluscs, 13 crustaceans, 7 echinoderms, 1 seagrass and algae, 1 marine mammals. That is 60.2 records per 100 km².
Most recorded: Porites astreoides, 11 (corals); Acanthurus coeruleus, 10 (fish); Millepora complanata, 10 (corals); Arenaria interpres, 8 (seabirds and shorebirds); Acanthurus bahianus, 8 (fish); Pseudodiploria strigosa, 8 (corals); Acropora palmata, 7 (corals); Haemulon flavolineatum, 7 (fish); Pelecanus occidentalis, 6 (seabirds and shorebirds); Lutjanus apodus, 6 (fish); Haemulon plumierii, 4 (fish); Holacanthus ciliaris, 4 (fish).
Months with records, seabirds and shorebirds: Mar 1, Jun 4.
Records show where people have surveyed, not how many animals there are.
Cabezo Los Colorados: notes
Dive within your certification and never touch coral.
Getting to Cabezo Los Colorados
- Navigation: the lighthouse Faro de Cayo Caimán Grande de Santa María stands about 7.2 km away.
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.