Cayo Esquivel del Sur

Cayo Esquivel del Sur: coast and water

1630 m at 121°: Playa del Esquivel (beach); 2050 m at 206°: Punta de Pargo (point); 3540 m at 283°: Bajos del Esponjal (shoal); 4300 m at 146°: Punta La Gata (point); 4370 m at 267°: Bahía Isabela de Sagua (bay); 6220 m at 109°: Ensenada de la Glorieta (inlet); 6420 m at 295°: Punta de Piedras (point); 7500 m at 154°: Cabezo Empalizada (shoal).

Cayo Esquivel del Sur: islands

1630 m at 13°: Cayo Esquivel del Norte (island); 3820 m at 157°: Cayos Redondos (island group); 5300 m at 87°: Cayuelo del Cristo (island); 6140 m at 315°: Cayo Arbolito (island); 6290 m at 236°: Cayo Rancho del Cojo (island); 6460 m at 312°: Cayuelo de Gandón (island); 7400 m at 121°: Cayo Matahambre (island); 10070 m at 254°: Cayo El Barbero (island); 12100 m at 141°: Cayo Paloma (island); 13080 m at 215°: Cayo Punta Rosas (island); 14250 m at 126°: Cayo Mariposa (island); 14780 m at 264°: Los Conucos (island).

Cayo Esquivel del Sur: inland

8380 m at 65°: Guaicanamar (locality); 11990 m at 129°: Las Miravillas (settlement); 12720 m at 152°: Estación Concha (railway station); 14050 m at 153°: Isabela de Sagua (settlement); 14410 m at 153°: Sagua la Grande (stream).

Cayo Esquivel del Sur: distances

13780 m at 162°: Playa de Punta Gorda; 13970 m at 153°: Isabela de Sagua; 20910 m at 224°: Playa de Durán; 63610 m at 168°: Abel Santamaria International Airport ; 107030 m at 201°: Port of Cienfuegos (port); 108510 m at 201°: Marina Marlin Cienfuegos (marina).

Protected: 26140 m at 196°: Mogotes de Jumagua.

Cayo Esquivel del Sur: close by

1000 m at 124°: Cayo Esquivel (cay); 1630 m at 13°: Cayo Esquivel del Norte (cay); 1780 m at 349°: Cayo Hicacal (cay); 3600 m at 207°: Cayos Rabihorcados (island group); 3820 m at 157°: Cayos Redondos (island group); 5310 m at 87°: Cayuelo del Cristo (cay); 6130 m at 315°: Cayo Arbolito (cay); 6290 m at 236°: Cayo Rancho del Cojo (cay); 6450 m at 312°: Cayuelo de Gandón (cay); 6540 m at 201°: Cayos Empalizada de Barlovento (island group); 6830 m at 125°: Cayo Iguana (cay); 7150 m at 308°: Cayos Gandón (island group).

Cayo Esquivel del Sur: on and around

Within 15 km: 2 salt works, 1 marinas, 1 historic & heritage, 1 cuban cuisine & lechón, 1 factories & works, 1 stations & terminals, 1 schools, 1 clinics & polyclinics.

13750 m at 151°: Marinas & Náutica Marlin Isabela (marinas); 13770 m at 152°: La Casona (historic & heritage); 13800 m at 151°: Paladar la Estrella (cuban cuisine & lechón); 13980 m at 154°: Concha (Isabela) (stations & terminals).

Cayo Esquivel del Sur: marine life records

378 records of 108 species within 10 km, 1931 to 2001: 277 fish, 84 corals, 7 crustaceans, 5 other, 3 sharks and rays, 2 molluscs. That is 120.3 records per 100 km².

Most recorded: Haemulon sciurus, 19 (fish); Acropora palmata, 18 (corals); Montastraea cavernosa, 16 (corals); Lutjanus apodus, 14 (fish); Acanthurus bahianus, 14 (fish); Acanthurus coeruleus, 14 (fish); Microspathodon chrysurus, 14 (fish); Sparisoma viride, 13 (fish); Haemulon flavolineatum, 12 (fish); Anisotremus virginicus, 9 (fish); Lophogobius cyprinoides, 8 (fish); Orbicella faveolata, 8 (corals).

Months with records, sharks and rays: Apr 2, Dec 1.

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

Cayo Esquivel del Sur: notes

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

Getting to Cayo Esquivel del Sur

• Navigation: the lighthouse Faro Cayo Cristo stands about 8.9 km away.