Cayo de los Alfaquis

Cayo de los Alfaquis: coast and water

6970 m at 155°: Punta Puerto Arturo (point); 8420 m at 166°: Laguna La Caguama (lagoon); 8800 m at 66°: Canal de la Sepultura (channel); 9470 m at 181°: Punta Macao (point); 11930 m at 99°: Canal Inglesito (channel); 12930 m at 155°: Punta Cabeza del Este (point); 16540 m at 102°: Canal de la Granada (channel); 17570 m at 25°: Canal de Pingüe (channel); 20740 m at 272°: Boca de Juan Grín (channel); 21430 m at 322°: Punta Macho (point); 27180 m at 33°: Punta de las Angosturas (point); 28210 m at 53°: Estero El Ñato (estuary); 29110 m at 292°: Pasa Felipe (channel); 29610 m at 32°: Estero Curajaya (cove); 29650 m at 86°: Canal Pasa Honda (channel); 29700 m at 36°: Esteros de Agua Dulce (estuary).

Cayo de los Alfaquis: islands

2100 m at 352°: Cayo Los Hoyos (island); 3720 m at 179°: Cayo Alto la Jía (island); 3870 m at 16°: Cayo Café (island); 4880 m at 300°: Cayo Los Careyes (island); 7730 m at 295°: Cayo Corúa (island); 8410 m at 88°: Cayo Sombrerito (island); 11160 m at 262°: Cayo Boca Rica (islet); 12740 m at 56°: Cayo Rancho Viejo (island); 13790 m at 322°: Cayo La Cafetera (island); 14460 m at 47°: Cayo El Infierno (islet); 15540 m at 307°: Cayos Los Chinos (island group); 16680 m at 25°: Cayo La Bombilla (island); 17550 m at 38°: Cayo las Muñecas (islet); 19220 m at 27°: Cayería Tío Morando (island group); 19610 m at 294°: Cayo La Poza (island); 20000 m at 296°: Cayo Peralta (island); 21120 m at 278°: Cayos Laberinto de las Doce Leguas (island group); 22310 m at 296°: Cayo Yuraguana (island); 24400 m at 295°: Cayo Tarantín (island); 24780 m at 40°: Cayos Angostura (island group); 24820 m at 31°: Cayos Abre el Ojo (island group); 26190 m at 292°: Cayo Galán (island); 26610 m at 7°: Cayo Hormigas (island); 27220 m at 68°: Cayos Pilón (island group).

Cayo de los Alfaquis: inland

24000 m at 35°: Sardiñas (locality).

Cayo de los Alfaquis: distances

41120 m at 76°: Santa Cruz del Sur; 43200 m at 78°: Playa Bonita; 74510 m at 19°: Vertientes; 104520 m at 32°: Ignacio Agramonte International Airport ; 155500 m at 48°: Port of Nuevitas (port); 208990 m at 307°: Marina Trinidad (Casilda) (marina).

Cayo de los Alfaquis: close by

1540 m at 217°: Cayo La Yerba (cay); 2100 m at 352°: Cayo Los Hoyos (cay); 2350 m at 159°: Cayo María Velache (cay); 2380 m at 284°: Cayo Las Varas (cay); 2820 m at 350°: Cayo Cubero (cay); 3720 m at 179°: Cayo Alto la Jía (cay); 3880 m at 16°: Cayo Café (cay); 4040 m at 268°: Cayo la Loma (cay); 4880 m at 300°: Cayo Los Careyes (cay); 5470 m at 344°: Cayo Cubera (cay); 5970 m at 17°: Cayos Guasa (island group); 6000 m at 207°: Cayo Las Caguamas (cay).

Cayo de los Alfaquis: on and around

Within 15 km: 1 coral reefs.

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Cayo de los Alfaquis: marine life records

179 records of 40 species within 10 km, 1974 to 2025: 96 fish, 81 corals, 1 sponges, 1 seabirds and shorebirds. That is 57.0 records per 100 km².

Most recorded: Porites porites, 17 (corals); Siderastrea siderea, 15 (corals); Agaricia agaricites, 10 (corals); Scarus iseri, 9 (fish); Sparisoma aurofrenatum, 9 (fish); Porites astreoides, 9 (corals); Sparisoma viride, 8 (fish); Orbicella faveolata, 7 (corals); Haemulon sciurus, 7 (fish); Acanthurus coeruleus, 7 (fish); Acanthurus bahianus, 7 (fish); Haemulon plumierii, 7 (fish).

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

Cayo de los Alfaquis: notes

Some cays belong to resorts and are closed to day visitors.

Getting to Cayo de los Alfaquis

• Navigation: the lighthouse Faro Punta Cabeza del Este stands about 13 km away.