Cayo Elías

Cayo Elías: coast and water

740 m at 283°: Ensenada de Paredón (cove); 13920 m at 275°: Pasa El Almácigo (channel); 16100 m at 270°: Laguna El Níspero (lagoon); 19600 m at 175°: Laguna Cubera (lagoon); 20070 m at 167°: Lagunato Las Canalejas (lagoon); 20420 m at 287°: Punta Almácigo (point); 21580 m at 250°: Boca de los Paredones (channel); 21970 m at 174°: Punta Cubera (point).

Cayo Elías: islands

2280 m at 232°: Cayo Los Paisajes (islet); 2650 m at 147°: Cayo Mosca (islet); 3940 m at 352°: Cayo Sigua (islet); 6430 m at 119°: Cayo Antón Grande (island); 7930 m at 296°: Cayo Paredón de Lado (island); 12120 m at 130°: Cayo Antón Chico (island); 19780 m at 227°: Cayo Puta (island); 20150 m at 256°: Cayo Pancho la Vega (island); 20740 m at 218°: Cayo Mojarra (island); 21290 m at 294°: Cayuelo Coco (island); 24840 m at 136°: Cayo Cuerno (island); 25070 m at 166°: Cayo Iguana (island).

Cayo Elías: inland

17730 m at 281°: Casasa (locality); 24150 m at 276°: Vaciadero (locality); 24170 m at 266°: La Bandera (locality); 24320 m at 293°: Emperador Laguna Villas and Resort (hotel); 25590 m at 294°: Tryp Cayo Coco (hotel); 28560 m at 262°: La Silla (locality).

Cayo Elías: distances

38680 m at 179°: Playa la Mula; 46610 m at 207°: Bolivia; 47450 m at 166°: Playa Guaney; 19100 m at 274°: Jardines Del Rey Airport ; 135100 m at 137°: Port of Nuevitas (port); 55740 m at 286°: Marina Marlin Cayo Guillermo (marina).

Protected: 38740 m at 276°: Reserva Ecológica de Cayo Coco.

Cayo Elías: close by

2280 m at 232°: Cayo Los Paisajes (cay); 2650 m at 147°: Cayo Mosca (cay); 3030 m at 294°: Cayo Paredón (cay); 3940 m at 352°: Cayo Sigua (cay); 4000 m at 353°: Roca Paredón (cay); 4200 m at 329°: Cayo Paredón Grande (cay); 4710 m at 324°: Cayo Paredón Pelado (cay); 5350 m at 274°: Cayo Los Santos (cay); 6430 m at 119°: Cayo Antón Grande (cay); 7880 m at 128°: Cayo Vaca (cay); 7940 m at 296°: Cayo Paredón de Lado (cay); 7960 m at 296°: Cayo Paredón del Medio (cay).

Cayo Elías: on and around

Within 15 km: 6 coral reefs, 1 marinas.

1420 m at 2°: Paredón pesca (marinas).

Cayo Elías: marine life records

279 records of 98 species within 10 km, 1939 to 2025: 150 fish, 54 seabirds and shorebirds, 51 corals, 11 crustaceans, 5 molluscs, 3 echinoderms, 3 seagrass and algae, 1 sharks and rays, 1 sponges. That is 88.8 records per 100 km².

Most recorded: Acropora palmata, 17 (corals); Millepora complanata, 16 (corals); Porites astreoides, 12 (corals); Lutjanus apodus, 10 (fish); Sterna maxima, 8 (seabirds and shorebirds); Acanthurus bahianus, 8 (fish); Haemulon sciurus, 7 (fish); Acanthurus coeruleus, 7 (fish); Haemulon plumierii, 7 (fish); Sparisoma viride, 7 (fish); Microspathodon chrysurus, 7 (fish); Tringa semipalmata, 7 (seabirds and shorebirds).

Months with records, seabirds and shorebirds: Jan 1, Feb 4, Mar 2, May 1, Nov 1.

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

Cayo Elías: notes

Most cays are reached by boat with a guide.

Getting to Cayo Elías

• Navigation: the lighthouse Faro Cayo Paredón Grande stands about 4.5 km away.