Cays & islands · Sancti Spíritus
Cayo Zaza de Afuera
Cayo Zaza de Afuera is a cay at 21°27′21″N 79°34′28″W in Sancti Spíritus province.
Cayo Zaza de Afuera: coast and water
7530 m at 172°: Punta Arrecife (reef); 13670 m at 184°: Médanos de la Vela (reef); 14370 m at 94°: Banco del Medio (shoal); 20140 m at 37°: Punta Las Cruces (point); 20300 m at 30°: Playa Bonita (beach); 20760 m at 354°: Punta Caney (point); 21270 m at 44°: Estero del Tolete (inlet); 21460 m at 19°: Punta Tolete (point); 21560 m at 25°: Laguna Redonda (lagoon); 23020 m at 15°: Laguna de Polizones (lagoon); 25030 m at 96°: Banco Nordeste de Manatí (shoal); 26030 m at 321°: Bajos Las Escobas (shoal); 26200 m at 341°: Ensenada de Guayacanes (cove); 26540 m at 344°: Punta Ocujes (point); 27630 m at 333°: Punta El Ciego (point); 29940 m at 328°: Ensenada Golondrino (cove).
Cayo Zaza de Afuera: islands
370 m at 355°: Cayo Chiquito (island); 16140 m at 352°: Cayo Blanco de Zaza (island); 17630 m at 15°: Cayo La Boca (island); 25980 m at 307°: Cayo Macho de Afuera (island).
Cayo Zaza de Afuera: inland
9560 m at 356°: Sabana de Ciego Banao (settlement); 23080 m at 39°: Beata (locality); 23550 m at 24°: Natividad (airfield); 25260 m at 22°: San Marcos (locality); 25950 m at 25°: Siete de Noviembre (sugar mill); 26090 m at 24°: Pueblo Nuevo (settlement); 26450 m at 360°: El Palmar de Cagüeira (hamlet); 26680 m at 12°: Salado (stream); 26910 m at 21°: Lima (settlement); 27000 m at 27°: Aguachile (settlement); 27270 m at 354°: Cagüira (locality); 27360 m at 353°: Paso (locality).
Cayo Zaza de Afuera: distances
33410 m at 23°: Guasimal; 37210 m at 321°: Playa Las Majaguas; 46800 m at 4°: El Cachual; 57230 m at 310°: Alberto Delgado Airport ; 118080 m at 311°: Port of Cienfuegos (port); 54460 m at 307°: Marina Trinidad (Casilda) (marina).
Cayo Zaza de Afuera: close by
380 m at 356°: Cayo Chiquito (cay); 7530 m at 173°: Punta Arrecife (reef); 11080 m at 183°: Arrecife de la Barbacoa (reef); 13670 m at 184°: Médanos de la Vela (reef); 16140 m at 352°: Cayo Blanco de Zaza (cay); 17940 m at 16°: Cayo La Boca (cay); 19810 m at 7°: Zaza (fishing); 24220 m at 104°: Banco de Manatí (reef); 24900 m at 8°: Camaronera CultiZaza (fishing).
Cayo Zaza de Afuera: marine life records
289 records of 51 species within 10 km, 2001 to 2022: 144 corals, 143 fish, 2 seabirds and shorebirds. That is 92.0 records per 100 km².
Most recorded: Siderastrea siderea, 33 (corals); Agaricia agaricites, 26 (corals); Sparisoma aurofrenatum, 19 (fish); Acanthurus bahianus, 19 (fish); Scarus iseri, 15 (fish); Acanthurus coeruleus, 13 (fish); Porites astreoides, 13 (corals); Orbicella faveolata, 12 (corals); Montastraea, 11 (corals); Orbicella annularis, 10 (corals); Chaetodon capistratus, 10 (fish); Porites porites, 9 (corals).
Records show where people have surveyed, not how many animals there are.
Cayo Zaza de Afuera: notes
Take your rubbish away and keep off the mangrove.
Sources and data
Name and position: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0) (record). Distances are straight-line measurements from these coordinates. Satellite imagery: Esri, Maxar. Named places: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Positions from public gazetteers can be approximate, so confirm a location with a local operator before you travel.