Arrecife La Corona

Arrecife La Corona: coast and water

3670 m at 178°: Canalizo El Pino (channel); 5990 m at 125°: Punta Gorda (point); 7560 m at 136°: Canalizo El Santo (channel); 8260 m at 183°: Bahía de Flamenco (bay); 9100 m at 246°: Canal de Juan Claro (channel); 11210 m at 187°: Paso de Sánchez (channel); 12090 m at 171°: Canalizo Nicolás Sánchez (channel); 14200 m at 272°: Las Coloradas (reef); 15500 m at 120°: Boca Falcones (channel); 16810 m at 127°: Punta Mujeres (point); 16930 m at 121°: Punta Blanquizal (point); 18990 m at 175°: Canalizo Fariita (channel); 20040 m at 262°: Canalizo La Empalizada (channel); 20930 m at 147°: Bahía de Santa Clara (bay).

Arrecife La Corona: islands

9450 m at 221°: Cayos Jutías (island group); 11780 m at 104°: Cayo Bahía de Cádiz (island); 12650 m at 252°: Cayos Arenas (island group); 16100 m at 223°: Cayo Rioja (island); 16990 m at 146°: Cayo Esponja (island); 18630 m at 120°: Archipiélago de Sabana (island group); 18890 m at 126°: Cayo Negro Maco (island); 20940 m at 116°: Cayo Blanquizal (island).

Arrecife La Corona: inland

19620 m at 178°: Río Cañas (stream); 21050 m at 186°: Hotel Elguea (hotel); 21290 m at 200°: La Pepa de Machado (locality); 22940 m at 191°: San Ramón (hamlet).

Arrecife La Corona: distances

22010 m at 224°: Salinas Bidos; 25050 m at 228°: Salinas La Teja; 27150 m at 178°: Corralillo; 88680 m at 256°: Juan Gualberto Gomez International Airport ; 101730 m at 259°: Port of Matanzas (port); 55470 m at 262°: Marina Gaviota Varadero (marina).

Arrecife La Corona: close by

1590 m at 303°: Arrecife Los Cabezos (reef); 2420 m at 181°: Cayo Cabezos (cay); 4620 m at 273°: Arrecife Juan Claro (reef); 4900 m at 123°: Arrecife Lavandera de Tierra (reef); 5110 m at 251°: Cayos Juan Clarito (island group); 9450 m at 221°: Cayos Jutías (island group); 11080 m at 239°: Cayo Matancero (cay); 11790 m at 104°: Cayo Bahía de Cádiz (cay); 12020 m at 120°: Cayos Falcones (island group); 12290 m at 270°: Arrecife Las Lavanderas de Punta Arenas (reef); 12650 m at 252°: Cayos Arenas (island group); 13260 m at 146°: Cayo Tinta (cay).

Arrecife La Corona: on and around

Within 15 km: 4 coral reefs.

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Arrecife La Corona: marine life records

250 records of 52 species within 10 km, 2001 to 2001: 160 fish, 90 corals. That is 79.6 records per 100 km².

Most recorded: Millepora complanata, 22 (corals); Acanthurus coeruleus, 15 (fish); Porites astreoides, 13 (corals); Acanthurus bahianus, 13 (fish); Orbicella faveolata, 13 (corals); Haemulon sciurus, 11 (fish); Scarus iseri, 11 (fish); Sparisoma viride, 9 (fish); Sparisoma aurofrenatum, 9 (fish); Montastraea cavernosa, 9 (corals); Microspathodon chrysurus, 8 (fish); Pseudodiploria strigosa, 8 (corals).

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

Arrecife La Corona: notes

Dive within your certification and never touch coral.

Getting to Arrecife La Corona

• Navigation: the lighthouse Faro Cayo Bahía de Cádiz stands about 12 km away.