Diving & reefs · Sancti Spíritus

Cabezos Las Mulatas

Satellite view of Cabezos Las Mulatas, Cuba
Cabezos Las Mulatas (Esri, Maxar)

Cabezos Las Mulatas is a reef at 21°41′59″N 79°58′00″W in Sancti Spíritus province.

GPS 21.70000, -79.9666721°42′00″N 79°58′00″W

Cabezos Las Mulatas: coast and water

1440 m at 244°: Canal Mulatas (channel); 1720 m at 90°: Fondeadero Banco del Medio (shoal); 3390 m at 349°: Punta Casilda (point); 3820 m at 323°: Punta de los Negros (point); 4500 m at 359°: Punta Real (point); 4630 m at 5°: Punta Guaicanamar (point); 4940 m at 42°: Punta del Este (point); 5170 m at 330°: Punta Lastre (point); 5800 m at 71°: Punta Tabaco (point); 5940 m at 315°: Playa Ancón (beach); 6230 m at 326°: Bahía de Casilda (bay); 6410 m at 338°: Casilda (port); 6890 m at 90°: Pasa Jobabo (channel); 7560 m at 113°: Canal de los Guairos (channel).

Wider satellite view around Cabezos Las Mulatas
Cabezos Las Mulatas, wider

Cabezos Las Mulatas: islands

4360 m at 69°: Cayo Guayo (island); 4900 m at 339°: Cayo Ratón (island); 5280 m at 347°: Cayo Ripiado (island); 6360 m at 73°: Cayo Tabaco (island); 10860 m at 129°: Cayo Blanco de Casilda (island).

Cabezos Las Mulatas: inland

5110 m at 319°: Las Cuevas (hotel); 5350 m at 318°: Playa Ancón (resort); 5560 m at 360°: Bueycanamo (locality); 7240 m at 340°: Casilda (settlement).

Cabezos Las Mulatas: distances

5280 m at 339°: Playa Ancón; 5950 m at 315°: Playa Ancoá; 7150 m at 340°: Casilda (Trinidad); 10310 m at 342°: Alberto Delgado Airport ; 69910 m at 316°: Port of Cienfuegos (port); 6430 m at 334°: Marina Trinidad (Casilda) (marina).

Protected: 22990 m at 342°: Área Protegida Topes de Collantes; 28720 m at 346°: Guanayara; 36930 m at 333°: Reserva Ecológica Pico San Juan.

Cabezos Las Mulatas: close by

1210 m at 176°: Arrecifes Las Mulatas (reef); 3460 m at 296°: Arrecifes Las Mulaticas (reef); 3870 m at 148°: Arrecifes La Víbora (reef); 4360 m at 69°: Cayo Guayo (cay); 4420 m at 328°: Península Ancón (cay); 4900 m at 339°: Cayo Ratón (cay); 5290 m at 347°: Cayo Ripiado (cay); 6330 m at 338°: Puerto de Casilda (fishing); 6360 m at 73°: Cayo Tabaco (cay); 6480 m at 337°: Casilda (fishing); 7300 m at 100°: Bajo Diamante (reef); 7590 m at 137°: Marisma (reef).

Cabezos Las Mulatas: on and around

Within 15 km: 979 guest houses & hostels, 44 attractions, 23 stores & supermarkets, 19 cuban cuisine & lechón, 14 schools, 11 garages & car services, 8 museums, 7 banks & exchange, 7 historic & heritage, 6 urban parks & plazas.

2870 m at 344°: punta de ancon (attractions); 2960 m at 343°: barca (attractions); 3030 m at 344°: barca1 (attractions); 3530 m at 343°: pesqueroblas (attractions); 3540 m at 343°: la barca (attractions); 4480 m at 322°: Playa Ancón (attractions); 4990 m at 324°: Marina Gaviota (attractions); 5010 m at 324°: Marlin Marina Trinidad (marinas); 6330 m at 338°: Puerto de Casilda (attractions); 6490 m at 338°: Base de Pesca Deportiva Casilda (attractions); 6760 m at 340°: B&B Santa María (guest houses & hostels); 6820 m at 339°: Grabie y Leo (guest houses & hostels); 6820 m at 340°: Hostal El Dorado (guest houses & hostels).

Cabezos Las Mulatas: marine life records

1505 records of 157 species within 10 km, 1930 to 2026: 674 fish, 605 corals, 168 seabirds and shorebirds, 20 crustaceans, 13 seagrass and algae, 12 molluscs, 4 echinoderms, 4 other, 3 sponges, 2 marine mammals. That is 479.1 records per 100 km².

Most recorded: Porites astreoides, 96 (corals); Acanthurus coeruleus, 70 (fish); Acropora palmata, 69 (corals); Siderastrea siderea, 56 (corals); Sparisoma viride, 52 (fish); Orbicella franksi, 51 (corals); Acanthurus bahianus, 51 (fish); Agaricia agaricites, 50 (corals); Scarus iseri, 47 (fish); Sparisoma aurofrenatum, 46 (fish); Chaetodon capistratus, 43 (fish); Montastraea cavernosa, 43 (corals).

Months with records, seabirds and shorebirds: Feb 14, Mar 19, Apr 2, Jun 23, Aug 5, Oct 10, Nov 4.

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

Cabezos Las Mulatas: notes

Dive within your certification and never touch coral.

Getting to Cabezos Las Mulatas

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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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