Cayo Guanalito

Cayo Guanalito: coast and water

4770 m at 234°: Punta Los Machos (point); 6790 m at 263°: Ensenada Garrafón (cove); 7270 m at 156°: Laguna del Noy (lagoon); 7560 m at 349°: Punta La Laguna (point); 14030 m at 127°: Playa el Muerto Cayo Romano (beach); 17730 m at 327°: Punta La Tintorera (point); 17900 m at 310°: Ensenada del Alto del Ají (cove); 18640 m at 137°: Punta de Cocos (point).

Cayo Guanalito: islands

2440 m at 163°: Cayo Policarpio (island); 7990 m at 296°: Cayo Solo (island); 11630 m at 51°: Cayo Confites (island); 11750 m at 313°: Cayo la Guardia (island); 13140 m at 175°: Cayería Norte Camagüey (islet); 14170 m at 306°: Cayo Alto del Ají (island); 15140 m at 332°: Cayo Cruz (island); 16150 m at 296°: Cayo San Esteban (island); 16830 m at 332°: Playa Cayo Cruz (islet); 19450 m at 311°: Cayo Punta del Cristo (island); 19840 m at 179°: Jibaro (island group); 21530 m at 149°: Cayo Las Casimbas (island).

Cayo Guanalito: inland

12490 m at 123°: Punta El Inglés (locality); 15630 m at 331°: Iberostar Selection Esmeralda (hotel); 15960 m at 306°: Alto del Ají (hill); 17980 m at 133°: Punta Mangle (settlement); 18210 m at 140°: Versalles (settlement); 29470 m at 219°: Playa Jigüey (settlement).

Cayo Guanalito: distances

10420 m at 237°: Cayo Romano; 29400 m at 220°: Playa Jigüey; 30790 m at 252°: Playa Guaney; 70750 m at 303°: Jardines Del Rey Airport ; 80880 m at 141°: Port of Nuevitas (port); 107550 m at 299°: Marina Marlin Cayo Guillermo (marina).

Cayo Guanalito: close by

490 m at 180°: Cayo El Santo (cay); 820 m at 167°: Cayo La Aguada (cay); 1120 m at 350°: Cayo Paloma (cay); 1150 m at 351°: Cayo Palomo (cay); 1850 m at 167°: Cayo Estanislao (cay); 2430 m at 305°: Cayo Corúa (cay); 2440 m at 163°: Cayo Policarpio (cay); 2730 m at 263°: Cayo Los Machos (cay); 3440 m at 246°: Cayo Las Bocainas (cay); 3680 m at 191°: Cayo Punta La Cera (cay); 4070 m at 164°: Cayo Largo (cay); 4370 m at 155°: Cayo Fogón de Piedra (cay).

Cayo Guanalito: on and around

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

14040 m at 133°: Silla de Romano (peaks & volcanoes); 14620 m at 332°: Delfinario (attractions); 14850 m at 331°: Puerto Deportivo (marinas).

Cayo Guanalito: 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 Guanalito: notes

A cay can lie inside a protected area.

Getting to Cayo Guanalito

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