Cayo La Yerba

Cayo La Yerba: coast and water

5420 m at 234°: Punta Caguamas (point); 6330 m at 246°: Punta Rosales (point); 7540 m at 157°: Laguna La Caguama (lagoon); 8270 m at 175°: Punta Macao (point); 12280 m at 149°: Punta Cabeza del Este (point); 17260 m at 97°: Canal de la Granada (channel); 18740 m at 283°: Pasa Boca de Juan Grin (channel); 19910 m at 276°: Boca de Juan Grín (channel); 21890 m at 326°: Punta Macho (point); 24310 m at 135°: Banco Levisa (shoal); 24670 m at 92°: Banco Botijuela (shoal); 28710 m at 33°: Punta de las Angosturas (point); 28730 m at 101°: Canal de Almácigo (channel); 29350 m at 15°: Fondeadero San Francisco (anchorage); 29700 m at 52°: Estero El Ñato (estuary); 29990 m at 49°: Estero Palizada (estuary).

Cayo La Yerba: islands

2670 m at 159°: Cayo Alto la Jía (island); 3290 m at 289°: Cayo la Loma (islet); 3380 m at 11°: Cayo Los Hoyos (island); 6520 m at 355°: Cayo Cubera (island); 6930 m at 296°: Cayo Juan Yero (island); 7300 m at 259°: Cayos Contra Punteo (island group); 7350 m at 335°: Cayo Atravesado (island); 9920 m at 351°: Cayos República (island group); 11010 m at 77°: Cayo Inglés (island); 11420 m at 9°: Cayo Rubio (island); 14150 m at 4°: Cayos Catauro (island group); 14530 m at 304°: Cayo La Bola (island); 15610 m at 313°: Cayos Los Chinos (island group); 15980 m at 46°: Cayo El Infierno (islet); 18180 m at 26°: Cayo La Bombilla (island); 18220 m at 324°: Cayo Punta de Macho (island); 21210 m at 43°: Cayos Pingües (island group); 24100 m at 304°: Cayo Rancho Alegre (island); 25540 m at 280°: Cayo Carabinero (island); 25850 m at 296°: Cayo Galán (island); 26220 m at 293°: Cayo Las Cruces (island); 26320 m at 40°: Cayos Angostura (island group); 27770 m at 279°: Cayos Los Carabineros (island group); 28560 m at 66°: Cayos Pilón (island group).

Cayo La Yerba: inland

25540 m at 35°: Sardiñas (locality).

Cayo La Yerba: distances

42330 m at 75°: Santa Cruz del Sur; 44370 m at 77°: Playa Bonita; 75980 m at 19°: Vertientes; 106060 m at 32°: Ignacio Agramonte International Airport ; 157010 m at 48°: Port of Nuevitas (port); 209000 m at 308°: Marina Trinidad (Casilda) (marina).

Cayo La Yerba: close by

1540 m at 37°: Cayo de los Alfaquis (cay); 2030 m at 118°: Cayo María Velache (cay); 2280 m at 323°: Cayo Las Varas (cay); 2670 m at 159°: Cayo Alto la Jía (cay); 3300 m at 289°: Cayo la Loma (cay); 3370 m at 11°: Cayo Los Hoyos (cay); 4030 m at 6°: Cayo Cubero (cay); 4490 m at 203°: Cayo Las Caguamas (cay); 4920 m at 318°: Cayo Los Careyes (cay); 5340 m at 22°: Cayo Café (cay); 6520 m at 355°: Cayo Cubera (cay); 6930 m at 296°: Cayo Juan Yero (cay).

Cayo La Yerba: on and around

Within 15 km: 1 coral reefs.

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Cayo La Yerba: marine life records

179 records of 40 species within 10 km, 1974 to 2025: 96 fish, 81 corals, 1 sponges, 1 seabirds and shorebirds. That is 57.0 records per 100 km².

Most recorded: Porites porites, 17 (corals); Siderastrea siderea, 15 (corals); Agaricia agaricites, 10 (corals); Scarus iseri, 9 (fish); Sparisoma aurofrenatum, 9 (fish); Porites astreoides, 9 (corals); Sparisoma viride, 8 (fish); Orbicella faveolata, 7 (corals); Haemulon sciurus, 7 (fish); Acanthurus coeruleus, 7 (fish); Acanthurus bahianus, 7 (fish); Haemulon plumierii, 7 (fish).

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

Cayo La Yerba: notes

A cay can lie inside a protected area.

Getting to Cayo La Yerba

• Navigation: the lighthouse Faro Punta Cabeza del Este stands about 12 km away.