Diving & reefs · Villa Clara
Cabezos de Maravillas
Cabezos de Maravillas is a reef at 23°01′52″N 79°57′40″W in Villa Clara province.
Cabezos de Maravillas: coast and water
2870 m at 276°: Punta del Cristo (point); 5700 m at 199°: Boca Marillani (channel); 5700 m at 199°: Boca Marillanes (channel); 5940 m at 210°: Ensenada del Jobabo (cove); 6010 m at 208°: Punta Leña (point); 8100 m at 263°: Cañón del Esquivel (channel); 8640 m at 164°: Boca El Serón (channel); 10270 m at 278°: Playa del Esquivel (beach); 11580 m at 130°: Punta de Piedra (point); 12250 m at 226°: Punta Gorda (point); 13670 m at 290°: Punta Boca de Sagua (point); 13870 m at 280°: Punta Playa de Muertos (point); 14080 m at 224°: Ensenada de Punta Gorda (cove); 14180 m at 220°: Estero Las Glorias (cove).
Cabezos de Maravillas: islands
4860 m at 214°: Cayo de la Cruz (island); 6230 m at 254°: Cayo Iguana (island); 7880 m at 208°: Cayo Palomo (island); 8190 m at 209°: Cayo Paloma (island); 8970 m at 228°: Cayo Levisa (island); 11850 m at 289°: Cayo Esquivel del Norte (island); 12000 m at 165°: Cayos Tumba la Olla (island group); 12910 m at 171°: Cayo Chubasco (island).
Cabezos de Maravillas: inland
7040 m at 326°: Guaicanamar (locality); 17240 m at 211°: El Dorado (settlement); 17390 m at 199°: Palma Sola (locality); 18830 m at 170°: Playa Uvero (settlement).
Cabezos de Maravillas: distances
11490 m at 207°: Isabela de Sagua; 13150 m at 214°: Playa de Punta Gorda; 17360 m at 187°: Playa Colorado; 59950 m at 178°: Abel Santamaria International Airport ; 109620 m at 207°: Port of Cienfuegos (port); 111170 m at 207°: Marina Marlin Cienfuegos (marina).
Protected: 29550 m at 219°: Mogotes de Jumagua.
Cabezos de Maravillas: close by
3900 m at 137°: Cabezo de Canaete (reef); 4370 m at 278°: Cayo del Cristo (cay); 4750 m at 245°: Cayo Tunas (cay); 4860 m at 214°: Cayo de la Cruz (cay); 5090 m at 252°: Cayo Bicho (cay); 5500 m at 253°: Cayo Matahambre (cay); 5630 m at 177°: Cayo Maravillas (cay); 6040 m at 180°: Cayo Mariposa (cay); 6230 m at 254°: Cayo Iguana (cay); 6770 m at 292°: Cayuelo del Cristo (cay); 7880 m at 208°: Cayo Palomo (cay); 8200 m at 209°: Cayo Paloma (cay).
Cabezos de Maravillas: on and around
Within 15 km: 2 salt works, 1 cuban cuisine & lechón, 1 marinas, 1 historic & heritage, 1 stations & terminals, 1 factories & works, 1 schools, 1 clinics & polyclinics.
10860 m at 206°: Paladar la Estrella (cuban cuisine & lechón); 10960 m at 207°: Marinas & Náutica Marlin Isabela (marinas); 11210 m at 208°: La Casona (historic & heritage); 11640 m at 208°: Concha (Isabela) (stations & terminals).
Cabezos de Maravillas: marine life records
124 records of 64 species within 10 km, 1931 to 1995: 86 fish, 28 crustaceans, 5 other, 2 molluscs, 1 sharks and rays, 1 echinoderms, 1 marine mammals. That is 39.5 records per 100 km².
Most recorded: Gammaridea, 9 (crustaceans); Dynamenella perforata, 7 (crustaceans); Gerres cinereus, 7 (fish); Sphyraena barracuda, 5 (fish); Strongylura notata, 5 (fish); Archosargus rhomboidalis, 4 (fish); Lutjanus apodus, 4 (fish); Haemulon sciurus, 4 (fish); Lutjanus griseus, 4 (fish); Lutjanus analis, 4 (fish); Trinectes inscriptus, 3 (fish); Anchoa hepsetus, 3 (fish).
Records show where people have surveyed, not how many animals there are.
Cabezos de Maravillas: notes
Dive within your certification and never touch coral.
Getting to Cabezos de Maravillas
- Navigation: the lighthouse Faro Cayo Cristo stands about 2.9 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.