Cayo Bonito

Cayo Bonito: coast and water

17950 m at 38°: Estero la Vaca (cove); 18500 m at 312°: Pasa Balandras (channel); 21690 m at 86°: Punta de Piedra (point); 32790 m at 221°: Bajo Mégano (shoal); 33160 m at 93°: Ensenada Palmillas (cove); 34030 m at 98°: Las Lavanderas (reef); 39690 m at 87°: Laguna de Palmillas (lagoon); 40320 m at 9°: Cedro Caído (estuary).

Cayo Bonito: islands

8200 m at 289°: Cayo Palanca (island); 8780 m at 106°: Cayo Flamenco (island); 11410 m at 26°: Cayo del Masío (island); 23960 m at 302°: Cayos Don Cristóbal (island group); 31040 m at 300°: Cayos Providencia (island group); 37780 m at 296°: Cayo Las Yanas (island); 38220 m at 301°: Cayo Quimbombó (island); 40670 m at 297°: Cayo Las Gordas (island); 43280 m at 79°: Cayo Mogote (island); 44200 m at 206°: Cayo Divisa de Piedra (island); 46770 m at 208°: Cayo Francesito (island); 46830 m at 201°: Cayo Rosarito (island).

Cayo Bonito: inland

22540 m at 357°: Hotel Guama (hotel); 26010 m at 22°: Pescadores de Langostas (locality); 38530 m at 359°: Rivero (locality); 39650 m at 22°: Casa Nueva (locality); 40210 m at 65°: Guamutal (locality); 41850 m at 25°: Palito Blanco (locality).

Cayo Bonito: distances

47660 m at 78°: Playa Los Cocos; 51910 m at 163°: Cayo Largo del Sur; 52310 m at 61°: Ciénaga de Zapata; 50000 m at 166°: Vilo Acuña International Airport ; 111180 m at 5°: Port of Matanzas (port); 49590 m at 170°: Marina Marlin Cayo Largo (marina).

Protected: 15770 m at 10°: Parque Nacional Ciénaga de Zapata.

Cayo Bonito: close by

6350 m at 354°: Cayería de Diego Pérez (island group); 7240 m at 209°: Cayo Rabihorcado (cay); 8200 m at 289°: Cayo Palanca (cay); 8690 m at 28°: Cayo del Macío (cay); 8780 m at 106°: Cayo Flamenco (cay); 10090 m at 85°: Cayo Diego Pérez (cay); 11410 m at 26°: Cayo del Masío (cay); 12470 m at 319°: Cayería de la Fábrica (island group); 13270 m at 293°: Cayo Lagunas (cay); 13350 m at 303°: Cayo Los Panes (cay); 13400 m at 304°: Cayo Quitasol (cay); 16240 m at 57°: Banco de Cazones (reef).

Cayo Bonito: on and around

Within 15 km: 3 coral reefs, 2 attractions.

7620 m at 39°: Playa tipo whitsundayd (attractions); 7820 m at 38°: Playa tipo wbitsundays (attractions).

Cayo Bonito: marine life records

173 records of 38 species within 10 km, 2001 to 2002: 93 corals, 79 fish, 1 echinoderms. That is 55.1 records per 100 km².

Most recorded: Orbicella faveolata, 20 (corals); Siderastrea siderea, 15 (corals); Orbicella franksi, 14 (corals); Scarus iseri, 10 (fish); Porites astreoides, 10 (corals); Sparisoma viride, 9 (fish); Sparisoma aurofrenatum, 9 (fish); Montastraea cavernosa, 9 (corals); Chaetodon capistratus, 7 (fish); Haemulon flavolineatum, 7 (fish); Haemulon plumierii, 7 (fish); Acanthurus chirurgus, 5 (fish).

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

Cayo Bonito: notes

A cay can lie inside a protected area.