Cayo Confites

Cayo Confites: coast and water

8700 m at 258°: Punta del Este de Cayo Cruz (point); 11550 m at 274°: Punta Patabán (point); 13460 m at 181°: Estero Garzones (estuary); 15230 m at 216°: Punta Blanca (point); 15890 m at 172°: Playa el Muerto Cayo Romano (beach); 15900 m at 288°: Punta La Quebrada (point); 17600 m at 255°: Punta Solo (point); 21240 m at 170°: Punta de Cocos (point).

Cayo Confites: islands

7590 m at 169°: Cayo Verde (island); 11630 m at 231°: Cayo Guanalito (island); 12550 m at 223°: Cayo Estanislao (island); 12770 m at 221°: Cayo Policarpio (island); 13760 m at 215°: Cayo Largo (island); 14130 m at 209°: Cayo Madera (island); 14970 m at 234°: Cayo Las Bocainas (island); 16630 m at 257°: Cayo Solo (island); 20120 m at 271°: Cayo Judío (island); 20630 m at 278°: Cayo La Garza (island); 23550 m at 269°: Cayo San Esteban (island); 23590 m at 279°: Cayo Ajisito (island).

Cayo Confites: inland

14270 m at 174°: Punta El Inglés (locality); 17540 m at 291°: Iberostar Coral Esmeralda (hotel); 17710 m at 291°: Iberostar Selection Esmeralda (hotel); 20110 m at 168°: Punta Mangle (settlement); 21480 m at 173°: Versalles (settlement); 21950 m at 276°: Alto del Ají (hill).

Cayo Confites: distances

22030 m at 234°: Cayo Romano; 40110 m at 193°: Playa Guanaja; 40890 m at 223°: Playa Jigüey; 75190 m at 294°: Jardines Del Rey Airport ; 81810 m at 150°: Port of Nuevitas (port); 112390 m at 294°: Marina Marlin Cayo Guillermo (marina).

Cayo Confites: close by

7580 m at 169°: Cayo Verde (cay); 11100 m at 236°: Cayo Palomo (cay); 11130 m at 236°: Cayo Paloma (cay); 11640 m at 231°: Cayo Guanalito (cay); 11950 m at 229°: Cayo El Santo (cay); 12020 m at 227°: Cayo La Aguada (cay); 12500 m at 242°: Cayo Corúa (cay); 12560 m at 223°: Cayo Estanislao (cay); 12770 m at 221°: Cayo Policarpio (cay); 13410 m at 212°: Cayo Fogón de Piedra (cay); 13760 m at 215°: Cayo Largo (cay); 14030 m at 237°: Cayo Los Machos (cay).

Cayo Confites: on and around

Within 15 km: 5 coral reefs, 1 police & fire.

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Cayo Confites: marine life records

205 records of 44 species within 10 km, 2001 to 2026: 138 fish, 66 corals, 1 echinoderms. That is 65.3 records per 100 km².

Most recorded: Acropora palmata, 25 (corals); Acanthurus coeruleus, 19 (fish); Acanthurus bahianus, 18 (fish); Millepora complanata, 14 (corals); Siderastrea siderea, 11 (corals); Sparisoma viride, 10 (fish); Microspathodon chrysurus, 10 (fish); Haemulon plumierii, 7 (fish); Sparisoma rubripinne, 7 (fish); Cantherhines pullus, 7 (fish); Sparisoma aurofrenatum, 6 (fish); Haemulon flavolineatum, 5 (fish).

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

Cayo Confites: notes

Many cays have no landing, so ask an operator first.

Getting to Cayo Confites

• Navigation: the lighthouse Faro de Cayo Confites stands about 0.2 km away.