Cayo del Rosario

Cayo del Rosario: coast and water

9060 m at 273°: Laguna Ciego (lagoon); 10040 m at 274°: Canalizo del Este (channel); 10810 m at 238°: Quebrada Rosario (channel); 16320 m at 253°: Canalizo del Medio (channel); 19370 m at 258°: Laguna Vicente Justo (lagoon); 19720 m at 251°: Ensenada de Cabria (bay); 20140 m at 240°: Arrecife Seco de Cascajo (reef); 21920 m at 107°: Bajo Los Ballenatos (shoal).

Cayo del Rosario: islands

3680 m at 332°: Cayo Las Gaviotas (island); 4960 m at 31°: Cayos Los Ballenatos (island group); 5460 m at 12°: Cayo Francesito (island); 6860 m at 64°: Cayo Rosarito (island); 12600 m at 269°: Cayo Convento (island); 15330 m at 278°: Cayo Ciprés (island); 15990 m at 271°: Cayo Ciriales (island); 18630 m at 269°: Cayo Ron (island); 23200 m at 90°: Cayo Rico (island); 27460 m at 258°: Cayo Los Muertos (island); 27530 m at 13°: Cayo Traviesa (island); 29710 m at 255°: Cayo Avalito (island).

Cayo del Rosario: inland

31960 m at 91°: Marina Cayo Largo (settlement); 36850 m at 96°: Hotel Ole Playa Blanca (hotel); 38030 m at 96°: Lindamar Hotel (hotel); 39790 m at 94°: Villa Coral and Soledad (hotel); 39960 m at 94°: playa blanca (hotel); 39990 m at 92°: Sol Club Cayo Largo (hotel).

Cayo del Rosario: distances

33950 m at 98°: Paradise Beach; 38020 m at 95°: Cayo Largo del Sur; 87790 m at 259°: Playa Larga; 34920 m at 93°: Vilo Acuña International Airport ; 159590 m at 69°: Port of Cienfuegos (port); 32150 m at 94°: Marina Marlin Cayo Largo (marina).

Cayo del Rosario: close by

3550 m at 333°: Cayo Mosquito (cay); 3680 m at 332°: Cayo Las Gaviotas (cay); 3820 m at 257°: Cayo La Paloma (cay); 4890 m at 272°: Cayo La Sigua (cay); 4960 m at 31°: Cayos Los Ballenatos (island group); 5040 m at 32°: Cayos Los Ballematos (cay); 5460 m at 12°: Cayo Francesito (cay); 5520 m at 12°: Cayo Francesllo (cay); 6860 m at 64°: Cayo Rosarito (cay); 6910 m at 64°: Cayo Rosario (cay); 7860 m at 29°: Cayo Divisa de Piedra (cay); 8520 m at 314°: Cayo Pasaje (cay).

Cayo del Rosario: on and around

Within 15 km: 1 trails & viewpoints.

8670 m at 260°: Cayo Cantiles (trails & viewpoints).

Cayo del Rosario: marine life records

910 records of 253 species within 10 km, 2001 to 2022: 367 molluscs, 302 fish, 234 corals, 3 other, 2 sponges, 1 seabirds and shorebirds, 1 turtles. That is 289.7 records per 100 km².

Most recorded: Acropora palmata, 71 (corals); Orbicella annularis, 32 (corals); Porites astreoides, 29 (corals); Scarus iseri, 28 (fish); Acanthurus coeruleus, 26 (fish); Porites porites, 24 (corals); Sparisoma viride, 23 (fish); Sparisoma aurofrenatum, 22 (fish); Haemulon flavolineatum, 19 (fish); Microspathodon chrysurus, 18 (fish); Siderastrea siderea, 18 (corals); Acanthurus bahianus, 18 (fish).

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

Cayo del Rosario: notes

Most cays are reached by boat with a guide.