Fishing sites · Las Tunas

Los morrillos

Satellite view of Los morrillos, Cuba
Los morrillos (Esri, Maxar)

Los morrillos is a fishing at 21°22′12″N 76°45′06″W in Las Tunas province.

GPS 21.37009, -76.7517321°22′12″N 76°45′06″W

Los morrillos: coast and water

4510 m at 155°: Hacienda Malagueta (estuary); 6030 m at 284°: Punta Salsipuedes (point); 7500 m at 296°: Punta Manatí (point); 8340 m at 255°: Punta Mangle (point); 9760 m at 99°: Punta Covarrubias (point); 10940 m at 156°: Punta Picúa (point); 10950 m at 304°: Punta Brava (point); 12800 m at 143°: Bahía de Malagueta (bay); 14750 m at 258°: Estero San Joaquín (cove); 21630 m at 296°: Playa La Victoria (beach); 21650 m at 151°: Hacienda Maniabón (estuary); 21870 m at 134°: El Esterón (inlet).

Wider satellite view around Los morrillos
Los morrillos, wider

Los morrillos: islands

11810 m at 254°: Cayo Largo (island); 12260 m at 143°: Cayo La Iguana (island); 13590 m at 121°: Cayo Burro (island); 13900 m at 248°: Los Cayuelos (island group); 22390 m at 113°: Cayo Guincho (island); 26970 m at 126°: Cayo Juan Claro (island).

Los morrillos: inland

7680 m at 159°: San Juan (locality); 8450 m at 203°: Canalito (locality); 9700 m at 104°: Covarrubias Club All Inclusive (hotel); 11400 m at 262°: Loma Tabaco (hill); 11780 m at 153°: La Jíbara (settlement); 11970 m at 225°: Río Naranjo (stream); 12100 m at 154°: Loma Jíbara (hill); 13070 m at 240°: Río Manatí (stream).

Los morrillos: distances

20060 m at 295°: Playa Manglito; 20240 m at 252°: Manatí; 24910 m at 141°: Puerto Padre; 46620 m at 204°: Hermanos Ameijeiras Airport ; 56270 m at 291°: Port of Nuevitas (port); 179510 m at 149°: Marina Marlin Santiago de Cuba (marina).

Los morrillos: close by

11810 m at 254°: Cayo Largo (cay); 12260 m at 143°: Cayo La Iguana (cay); 13590 m at 121°: Cayo Burro (cay); 13600 m at 121°: Cayo Barro (cay); 13900 m at 248°: Los Cayuelos (island group); 22390 m at 113°: Cayo Guincho (cay).

Los morrillos: on and around

Within 15 km: 3 coral reefs, 1 places of worship, 1 stations & terminals, 1 guest houses & hostels.

7830 m at 263°: Puerto Manatí (stations & terminals); 9740 m at 104°: Hotel Covarruvias (guest houses & hostels).

Los morrillos: marine life records

9 records of 8 species within 10 km, 2007 to 2010: 7 fish, 1 crustaceans, 1 seabirds and shorebirds. That is 2.9 records per 100 km².

Most recorded: Pterois, 2 (fish); Myripristis jacobus, 1 (fish); Coenobita clypeatus, 1 (crustaceans); Thalassoma bifasciatum, 1 (fish); Himantopus mexicanus, 1 (seabirds and shorebirds); Haemulon flavolineatum, 1 (fish); Acanthurus, 1 (fish); Microspathodon chrysurus, 1 (fish).

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

Los morrillos: notes

Ask which species may be kept before you book.

Getting to Los morrillos

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Sources and data

Name and position: OpenStreetMap (ODbL) (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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