Playa Larga (Zapata)

Playa Larga (Zapata): coast and water

1810 m at 309°: Playa Máquina (beach); 2110 m at 303°: Punta Potrero (point); 6160 m at 213°: Entrada Cazones (cove); 9390 m at 181°: Bay of Pigs (bay); 13660 m at 166°: Punta Cupey (point); 14000 m at 198°: Playa Los Cocos (beach); 19370 m at 162°: Punta Perdiz (point); 22140 m at 157°: Punta El Brinco (point); 23840 m at 89°: Laguna Guanales Nuevos (marsh); 25360 m at 53°: Hacienda Hanábana (estuary); 25930 m at 149°: Playa Girón (beach); 27350 m at 86°: Laguna Amici (marsh).

Playa Larga (Zapata): islands

11630 m at 35°: Cayo La Gloria (island); 17530 m at 209°: Cayo Mogote (island); 19250 m at 201°: Cayo Alcatraz (island); 22370 m at 202°: Cayo Borracho (island); 25210 m at 195°: Cayo Rancho de Cándido (island); 26890 m at 201°: Cayo Miguel (island group).

Playa Larga (Zapata): inland

0 m at 180°: Playa Larga (locality); 1800 m at 124°: Laguna los Isleños (lake); 2110 m at 309°: Playa Máquina (settlement); 3880 m at 57°: La Malagueta (locality); 4760 m at 137°: El Ocuje (locality); 4980 m at 87°: Los Sábalos (hamlet); 5720 m at 292°: Río Oriente (locality); 5950 m at 139°: Laguna La Nasa (lake).

Playa Larga (Zapata): distances

1810 m at 309°: Playa Máquina; 3690 m at 300°: Playa Larga; 5720 m at 292°: Ciénaga de Zapata; 78330 m at 99°: Jaime Gonzalez Airport ; 75710 m at 100°: Port of Cienfuegos (port); 74700 m at 101°: Marina Marlin Cienfuegos (marina).

Protected: 17820 m at 7°: Criadero de Manjuaris (Cuban gar); 24920 m at 123°: Refugio de Faunas.

Playa Larga (Zapata): close by

4080 m at 294°: Octopus Club (reef); 5160 m at 295°: Centro de Buceo Felix (reef); 8750 m at 351°: Criadero de Cocodrilos (fishing); 10690 m at 25°: Cayos Las Puercas (island group); 10910 m at 37°: Isla 1 (cay); 10950 m at 37°: Isla 2 (cay); 10990 m at 36°: Isla 6 (cay); 11000 m at 37°: Isla 4 (cay); 11010 m at 38°: Isla 3 (cay); 11060 m at 36°: Isla 5 (cay); 11070 m at 37°: Isla 7 (cay); 11150 m at 38°: Isla 8 (cay).

Playa Larga (Zapata): on and around

Within 15 km: 155 guest houses & hostels, 12 attractions, 7 stores & supermarkets, 2 camp sites, 2 clinics & polyclinics, 2 universities & colleges, 2 government & embassies, 2 banks & exchange, 2 pharmacies, 2 salt works.

1350 m at 166°: Campismo Girón (camp sites); 1480 m at 304°: Campamento de Pioneros Exploradores 19 de Abril (camp sites); 1490 m at 163°: Cabañas 1 y 2 (guest houses & hostels); 1490 m at 163°: Cabañas 3 y 4 (guest houses & hostels); 1500 m at 164°: Cabañas 5 y 6 (Tecnoazucar) (guest houses & hostels); 4900 m at 152°: Embarcadero Giorgiana y Jardines Agreessor 1 (attractions); 4920 m at 151°: Embarcadero Giorgiana y JA 1 (attractions); 7120 m at 345°: Casa del Zunzún (attractions); 9460 m at 165°: Playa Bea y Moy (attractions); 10970 m at 36°: Mirador (attractions); 11040 m at 31°: Laguna de tessoro (attractions); 11060 m at 36°: Show aborigen (theatres & arts); 11070 m at 35°: Esculturas Aborígenes (attractions).

Playa Larga (Zapata): marine life records

424 records of 184 species within 10 km, 1934 to 2026: 182 seabirds and shorebirds, 85 fish, 31 corals, 30 echinoderms, 28 crustaceans, 27 molluscs, 13 seagrass and algae, 10 sponges, 9 other, 5 sharks and rays, 4 marine mammals. That is 135.0 records per 100 km².

Most recorded: Charadrius vociferus, 47 (seabirds and shorebirds); Pelecanus occidentalis, 19 (seabirds and shorebirds); Fregata magnificens, 18 (seabirds and shorebirds); Actitis macularius, 14 (seabirds and shorebirds); Cardisoma guanhumi, 13 (crustaceans); Pandion haliaetus, 11 (seabirds and shorebirds); Sterna maxima, 10 (seabirds and shorebirds); Platalea ajaja, 9 (seabirds and shorebirds); Egretta tricolor, 8 (seabirds and shorebirds); Coenobita clypeatus, 8 (crustaceans); Arenaria interpres, 7 (seabirds and shorebirds); Ophiomusa valida, 6 (echinoderms).

Months with records, marine mammals: Feb 1, May 1, Jun 1, Nov 1; seabirds and shorebirds: Jan 3, Feb 33, Mar 16, Apr 5, May 6, Jun 2, Jul 3, Aug 6, Sep 4, Nov 5, Dec 8.

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

Playa Larga (Zapata): notes

Protected areas can have their own fishing rules.