Arrecife de Media Luna

Arrecife de Media Luna: coast and water

9420 m at 122°: Playa El Paso (beach); 11590 m at 133°: Canal de Guillermo (channel); 12610 m at 170°: Lagunato de Mortero (lagoon); 15110 m at 172°: Punta Jutía (point); 16380 m at 289°: Cayo Caimán Grande Lighthouse (lighthouse); 16650 m at 129°: Boca Cayo Toro (channel); 16690 m at 263°: Cabezo Los Colorados (reef); 17560 m at 126°: Punta del Perro (point); 22280 m at 221°: Canalizo Patabán (channel); 23030 m at 123°: Canalizo Ginebra (channel); 23170 m at 273°: Punta del Este de Santa María (point); 27910 m at 179°: Boca Cadena (channel); 28180 m at 189°: Punta de San Juan (point); 28540 m at 173°: Punta Jiguaní (point).

Arrecife de Media Luna: islands

2560 m at 194°: Cayos Hijos de Guillermo (island group); 8300 m at 125°: Cayo Guillermo (island); 9360 m at 204°: Cayo Jején (island); 9530 m at 284°: Cayo Caimancito (island); 10160 m at 202°: Cayo Contrabando (islet); 10170 m at 220°: Cayo Flores (island); 11790 m at 204°: Cayo La Cáscara (island); 12090 m at 189°: Cayo El Sapo (island).

Arrecife de Media Luna: inland

5760 m at 121°: Iberostar Origin Playa Pilar (hotel); 7970 m at 125°: Cayo Guillermo (settlement); 10470 m at 126°: Melia Cayo Guillermo (hotel); 11640 m at 127°: Allegro Club Cayo Guillermo (hotel).

Arrecife de Media Luna: distances

36970 m at 190°: Kilo 9; 45020 m at 209°: Arroyo de Agua; 45020 m at 209°: Arroyo Prieto Uno; 45930 m at 115°: Jardines Del Rey Airport ; 183760 m at 253°: Port of Cienfuegos (port); 9100 m at 131°: Marina Marlin Cayo Guillermo (marina).

Protected: 23860 m at 275°: Refugio de Fauna Cayo Santa María; 27920 m at 128°: Reserva Ecológica de Cayo Coco.

Arrecife de Media Luna: close by

2560 m at 194°: Cayos Hijos de Guillermo (island group); 2590 m at 248°: Cabezo de Vaca (reef); 2590 m at 191°: Hijo de Guillermo (cay); 3090 m at 175°: Hijo de Guillermo (cay); 4330 m at 105°: Cayo Media Luna (cay); 5460 m at 185°: Cayo Guillermito (cay); 5650 m at 154°: Cayo Negro Maco (cay); 6170 m at 191°: Hijo de Guillermito (cay); 6760 m at 162°: Cayo Las Tres Pozas (cay); 8120 m at 195°: Cayo Langosta (cay); 8300 m at 125°: Cayo Guillermo (cay); 8300 m at 125°: Cayo Guillermo (reef).

Arrecife de Media Luna: on and around

Within 15 km: 2 attractions, 1 coral reefs, 1 surfing & kiteboarding, 1 stadiums & sport, 1 banks & exchange, 1 trails & viewpoints, 1 marinas.

10670 m at 126°: Bowling (stadiums & sport); 11480 m at 130°: flamingo (attractions); 11910 m at 131°: Delfinario (attractions); 12030 m at 130°: Marina Marlin Cayo Guillermo (marinas).

Arrecife de Media Luna: marine life records

592 records of 147 species within 10 km, 1928 to 2026: 233 seabirds and shorebirds, 160 fish, 59 corals, 49 molluscs, 44 crustaceans, 18 echinoderms, 15 seagrass and algae, 9 marine mammals, 3 other, 2 sharks and rays. That is 188.4 records per 100 km².

Most recorded: Himantopus mexicanus, 38 (seabirds and shorebirds); Pelecanus occidentalis, 22 (seabirds and shorebirds); Egretta tricolor, 19 (seabirds and shorebirds); Egretta rufescens, 17 (seabirds and shorebirds); Fregata magnificens, 16 (seabirds and shorebirds); Cardisoma guanhumi, 15 (crustaceans); Acropora palmata, 15 (corals); Platalea ajaja, 15 (seabirds and shorebirds); Arenaria interpres, 14 (seabirds and shorebirds); Acanthopleura granulata, 14 (molluscs); Sterna maxima, 14 (seabirds and shorebirds); Acanthurus coeruleus, 14 (fish).

Months with records, marine mammals: Feb 4, Sep 5; seabirds and shorebirds: Jan 2, Feb 13, Mar 20, May 3, Jul 2, Sep 4, Nov 1, Dec 1.

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

Arrecife de Media Luna: notes

Protected waters have their own rules.