Cayo Estopa

Cayo Estopa: coast and water

1660 m at 307°: Canaliito Estopa (channel); 3860 m at 298°: Canalizo Rosario (channel); 5110 m at 273°: Punta Mogote (point); 16410 m at 266°: Canal del Rosario (channel); 19600 m at 250°: Quebrada Rosario (channel); 21650 m at 108°: Arrecifes Los Ballenatos (reef); 21820 m at 340°: Bajo Mégano (shoal); 22840 m at 100°: Punta Sirena (point).

Cayo Estopa: islands

3460 m at 301°: Cayo Rosarito (island); 10080 m at 103°: Cayos Peraza (island group); 14080 m at 266°: Cayo La Sigua (island); 15960 m at 287°: Cayo Pasaje (island); 19910 m at 95°: Cayería Los Majáes (island group); 22290 m at 252°: Cayos Jardines (island group); 23320 m at 267°: Cayo La Luz (island); 23700 m at 91°: Cayo Piedra (island); 25780 m at 353°: Cayo Traviesa (island); 26440 m at 280°: Cayo Cajones (island); 35590 m at 90°: Cayos Los Pájaros (island group); 36680 m at 259°: Cayo Los Muertos (island).

Cayo Estopa: inland

26270 m at 96°: villa soledad (hotel); 28550 m at 99°: Cayo Largo del Sur (settlement); 30820 m at 98°: Villa Coral and Soledad (hotel); 30930 m at 98°: Ole Playa Blanca (hotel); 30990 m at 98°: Gran Caribe Playa Blanca (hotel); 36850 m at 90°: Los Cocos (hamlet).

Cayo Estopa: distances

25190 m at 104°: Paradise Beach; 29070 m at 98°: Cayo Largo del Sur; 82210 m at 47°: Playa Los Cocos; 25910 m at 97°: Vilo Acuña International Airport ; 150640 m at 68°: Port of Cienfuegos (port); 23160 m at 98°: Marina Marlin Cayo Largo (marina).

Cayo Estopa: close by

260 m at 36°: Cayo Campo (cay); 1690 m at 129°: Cayo Estopita (cay); 3450 m at 302°: Cayo Rosario (cay); 3470 m at 301°: Cayo Rosarito (cay); 7210 m at 295°: Cayos Los Ballematos (cay); 7230 m at 295°: Cayos Los Ballenatos (island group); 7760 m at 317°: Cayo Divisa de Piedra (cay); 9000 m at 297°: Cayo Francesito (cay); 9010 m at 298°: Cayo Francesllo (cay); 9230 m at 262°: Cayo del Rosario (cay); 10080 m at 103°: Cayos Peraza (island group); 10960 m at 280°: Cayo Mosquito (cay).

Cayo Estopa: marine life records

128 records of 46 species within 10 km, 2001 to 2022: 108 sponges, 12 corals, 3 fish, 2 other, 1 seabirds and shorebirds, 1 turtles, 1 sharks and rays. That is 40.7 records per 100 km².

Most recorded: Demospongiae, 26 (sponges); Agelas sceptrum, 23 (sponges); Plexauridae, 6 (corals); Xestospongia, 5 (sponges); Stichopathes, 4 (corals); Spirastrella, 4 (sponges); Svenzea zeai, 4 (sponges); Agelas citrina, 3 (sponges); Placospherastra, 3 (sponges); Dictyoceratida, 3 (sponges); Coelocarteria bartschi, 2 (sponges); Verongula rigida, 2 (sponges).

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

Cayo Estopa: notes

Most cays are reached by boat with a guide.