Playa Cayo Cruz

Playa Cayo Cruz: coast and water

9830 m at 140°: Punta La Laguna (point); 11000 m at 316°: Ensenada Negro (bay); 11410 m at 340°: Tributarios de Minerva (reef); 12020 m at 181°: Punta Solo (point); 12070 m at 272°: Ensenada Sureste (cove); 12570 m at 139°: Punta del Este de Cayo Cruz (point); 13120 m at 317°: Canalizo del Partido del Mégano (channel); 15510 m at 267°: Laguna Media Esponja (lagoon).

Playa Cayo Cruz: islands

1710 m at 159°: Cayo Cruz (island); 2160 m at 274°: Cayo Tintorera (island); 6960 m at 187°: Cayo la Guardia (island); 7310 m at 277°: Cayo Caobal (island); 7550 m at 239°: Cayo Ajisito (island); 7710 m at 313°: Cayo del Ahogado (island); 9340 m at 181°: Cayo Yuraguanal (island); 10370 m at 220°: Cayo San Esteban (island); 12680 m at 275°: Cayo Redondo (island); 13050 m at 291°: Cayo Corrales (island); 13930 m at 287°: Cayo Montañés (island); 16940 m at 164°: Cayo Las Bocainas (island).

Playa Cayo Cruz: inland

1240 m at 167°: Iberostar Selection Esmeralda (hotel); 1470 m at 164°: Iberostar Coral Esmeralda (hotel); 7410 m at 223°: Alto del Ají (hill); 28390 m at 140°: Punta El Inglés (locality).

Playa Cayo Cruz: distances

20680 m at 182°: Cayo Romano; 32490 m at 221°: Playa Guaney; 36020 m at 242°: Playa la Mula; 56750 m at 294°: Jardines Del Rey Airport ; 97450 m at 143°: Port of Nuevitas (port); 93950 m at 293°: Marina Marlin Cayo Guillermo (marina).

Playa Cayo Cruz: close by

1700 m at 159°: Cayo Cruz (cay); 2160 m at 274°: Cayo Tintorera (cay); 3830 m at 15°: Bajo de Minerva (reef); 5940 m at 217°: Cayo La Garza (cay); 6610 m at 226°: Cayo Siche (cay); 6960 m at 187°: Cayo la Guardia (cay); 7020 m at 289°: Cayo El Coco (cay); 7240 m at 252°: Cayo Punta del Cristo (cay); 7310 m at 277°: Cayo Caobal (cay); 7550 m at 239°: Cayo Ajisito (cay); 7600 m at 209°: Cayo Alto del Ají (cay); 7710 m at 313°: Cayo del Ahogado (cay).

Playa Cayo Cruz: on and around

Within 15 km: 3 stores & supermarkets, 2 coral reefs, 1 historic & heritage, 1 fuel stations, 1 marinas, 1 attractions.

1840 m at 170°: Iguana (historic & heritage); 2030 m at 164°: Puerto Deportivo (marinas); 2220 m at 155°: Delfinario (attractions).

Playa Cayo Cruz: marine life records

30 records of 22 species within 10 km, 2007 to 2026: 16 seabirds and shorebirds, 7 molluscs, 2 crustaceans, 1 corals, 1 echinoderms, 1 fish, 1 other, 1 seagrass and algae. That is 9.5 records per 100 km².

Most recorded: Platalea ajaja, 5 (seabirds and shorebirds); Sterna maxima, 2 (seabirds and shorebirds); Pelecanus occidentalis, 2 (seabirds and shorebirds); Calidris alba, 2 (seabirds and shorebirds); Calidris minutilla, 2 (seabirds and shorebirds); Phyllonotus pomum, 1 (molluscs); Manicina areolata, 1 (corals); Macrostrombus costatus, 1 (molluscs); Oreaster reticulatus, 1 (echinoderms); Arenaria interpres, 1 (seabirds and shorebirds); Nerita peloronta, 1 (molluscs); Megaceryle alcyon, 1 (seabirds and shorebirds).

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

Playa Cayo Cruz: notes

A cay can lie inside a protected area.