Cayo La Aguada

Cayo La Aguada: coast and water

5550 m at 243°: Estero Macabí (estuary); 6460 m at 154°: Laguna del Noy (lagoon); 8990 m at 294°: Punta Solo (point); 11640 m at 304°: Punta La Ca (point); 16320 m at 262°: Laguna Las Traviesas (lagoon); 17940 m at 135°: Punta de Cocos (point); 18200 m at 207°: Ensenada de Correa (cove); 19220 m at 149°: Ensenada de La Lisa (cove).

Cayo La Aguada: islands

360 m at 330°: Cayo El Santo (island); 820 m at 347°: Cayo Guanalito (island); 1620 m at 162°: Cayo Policarpio (island); 1970 m at 350°: Cayo Palomo (island); 8530 m at 300°: Cayo Solo (island); 10300 m at 86°: Cayo Verde (island); 14090 m at 307°: Cayo Judío (island); 15930 m at 332°: Cayo Cruz (island); 15980 m at 313°: Cayo La Garza (island); 16670 m at 298°: Cayo San Esteban (island); 18700 m at 309°: Cayo Ajisito (island); 20120 m at 312°: Cayo Punta del Cristo (island).

Cayo La Aguada: inland

16190 m at 332°: Iberostar Coral Esmeralda (hotel); 16420 m at 332°: Iberostar Selection Esmeralda (hotel); 16590 m at 308°: Alto del Ají (hill); 17310 m at 132°: Punta Mangle (settlement); 17480 m at 139°: Versalles (settlement); 29840 m at 212°: Estero del Vicioso (hamlet).

Cayo La Aguada: distances

10160 m at 241°: Cayo Romano; 28910 m at 222°: Playa Jigüey; 30730 m at 254°: Playa Guaney; 71340 m at 303°: Jardines Del Rey Airport ; 80140 m at 141°: Port of Nuevitas (port); 108100 m at 299°: Marina Marlin Cayo Guillermo (marina).

Cayo La Aguada: close by

360 m at 329°: Cayo El Santo (cay); 820 m at 347°: Cayo Guanalito (cay); 1030 m at 167°: Cayo Estanislao (cay); 1620 m at 162°: Cayo Policarpio (cay); 1940 m at 349°: Cayo Paloma (cay); 1970 m at 349°: Cayo Palomo (cay); 2930 m at 279°: Cayo Los Machos (cay); 2960 m at 198°: Cayo Punta La Cera (cay); 3090 m at 316°: Cayo Corúa (cay); 3250 m at 163°: Cayo Largo (cay); 3380 m at 260°: Cayo Las Bocainas (cay); 3570 m at 153°: Cayo Fogón de Piedra (cay).

Cayo La Aguada: on and around

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

13370 m at 131°: Silla de Romano (peaks & volcanoes).

Cayo La Aguada: 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 La Aguada: notes

Some cays belong to resorts and are closed to day visitors.

Getting to Cayo La Aguada

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