Cayo Policarpio

Cayo Policarpio: coast and water

4210 m at 216°: Estero La Lancha (estuary); 4590 m at 264°: Punta Los Machos (point); 4860 m at 152°: Laguna del Noy (lagoon); 5560 m at 260°: Estero Macabí (estuary); 7830 m at 359°: Punta del Este de Cayo Cruz (point); 16110 m at 335°: Punta La Quebrada (point); 17640 m at 147°: Ensenada de La Lisa (cove); 21010 m at 304°: Laguna La Corona del Guanal (lagoon).

Cayo Policarpio: islands

1620 m at 341°: Cayo La Aguada (island); 1630 m at 165°: Cayo Largo (island); 3580 m at 346°: Cayo Palomo (island); 3960 m at 300°: Cayo Los Machos (island); 8400 m at 280°: Cayo Garrafones (island); 9950 m at 252°: Cayo Romano (island); 10020 m at 77°: Cayo Verde (island); 10760 m at 177°: Cayería Norte Camagüey (islet); 18290 m at 314°: Cayo Siche (island); 19180 m at 147°: Cayo Las Casimbas (island); 19230 m at 334°: Playa Cayo Cruz (islet); 20090 m at 312°: Cayo Ajisito (island).

Cayo Policarpio: inland

10740 m at 115°: Punta El Inglés (locality); 15990 m at 137°: Versalles (settlement); 28150 m at 223°: Playa Jigüey (settlement); 28610 m at 137°: La Bodega (hamlet); 28830 m at 214°: Estero del Vicioso (hamlet); 29950 m at 242°: Venero (stream).

Cayo Policarpio: distances

9990 m at 250°: Cayo Romano; 28140 m at 224°: Playa Jigüey; 29370 m at 182°: Playa Guanaja; 72620 m at 304°: Jardines Del Rey Airport ; 78620 m at 141°: Port of Nuevitas (port); 109310 m at 300°: Marina Marlin Cayo Guillermo (marina).

Cayo Policarpio: close by

600 m at 333°: Cayo Estanislao (cay); 1620 m at 342°: Cayo La Aguada (cay); 1630 m at 165°: Cayo Largo (cay); 1910 m at 228°: Cayo Punta La Cera (cay); 1980 m at 339°: Cayo El Santo (cay); 1980 m at 145°: Cayo Fogón de Piedra (cay); 2440 m at 343°: Cayo Guanalito (cay); 3080 m at 151°: Cayo Madera (cay); 3550 m at 345°: Cayo Paloma (cay); 3580 m at 346°: Cayo Palomo (cay); 3950 m at 300°: Cayo Los Machos (cay); 3970 m at 284°: Cayo Las Bocainas (cay).

Cayo Policarpio: on and around

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

11990 m at 127°: Silla de Romano (peaks & volcanoes).

Cayo Policarpio: 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 Policarpio: notes

Most cays are reached by boat with a guide.

Getting to Cayo Policarpio

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