Restinga Brava

Restinga Brava: coast and water

930 m at 47°: Punta Estero (point); 1390 m at 35°: Punta Lumbre (point); 1550 m at 271°: Fondeadero Jobabo (anchorage); 3300 m at 309°: Ensenada Jobabo (bay); 3370 m at 195°: Banco Cascajal (shoal); 4510 m at 197°: Bajo Cucharillas de Afuera (shoal); 5860 m at 119°: Pasa de Los Machos de Tierra (channel); 6360 m at 306°: Punta Sur (point); 6360 m at 53°: Playa Las Majaguas (beach); 6760 m at 197°: Canal Jobabo (channel); 7570 m at 300°: Punta Tabaco (point); 7890 m at 244°: Cabezo Negrillos (shoal); 7980 m at 323°: Ensenada El Masío (bay); 8450 m at 316°: Punta Oeste (point).

Restinga Brava: islands

4400 m at 97°: Cayos Machos de Tierra (island group); 5650 m at 113°: Cayo Magua (island); 6230 m at 216°: Cayo Blanco de Casilda (island); 7000 m at 302°: Cayo Tabaco (island); 8070 m at 173°: Cayo Puga (island); 8710 m at 293°: Cayo Guayo (island); 12370 m at 141°: Cayo Macho de Afuera (island); 14980 m at 298°: Cayo Ripiado (island).

Restinga Brava: inland

6360 m at 54°: Estero de las Brujas (stream); 6540 m at 32°: Las Rayas (locality); 7610 m at 13°: La Josefa (locality); 8170 m at 25°: Ojo de Agua (hamlet).

Restinga Brava: distances

6360 m at 54°: Playa Las Majaguas; 15530 m at 296°: Playa Ancón; 16850 m at 301°: Casilda (Trinidad); 19170 m at 308°: Alberto Delgado Airport ; 79980 m at 311°: Port of Cienfuegos (port); 16720 m at 297°: Marina Trinidad (Casilda) (marina).

Protected: 30460 m at 321°: Área Protegida Topes de Collantes; 31880 m at 48°: Reserva Ecológica Lomas de Banao; 35210 m at 328°: Guanayara.

Restinga Brava: close by

4400 m at 97°: Cayos Machos de Tierra (island group); 4900 m at 277°: Bajo Diamante (reef); 5640 m at 113°: Cayo Magua (cay); 6230 m at 216°: Cayo Blanco de Casilda (cay); 7000 m at 302°: Cayo Tabaco (cay); 7820 m at 242°: Marisma (reef); 8070 m at 173°: Cayo Puga (cay); 8710 m at 293°: Cayo Guayo (cay); 10130 m at 262°: Arrecifes La Víbora (reef); 11990 m at 273°: Arrecifes Las Mulatas (reef); 12200 m at 279°: Cabezos Las Mulatas (reef); 12370 m at 141°: Cayo Macho de Afuera (cay).

Restinga Brava: on and around

Within 15 km: 7 attractions, 3 coral reefs, 2 stations & terminals, 1 farms & plantations.

12460 m at 142°: Cayo Macho (attractions); 12590 m at 354°: Delicias (stations & terminals); 13650 m at 290°: punta de ancon (attractions); 13660 m at 7°: Araca (stations & terminals); 13730 m at 290°: barca (attractions); 13750 m at 290°: barca1 (attractions); 14080 m at 292°: pesqueroblas (attractions); 14090 m at 292°: la barca (attractions).

Restinga Brava: marine life records

482 records of 80 species within 10 km, 2001 to 2026: 234 fish, 214 corals, 9 molluscs, 9 crustaceans, 6 seagrass and algae, 5 seabirds and shorebirds, 4 echinoderms, 1 marine mammals. That is 153.4 records per 100 km².

Most recorded: Acropora palmata, 36 (corals); Porites astreoides, 35 (corals); Millepora complanata, 26 (corals); Acanthurus coeruleus, 26 (fish); Sparisoma viride, 23 (fish); Scarus iseri, 19 (fish); Orbicella faveolata, 19 (corals); Microspathodon chrysurus, 17 (fish); Acanthurus bahianus, 17 (fish); Orbicella franksi, 17 (corals); Chaetodon capistratus, 15 (fish); Pseudodiploria strigosa, 14 (corals).

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

Restinga Brava: notes

No depth or visibility data is held; ask a dive centre.

Getting to Restinga Brava

• Navigation: the lighthouse Faro de Cayo Blanco de Casilda stands about 6.0 km away.