Marisma

Marisma: coast and water

330 m at 321°: Cabezo Negrillos (shoal); 4720 m at 25°: Bajo Diamante (reef); 6010 m at 86°: Banco Cascajal (shoal); 6460 m at 69°: Fondeadero Jobabo (anchorage); 6540 m at 328°: Fondeadero Banco del Medio (shoal); 6690 m at 311°: Arrecifes Las Mulatas (reef); 6790 m at 23°: Punta La Guardia (point); 7240 m at 37°: Ensenada Jobabo (bay); 7590 m at 317°: Cabezos Las Mulatas (reef); 8730 m at 60°: Punta Estero (point); 8730 m at 25°: Ensenada de Caballones (bay); 9090 m at 58°: Punta Lumbre (point); 9260 m at 360°: Punta Chocolate (point); 9820 m at 348°: Punta Piedra (point).

Marisma: islands

3490 m at 112°: Cayo Blanco de Casilda (island); 7240 m at 351°: Cayo Guayo (island); 7440 m at 7°: Cayo Tabaco (island); 9000 m at 119°: Cayo Puga (island); 11710 m at 74°: Cayos Machos de Tierra (island group); 12180 m at 83°: Cayo Magua (island); 12270 m at 326°: Cayo Ratón (island); 12450 m at 329°: Cayo Ripiado (island).

Marisma: inland

11250 m at 9°: El Tamarindo (locality); 11640 m at 343°: Malibrán (locality); 12650 m at 318°: Ancon Club All Inclusive (hotel); 12660 m at 318°: Club Amigo Ancon (hotel).

Marisma: distances

12650 m at 326°: Playa Ancón; 13540 m at 316°: Playa Ancoá; 14150 m at 58°: Playa Las Majaguas; 17480 m at 332°: Alberto Delgado Airport ; 77500 m at 316°: Port of Cienfuegos (port); 13870 m at 325°: Marina Trinidad (Casilda) (marina).

Protected: 30030 m at 336°: Área Protegida Topes de Collantes; 35530 m at 340°: Guanayara; 39520 m at 51°: Reserva Ecológica Lomas de Banao.

Marisma: close by

3480 m at 112°: Cayo Blanco de Casilda (cay); 3870 m at 306°: Arrecifes La Víbora (reef); 4730 m at 25°: Bajo Diamante (reef); 6690 m at 311°: Arrecifes Las Mulatas (reef); 7240 m at 351°: Cayo Guayo (cay); 7440 m at 7°: Cayo Tabaco (cay); 7590 m at 317°: Cabezos Las Mulatas (reef); 7820 m at 62°: Restinga Brava (reef); 9000 m at 119°: Cayo Puga (cay); 10900 m at 311°: Arrecifes Las Mulaticas (reef); 11710 m at 74°: Cayos Machos de Tierra (island group); 11960 m at 321°: Península Ancón (cay).

Marisma: on and around

Within 15 km: 24 guest houses & hostels, 10 attractions, 4 coral reefs, 2 marinas, 2 cuban cuisine & lechón, 1 factories & works, 1 garages & car services.

10230 m at 324°: punta de ancon (attractions); 10330 m at 324°: barca (attractions); 10380 m at 325°: barca1 (attractions); 10870 m at 325°: pesqueroblas (attractions); 10880 m at 325°: la barca (attractions); 12060 m at 319°: Playa Ancón (attractions); 12560 m at 320°: Marina Gaviota (attractions); 12580 m at 320°: Marlin Marina Trinidad (marinas); 13690 m at 326°: Puerto de Casilda (attractions); 13850 m at 327°: Base de Pesca Deportiva Casilda (attractions); 14060 m at 328°: B&B Santa María (guest houses & hostels); 14130 m at 328°: Hostal El Dorado (guest houses & hostels); 14150 m at 327°: Grabie y Leo (guest houses & hostels).

Marisma: marine life records

1292 records of 122 species within 10 km, 2001 to 2024: 607 fish, 601 corals, 34 seabirds and shorebirds, 16 crustaceans, 12 seagrass and algae, 11 molluscs, 3 sponges, 3 echinoderms, 3 other, 2 marine mammals. That is 411.3 records per 100 km².

Most recorded: Porites astreoides, 96 (corals); Acropora palmata, 68 (corals); Acanthurus coeruleus, 65 (fish); Siderastrea siderea, 56 (corals); Sparisoma viride, 52 (fish); Orbicella franksi, 51 (corals); Acanthurus bahianus, 51 (fish); Agaricia agaricites, 50 (corals); Scarus iseri, 45 (fish); Sparisoma aurofrenatum, 45 (fish); Montastraea cavernosa, 43 (corals); Chaetodon capistratus, 41 (fish).

Months with records, seabirds and shorebirds: Feb 3, Jun 11, Oct 2, Nov 1.

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

Marisma: notes

A reef on a gazetteer is not always a dive site.

Getting to Marisma

• Navigation: the lighthouse Faro de Cayo Blanco de Casilda stands about 3.7 km away.