Cayos Contra Punteo

Cayos Contra Punteo: coast and water

3350 m at 123°: Punta Caguamas (point); 10500 m at 131°: Punta Macao (point); 11660 m at 109°: Punta Puerto Arturo (point); 12410 m at 297°: Pasa Boca de Juan Grin (channel); 13090 m at 285°: Boca de Juan Grín (channel); 16340 m at 124°: Punta Cabeza del Este (point); 17290 m at 69°: Canal de la Sepultura (channel); 19920 m at 88°: Canal Inglesito (channel); 21030 m at 135°: Canal de Cabeza del Este (channel); 23260 m at 306°: Pasa Felipe (channel); 24170 m at 40°: Canal de Pingüe (channel); 24320 m at 92°: Canal de la Granada (channel); 26150 m at 282°: Punta de Indios (point); 28490 m at 50°: Pasa la Uva (channel); 29500 m at 317°: Canal de la Lisa (channel); 29610 m at 308°: Punta Antón (point).

Cayos Contra Punteo: islands

3160 m at 291°: Cayo Boca Rica (islet); 6320 m at 38°: Cayo Los Careyes (island); 7300 m at 79°: Cayo La Yerba (island); 8510 m at 72°: Cayo de los Alfaquis (island); 8960 m at 27°: Cayo Atravesado (island); 10280 m at 40°: Cayo Cubera (island); 10670 m at 30°: Cayo Jocú (island); 13110 m at 291°: Cayos Peralta (island group); 13480 m at 358°: Cayo La Cafetera (island); 13970 m at 294°: Cayos Laberinto de las Doce Leguas (island group); 14420 m at 317°: Cayo La Poza (island); 14650 m at 15°: Cayo Cotorro (island); 16760 m at 80°: Cayo Sombrerito (island); 17180 m at 316°: Cayo Yuraguana (island); 18310 m at 78°: Cayo Inglés (island); 21050 m at 286°: Cayos Los Carabineros (island group); 22390 m at 307°: Cayo Felipe (island); 22700 m at 83°: Cayo Granada (island); 23280 m at 40°: Cayo La Bombilla (island); 23730 m at 60°: Cayo Pailita (island); 25040 m at 49°: Cayo las Muñecas (islet); 25920 m at 40°: Cayería Tío Morando (island group); 26750 m at 284°: Cayos Los Indios (island group); 27160 m at 96°: Cayo Rosquete (island).

Cayos Contra Punteo: distances

49620 m at 75°: Santa Cruz del Sur; 51680 m at 77°: Playa Bonita; 79890 m at 24°: Vertientes; 111150 m at 35°: Ignacio Agramonte International Airport ; 163310 m at 49°: Port of Nuevitas (port); 204220 m at 309°: Marina Trinidad (Casilda) (marina).

Cayos Contra Punteo: close by

3000 m at 290°: Cayo Camposanto (cay); 3170 m at 291°: Cayo Boca Rica (cay); 4490 m at 12°: Cayo Juan Yero (cay); 4750 m at 59°: Cayo la Loma (cay); 6010 m at 11°: Cayo Corúa (cay); 6050 m at 117°: Cayo Las Caguamas (cay); 6330 m at 38°: Cayo Los Careyes (cay); 6490 m at 288°: Cayo Boca Seca (cay); 6610 m at 61°: Cayo Las Varas (cay); 7310 m at 79°: Cayo La Yerba (cay); 7790 m at 3°: Cayo Cedro (cay); 8220 m at 98°: Cayo Alto la Jía (cay).

Cayos Contra Punteo: marine life records

389 records of 54 species within 15 km, 1974 to 2025: 224 fish, 162 corals, 1 sponges, 1 seabirds and shorebirds, 1 turtles. That is 55.0 records per 100 km².

Most recorded: Siderastrea siderea, 35 (corals); Porites porites, 31 (corals); Agaricia agaricites, 18 (corals); Scarus iseri, 16 (fish); Porites astreoides, 16 (corals); Sparisoma viride, 16 (fish); Chaetodon capistratus, 16 (fish); Acanthurus coeruleus, 15 (fish); Haemulon flavolineatum, 15 (fish); Haemulon sciurus, 14 (fish); Haemulon plumierii, 14 (fish); Sparisoma aurofrenatum, 13 (fish).

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

Cayos Contra Punteo: notes

Remote cays may need a permit, arranged by an operator.