Diving & reefs · Ciego de Ávila
Jardines de la Reina
Jardines de la Reina is a dive area at 20°52′04″N 78°58′21″W in Ciego de Ávila province. Marine park of cays off the south coast of Ciego de Ávila and Camagüey. Access is by licensed operators only.
Jardines de la Reina: coast and water
4920 m at 165°: Canal Caballones (channel); 8510 m at 278°: Estero Las Auras (estuary); 9620 m at 127°: Ensenada Las Anclitas por el Norte (cove); 11290 m at 294°: Laguna Tunero (lagoon); 13260 m at 288°: Punta Bayameses (point); 15280 m at 47°: Canal de Bergantines (channel); 16010 m at 159°: Pasa Piedra Grande (channel); 19520 m at 132°: Canal de Boca de Piedra Chica (channel); 23520 m at 31°: Canal del Mégano (channel); 30970 m at 300°: Punta de Boca Grande (point); 31150 m at 59°: Bajo Mosquito (shoal); 32090 m at 111°: Punta Antón (point); 38040 m at 115°: Pasa Felipe (channel); 39810 m at 40°: Canal de Orejón (channel).
Jardines de la Reina: islands
9240 m at 146°: Cayo Anclitas (island group); 12480 m at 16°: Cayo Cargado (island); 13200 m at 140°: Cayo Miraflores (island); 17560 m at 299°: Cayo Grande (island); 23520 m at 6°: Cayo Cuervo (island); 23960 m at 111°: Cayo Largo (island); 29230 m at 46°: Cayo Algodoncito (island); 31740 m at 116°: Cayo Vivero (island).
Jardines de la Reina: inland
54700 m at 68°: Las Casimbas (locality); 58290 m at 58°: San Pedro (stream); 59550 m at 70°: San Cristóbal de la Garrapata (locality).
Jardines de la Reina: distances
73280 m at 35°: Playa Santa María; 95170 m at 62°: La Clarita; 95770 m at 63°: Vertientes; 131800 m at 62°: Ignacio Agramonte International Airport ; 193060 m at 67°: Port of Nuevitas (port); 144440 m at 313°: Marina Trinidad (Casilda) (marina).
Protected: 10510 m at 57°: Parque Nacional Jardines de la Reina.
Jardines de la Reina: close by
0 m at 0°: Jardines de la Reina (island group); 0 m at 0°: Jardines de la Reina (fishing); 4460 m at 257°: Cayo Mangle Alto (cay); 8010 m at 286°: Cayo Caballones (cay); 9240 m at 146°: Cayo Anclitas (island group); 11030 m at 148°: Cayos Anclitas (cay); 12470 m at 16°: Cayo Cargado (cay); 12720 m at 295°: Cayos de las Doce Leguas (island group); 13200 m at 140°: Cayo Miraflores (cay); 15770 m at 63°: Cayo Llanos (cay); 16880 m at 131°: Cayo Boca de Piedra Chiquita (cay); 17550 m at 299°: Cayo Grande (cay).
Jardines de la Reina: on and around
Within 15 km: 1 parks & reserves.
10510 m at 57°: Parque Nacional Jardines de la Reina (parks & reserves).
Jardines de la Reina: marine life records
1971 records of 272 species within 10 km, 1997 to 2026: 1087 fish, 566 corals, 175 sponges, 35 sharks and rays, 29 molluscs, 26 crustaceans, 22 echinoderms, 14 seabirds and shorebirds, 14 other, 2 turtles, 1 seagrass and algae. That is 627.4 records per 100 km².
Most recorded: Siderastrea siderea, 112 (corals); Acropora palmata, 107 (corals); Acanthurus coeruleus, 74 (fish); Sparisoma viride, 64 (fish); Agaricia agaricites, 51 (corals); Scarus iseri, 45 (fish); Porites astreoides, 44 (corals); Sparisoma aurofrenatum, 43 (fish); Ocyurus chrysurus, 42 (fish); Lutjanus apodus, 40 (fish); Acanthurus bahianus, 38 (fish); Orbicella faveolata, 34 (corals).
Months with records, seabirds and shorebirds: Mar 4.
Records show where people have surveyed, not how many animals there are.
Jardines de la Reina: notes
Hotels and dive centres arrange guides and equipment.
Sources and data
Name and position: CubaAtlas editorial; position from 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.