Cayo Punta La Cera

Cayo Punta La Cera: coast and water

2380 m at 206°: Estero La Lancha (estuary); 4780 m at 129°: Laguna del Noy (lagoon); 6610 m at 295°: Ensenada Garrafón (cove); 11050 m at 356°: Punta La Laguna (point); 11900 m at 351°: Punta Patabán (point); 12890 m at 112°: Playa el Muerto Cayo Romano (beach); 18340 m at 128°: Ensenada de Cordera (bay); 20530 m at 334°: Punta La Tintorera (point).

Cayo Punta La Cera: islands

2950 m at 18°: Cayo La Aguada (island); 3300 m at 313°: Cayo Las Bocainas (island); 3680 m at 11°: Cayo Guanalito (island); 7070 m at 114°: Cayo Grillo (island); 8240 m at 257°: Cayo Romano (island); 9670 m at 168°: Cayería Norte Camagüey (islet); 11700 m at 322°: Cayo Yuraguanal (island); 16270 m at 176°: Jibaro (island group); 17440 m at 308°: Cayo San Esteban (island); 18120 m at 339°: Cayo Cruz (island); 19830 m at 339°: Playa Cayo Cruz (islet); 20190 m at 144°: Cayo Anegadizo de Romano (islet).

Cayo Punta La Cera: inland

28700 m at 257°: Playa Guaney (settlement); 28710 m at 133°: La Bodega (hamlet); 28770 m at 224°: Cadenas (locality); 28770 m at 224°: Arroyo Zanjón (stream); 28930 m at 234°: Hermanos Fernández (hamlet); 29620 m at 243°: Loma de Miranda (hill).

Cayo Punta La Cera: distances

8250 m at 255°: Cayo Romano; 26230 m at 224°: Playa Jigüey; 28100 m at 179°: Playa Guanaja; 72170 m at 305°: Jardines Del Rey Airport ; 78570 m at 139°: Port of Nuevitas (port); 108720 m at 301°: Marina Marlin Cayo Guillermo (marina).

Cayo Punta La Cera: close by

1860 m at 99°: Cayo Largo (cay); 1910 m at 48°: Cayo Policarpio (cay); 2140 m at 32°: Cayo Estanislao (cay); 2580 m at 98°: Cayo Fogón de Piedra (cay); 2960 m at 18°: Cayo La Aguada (cay); 3210 m at 13°: Cayo El Santo (cay); 3250 m at 116°: Cayo Madera (cay); 3300 m at 313°: Cayo Las Bocainas (cay); 3680 m at 11°: Cayo Guanalito (cay); 3830 m at 329°: Cayo Los Machos (cay); 4740 m at 6°: Cayo Paloma (cay); 4780 m at 7°: Cayo Palomo (cay).

Cayo Punta La Cera: on and around

Within 15 km: 3 coral reefs, 1 peaks & volcanoes, 1 police & fire.

12500 m at 119°: Silla de Romano (peaks & volcanoes).

Cayo Punta La Cera: marine life records

6 records of 6 species within 10 km, 1984 to 2026: 2 seabirds and shorebirds, 1 echinoderms, 1 crustaceans, 1 turtles, 1 molluscs. That is 1.9 records per 100 km².

Most recorded: Oreaster reticulatus, 1 (echinoderms); Panulirus argus, 1 (crustaceans); Fregata magnificens, 1 (seabirds and shorebirds); Pelecanus occidentalis, 1 (seabirds and shorebirds); Chelonia mydas, 1 (turtles); Lucina columbella, 1 (molluscs).

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

Cayo Punta La Cera: notes

Many cays have no landing, so ask an operator first.

Getting to Cayo Punta La Cera

• Navigation: the lighthouse Faro de Cayo Confites stands about 15 km away.