Cayo Estanislao

Cayo Estanislao: coast and water

3180 m at 187°: Punta Blanca (point); 3870 m at 178°: Playa Blanca (beach); 7300 m at 1°: Punta del Este de Cayo Cruz (point); 10380 m at 344°: Punta Patabán (point); 12660 m at 121°: Playa el Muerto Cayo Romano (beach); 17060 m at 134°: Punta de Cocos (point); 17420 m at 209°: Ensenada de Correa (cove); 18680 m at 135°: Ensenada de Cordera (bay).

Cayo Estanislao: islands

600 m at 153°: Cayo Policarpio (island); 1380 m at 342°: Cayo El Santo (island); 1850 m at 347°: Cayo Guanalito (island); 2140 m at 212°: Cayo Punta La Cera (island); 8050 m at 277°: Cayo Garrafones (island); 10180 m at 80°: Cayo Verde (island); 10360 m at 310°: Cayo Alegre (island); 11180 m at 311°: Cayo Yuraguanal (island); 17380 m at 301°: Cayo San Esteban (island); 17730 m at 313°: Cayo Siche (island); 18030 m at 180°: Jibaro (island group); 18630 m at 334°: Playa Cayo Cruz (islet).

Cayo Estanislao: inland

11220 m at 117°: Punta El Inglés (locality); 16470 m at 130°: Punta Mangle (settlement); 17190 m at 333°: Iberostar Coral Esmeralda (hotel); 28360 m at 222°: Playa Jigüey (settlement); 29840 m at 236°: Arroyo Verde (stream); 29970 m at 241°: Venero (stream).

Cayo Estanislao: distances

9930 m at 247°: Cayo Romano; 28330 m at 223°: Playa Jigüey; 29900 m at 181°: Playa Guanaja; 72090 m at 304°: Jardines Del Rey Airport ; 79210 m at 141°: Port of Nuevitas (port); 108810 m at 300°: Marina Marlin Cayo Guillermo (marina).

Cayo Estanislao: close by

600 m at 153°: Cayo Policarpio (cay); 1030 m at 347°: Cayo La Aguada (cay); 1380 m at 342°: Cayo El Santo (cay); 1850 m at 347°: Cayo Guanalito (cay); 2140 m at 212°: Cayo Punta La Cera (cay); 2220 m at 162°: Cayo Largo (cay); 2580 m at 147°: Cayo Fogón de Piedra (cay); 2970 m at 348°: Cayo Paloma (cay); 3000 m at 348°: Cayo Palomo (cay); 3460 m at 295°: Cayo Los Machos (cay); 3600 m at 277°: Cayo Las Bocainas (cay); 3680 m at 151°: Cayo Madera (cay).

Cayo Estanislao: on and around

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

12540 m at 128°: Silla de Romano (peaks & volcanoes).

Cayo Estanislao: marine life records

210 records of 49 species within 10 km, 1984 to 2026: 138 fish, 66 corals, 2 seabirds and shorebirds, 1 echinoderms, 1 crustaceans, 1 turtles, 1 molluscs. That is 66.8 records per 100 km².

Most recorded: Acropora palmata, 25 (corals); Acanthurus coeruleus, 19 (fish); Acanthurus bahianus, 18 (fish); Millepora complanata, 14 (corals); Siderastrea siderea, 11 (corals); Sparisoma viride, 10 (fish); Microspathodon chrysurus, 10 (fish); Haemulon plumierii, 7 (fish); Sparisoma rubripinne, 7 (fish); Cantherhines pullus, 7 (fish); Sparisoma aurofrenatum, 6 (fish); Haemulon flavolineatum, 5 (fish).

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

Cayo Estanislao: notes

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

Getting to Cayo Estanislao

• Navigation: the lighthouse Faro de Cayo Confites stands about 13 km away.