Cayo Sal

Cayo Sal: coast and water

10190 m at 69°: Banco de Jardinillos (shoal); 20560 m at 291°: Punta del Este (point); 22970 m at 283°: Playa Tortuga (beach); 29560 m at 269°: Playa Los Coquitos (beach); 31740 m at 266°: Punta La Primera Curva (point); 32940 m at 265°: Punta La Segunda Curva (point); 39710 m at 263°: Punta Mal Tiempo (point); 48240 m at 340°: Ensenada Palmillas (cove).

Cayo Sal: islands

9270 m at 261°: Cayo Inglés (island); 9680 m at 90°: Cayo Trabuco (island); 14090 m at 79°: Cayo Perro (island); 14420 m at 76°: Cayo Guano del Este (island); 18690 m at 352°: Cayo Arenoso (island); 28330 m at 331°: Cayo Blanco (island); 37280 m at 9°: Cayo Piedras (island); 44210 m at 269°: Cayería Los Majáes (island group); 46170 m at 353°: Cayo Rancho de Cándido (island); 48900 m at 333°: Cayos Blancos del Sur (island group); 54250 m at 269°: Cayos Peraza (island group); 59070 m at 329°: Cayo El Calvario (island).

Cayo Sal: inland

33260 m at 268°: Sol Club Cayo Largo (hotel); 33500 m at 265°: Gran Caribe Playa Blanca (hotel); 33500 m at 265°: playa blanca (hotel); 35590 m at 264°: Lindamar Hotel (hotel); 40270 m at 269°: Combinado (hamlet); 50340 m at 17°: Playa Girón (locality).

Cayo Sal: distances

35430 m at 265°: Cayo Largo del Sur; 39900 m at 263°: Paradise Beach; 50340 m at 17°: Playa Girón; 38380 m at 267°: Vilo Acuña International Airport ; 95140 m at 53°: Port of Cienfuegos (port); 41170 m at 267°: Marina Marlin Cayo Largo (marina).

Cayo Sal: close by

1760 m at 60°: Cayo Oro (cay); 1810 m at 52°: Cayos de Dios (island group); 4890 m at 65°: Cayo La Trinchera (cay); 9270 m at 261°: Cayo Inglés (cay); 9680 m at 91°: Cayo Trabuco (cay); 14090 m at 79°: Cayo Perro (cay); 14400 m at 77°: Cayo Guano (cay); 14420 m at 76°: Cayo Guano del Este (cay); 18690 m at 352°: Cayo Arenoso (cay).

Cayo Sal: on and around

Within 15 km: 5 coral reefs.

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Cayo Sal: marine life records

818 records of 529 species within 10 km, 1960 to 1969: 784 seagrass and algae, 34 other. That is 260.4 records per 100 km².

Most recorded: Galaxaura rugosa, 8 (seagrass and algae); Canistrocarpus cervicornis, 4 (seagrass and algae); Chondriopsis dasyphylla f. pyrifera, 4 (seagrass and algae); Gracilaria blodgettii, 4 (seagrass and algae); Padina gymnospora, 4 (seagrass and algae); Catenella caespitosa, 4 (seagrass and algae); Ulva linza, 4 (seagrass and algae); Acanthophora spicifera, 4 (seagrass and algae); Caulerpa prolifera, 3 (seagrass and algae); Alsidium seaforthii, 3 (seagrass and algae); Gelidiella acerosa, 3 (seagrass and algae); Acetabularia crenulata, 3 (seagrass and algae).

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

Cayo Sal: notes

Land only where a guide allows it.

Getting to Cayo Sal

• Navigation: the lighthouse Faro de Cayo Guano del Este stands about 14 km away.