Cayo Vaca

Cayo Vaca: coast and water

3660 m at 172°: Punta Bopre (point); 12190 m at 315°: Faro Diego Velazquez (lighthouse); 15360 m at 197°: Laguna Cubera (lagoon); 17480 m at 193°: Punta Cubera (point); 18030 m at 112°: Punta del Partido del Mégano (point); 21540 m at 141°: Ensenada Sureste (cove); 22820 m at 274°: Canalizo Perico Díaz (channel); 22840 m at 282°: Laguna El Níspero (lagoon).

Cayo Vaca: islands

7880 m at 308°: Cayo Elías (islet); 11050 m at 322°: Cayo Sigua (islet); 11160 m at 135°: Cayo Caimán (island); 11900 m at 315°: Cayo Paredón Grande (island); 15110 m at 289°: Cayo Ramón (islet); 17080 m at 140°: Cayo Cuerno (island); 18410 m at 134°: Cayo Montañés (island); 19540 m at 181°: Cayo Curiana (islet); 20790 m at 128°: Cayo Boca del Atravesado (island); 21370 m at 129°: Cayo La Pasa (island); 22340 m at 124°: Cayo Jaco (island); 22360 m at 247°: Cayo Puta (island).

Cayo Vaca: inland

12340 m at 316°: Paredon Grande (airfield); 15870 m at 240°: Alto de Juan Sáez (hill); 25020 m at 289°: Casasa (locality).

Cayo Vaca: distances

34210 m at 189°: Playa la Mula; 41540 m at 173°: Playa Guaney; 45450 m at 146°: Cayo Romano; 26040 m at 284°: Jardines Del Rey Airport ; 127340 m at 138°: Port of Nuevitas (port); 63120 m at 289°: Marina Marlin Cayo Guillermo (marina).

Cayo Vaca: close by

1840 m at 342°: Cayo Antón Grande (cay); 4240 m at 133°: Cayo Antón Chico (cay); 5460 m at 299°: Cayo Mosca (cay); 7790 m at 153°: Cayo Cobo (cay); 7880 m at 308°: Cayo Elías (cay); 8720 m at 293°: Cayo Los Paisajes (cay); 10850 m at 304°: Cayo Paredón (cay); 11050 m at 322°: Cayo Sigua (cay); 11080 m at 323°: Roca Paredón (cay); 11160 m at 135°: Cayo Caimán (cay); 11770 m at 121°: Cayo Mégano Chico (cay); 11890 m at 315°: Cayo Paredón Grande (cay).

Cayo Vaca: on and around

Within 15 km: 3 coral reefs, 1 marinas.

8790 m at 316°: Paredón pesca (marinas).

Cayo Vaca: marine life records

350 records of 81 species within 10 km, 1994 to 2025: 167 fish, 107 corals, 56 seabirds and shorebirds, 11 crustaceans, 5 molluscs, 3 seagrass and algae, 1 sponges. That is 111.4 records per 100 km².

Most recorded: Porites astreoides, 25 (corals); Millepora complanata, 24 (corals); Acropora palmata, 21 (corals); Microspathodon chrysurus, 16 (fish); Acanthurus bahianus, 14 (fish); Pseudodiploria clivosa, 14 (corals); Acanthurus coeruleus, 13 (fish); Haemulon sciurus, 12 (fish); Lutjanus apodus, 12 (fish); Sparisoma viride, 12 (fish); Haemulon plumierii, 11 (fish); Pseudodiploria strigosa, 10 (corals).

Months with records, seabirds and shorebirds: Jan 1, Feb 4, Mar 2, May 1, Nov 1.

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

Cayo Vaca: notes

Most cays are reached by boat with a guide.

Getting to Cayo Vaca

• Navigation: the lighthouse Faro Cayo Paredón Grande stands about 12 km away.