Cayo El Santo

Cayo El Santo: coast and water

4470 m at 179°: Punta Blanca (point); 6830 m at 154°: Laguna del Noy (lagoon); 8690 m at 293°: Punta Solo (point); 10450 m at 122°: Estero Garzones (estuary); 11310 m at 303°: Punta La Ca (point); 13470 m at 296°: Ensenada de Playa Judío (cove); 16180 m at 261°: Laguna Las Traviesas (lagoon); 19420 m at 301°: Laguna La Corona del Guanal (lagoon).

Cayo El Santo: islands

490 m at 1°: Cayo Guanalito (island); 1380 m at 162°: Cayo Estanislao (island); 2730 m at 314°: Cayo Corúa (island); 3930 m at 152°: Cayo Fogón de Piedra (island); 5040 m at 154°: Cayo Madera (island); 8300 m at 136°: Cayo Grillo (island); 8680 m at 314°: Cayo Cabrón (island); 9220 m at 306°: Cayo Alegre (island); 10020 m at 307°: Cayo Yuraguanal (island); 15570 m at 333°: Cayo Cruz (island); 18360 m at 309°: Cayo Ajisito (island); 19350 m at 179°: Jibaro (island group).

Cayo El Santo: inland

12230 m at 121°: Punta El Inglés (locality); 15830 m at 332°: Iberostar Coral Esmeralda (hotel); 16060 m at 332°: Iberostar Selection Esmeralda (hotel); 17650 m at 132°: Punta Mangle (settlement); 29030 m at 221°: Río Manantiales (stream); 29090 m at 219°: Playa Jigüey (settlement).

Cayo El Santo: distances

10160 m at 239°: Cayo Romano; 29030 m at 221°: Playa Jigüey; 30640 m at 253°: Playa Guaney; 71010 m at 303°: Jardines Del Rey Airport ; 80500 m at 141°: Port of Nuevitas (port); 107790 m at 299°: Marina Marlin Cayo Guillermo (marina).

Cayo El Santo: close by

360 m at 149°: Cayo La Aguada (cay); 490 m at 0°: Cayo Guanalito (cay); 1380 m at 162°: Cayo Estanislao (cay); 1600 m at 353°: Cayo Paloma (cay); 1630 m at 354°: Cayo Palomo (cay); 1980 m at 159°: Cayo Policarpio (cay); 2720 m at 273°: Cayo Los Machos (cay); 2740 m at 314°: Cayo Corúa (cay); 3210 m at 193°: Cayo Punta La Cera (cay); 3270 m at 254°: Cayo Las Bocainas (cay); 3600 m at 162°: Cayo Largo (cay); 3930 m at 152°: Cayo Fogón de Piedra (cay).

Cayo El Santo: on and around

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

13710 m at 132°: Silla de Romano (peaks & volcanoes).

Cayo El Santo: marine life records

123 records of 31 species within 10 km, 1984 to 2026: 75 fish, 42 corals, 2 seabirds and shorebirds, 1 echinoderms, 1 crustaceans, 1 turtles, 1 molluscs. That is 39.2 records per 100 km².

Most recorded: Acropora palmata, 25 (corals); Millepora complanata, 14 (corals); Acanthurus coeruleus, 10 (fish); Microspathodon chrysurus, 10 (fish); Acanthurus bahianus, 8 (fish); Sparisoma rubripinne, 7 (fish); Cantherhines pullus, 7 (fish); Sparisoma viride, 6 (fish); Balistes vetula, 3 (fish); Bodianus rufus, 3 (fish); Haemulon flavolineatum, 3 (fish); Haemulon plumierii, 2 (fish).

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

Cayo El Santo: notes

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

Getting to Cayo El Santo

• Navigation: the lighthouse Faro de Cayo Confites stands about 12 km away.