Cayo Cruz

Cayo Cruz: coast and water

6650 m at 255°: Ensenada del Alto del Ají (cove); 10460 m at 184°: Punta Solo (point); 11450 m at 290°: Ensenada del Atravesado (cove); 12590 m at 319°: Ensenada Negro (bay); 13670 m at 320°: Punta Negro (point); 14190 m at 178°: Ensenada Garrafón (cove); 14720 m at 319°: Canalizo del Partido del Mégano (channel); 16450 m at 168°: Punta Los Machos (point).

Cayo Cruz: islands

5520 m at 195°: Cayo la Guardia (island); 6150 m at 240°: Cayo Siche (island); 6640 m at 221°: Cayo Alto del Ají (island); 7450 m at 252°: Cayo Ajisito (island); 8250 m at 287°: Cayo Caobal (island); 9670 m at 229°: Cayo San Esteban (island); 11650 m at 296°: Cayo La Pasa (island); 13010 m at 156°: Cayo Corúa (island); 13530 m at 282°: Cayo Redondo (island); 14240 m at 296°: Cayo Corrales (island); 15140 m at 152°: Cayo Guanalito (island); 15930 m at 152°: Cayo La Aguada (island).

Cayo Cruz: inland

280 m at 308°: Iberostar Coral Esmeralda (hotel); 500 m at 318°: Iberostar Selection Esmeralda (hotel); 6830 m at 236°: Alto del Ají (hill); 26790 m at 139°: Punta El Inglés (locality).

Cayo Cruz: distances

19130 m at 184°: Cayo Romano; 31740 m at 224°: Playa Guaney; 35850 m at 245°: Playa la Mula; 57970 m at 295°: Jardines Del Rey Airport ; 95810 m at 143°: Port of Nuevitas (port); 95150 m at 294°: Marina Marlin Cayo Guillermo (marina).

Cayo Cruz: close by

1700 m at 339°: Playa Cayo Cruz (cay); 3270 m at 302°: Cayo Tintorera (cay); 5260 m at 233°: Cayo La Garza (cay); 5300 m at 4°: Bajo de Minerva (reef); 5510 m at 195°: Cayo la Guardia (cay); 6150 m at 240°: Cayo Siche (cay); 6640 m at 221°: Cayo Alto del Ají (cay); 6910 m at 215°: Cayo Judío (cay); 7450 m at 252°: Cayo Ajisito (cay); 7540 m at 265°: Cayo Punta del Cristo (cay); 7790 m at 186°: Cayo Yuraguanal (cay); 7800 m at 173°: Cayo Cabrón (cay).

Cayo Cruz: on and around

Within 15 km: 3 stores & supermarkets, 2 coral reefs, 1 marinas, 1 historic & heritage, 1 attractions, 1 fuel stations.

380 m at 190°: Puerto Deportivo (marinas); 380 m at 233°: Iguana (historic & heritage); 530 m at 143°: Delfinario (attractions).

Cayo Cruz: marine life records

26 records of 22 species within 10 km, 2007 to 2026: 12 seabirds and shorebirds, 7 molluscs, 2 crustaceans, 1 corals, 1 echinoderms, 1 fish, 1 other, 1 seagrass and algae. That is 8.3 records per 100 km².

Most recorded: Platalea ajaja, 4 (seabirds and shorebirds); Calidris minutilla, 2 (seabirds and shorebirds); Phyllonotus pomum, 1 (molluscs); Manicina areolata, 1 (corals); Macrostrombus costatus, 1 (molluscs); Oreaster reticulatus, 1 (echinoderms); Arenaria interpres, 1 (seabirds and shorebirds); Nerita peloronta, 1 (molluscs); Sterna maxima, 1 (seabirds and shorebirds); Megaceryle alcyon, 1 (seabirds and shorebirds); Pterois, 1 (fish); Tellina radiata, 1 (molluscs).

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

Cayo Cruz: notes

A cay can lie inside a protected area.

Getting to Cayo Cruz

• By road: a causeway (pedraplén) reaches Cayo Cruz, mapped in OpenStreetMap as Pedraplén de Cayo Cruz.