Diving & reefs · Villa Clara
Arrecife Lavandera de Tierra
Arrecife Lavandera de Tierra is a reef at 23°12′21″N 80°33′14″W in Villa Clara province.
Arrecife Lavandera de Tierra: coast and water
2730 m at 196°: Canalizo Soriano (channel); 3740 m at 138°: Canal La Cubera (channel); 4110 m at 255°: Canalizo El Pino (channel); 4970 m at 135°: Canalizo La Cuberita (channel); 6700 m at 257°: Canal de La Corona (channel); 6750 m at 265°: Canal La Palometa (channel); 7190 m at 248°: Laguna de Flamenco (lagoon); 7600 m at 99°: Boca Ciega (channel); 9610 m at 194°: Canalizo Nicolás Sánchez (channel); 10110 m at 213°: Paso de Sánchez (channel); 10600 m at 118°: Boca Falcones (channel); 13410 m at 267°: Canal del Pargo (channel); 16500 m at 189°: Canalizo Fariita (channel); 18580 m at 280°: Las Coloradas (reef).
Arrecife Lavandera de Tierra: islands
7290 m at 92°: Cayo Bahía de Cádiz (island); 8990 m at 159°: Cayo Tinta (island); 14020 m at 218°: Cayo Coco (island); 16240 m at 266°: Cayos Arenas (island group); 17690 m at 239°: Cayo Rioja (island); 18430 m at 269°: Cayo Ranas (island); 20570 m at 138°: Cayo Mosquitico (island); 21120 m at 124°: Cayo Barco Perdido (island).
Arrecife Lavandera de Tierra: inland
17470 m at 208°: El Roblar (locality); 19750 m at 194°: Pepín (locality); 20810 m at 214°: La Pepa de Machado (locality); 21240 m at 188°: Dos Hermanos (locality).
Arrecife Lavandera de Tierra: distances
23450 m at 235°: Salinas Bidos; 24670 m at 187°: Corralillo; 26530 m at 162°: Playa La Fe; 92120 m at 258°: Juan Gualberto Gomez International Airport ; 105330 m at 261°: Port of Matanzas (port); 59290 m at 265°: Marina Gaviota Varadero (marina).
Arrecife Lavandera de Tierra: close by
4190 m at 273°: Cayo Cabezos (cay); 4900 m at 303°: Arrecife La Corona (reef); 6490 m at 303°: Arrecife Los Cabezos (reef); 7130 m at 118°: Cayos Falcones (island group); 7290 m at 92°: Cayo Bahía de Cádiz (cay); 8990 m at 159°: Cayo Tinta (cay); 9030 m at 276°: Cayos Juan Clarito (island group); 9210 m at 288°: Arrecife Juan Claro (reef); 11280 m at 247°: Cayos Jutías (island group); 12670 m at 156°: Cayo Esponja (cay); 13370 m at 211°: Cayo Negro (cay); 13730 m at 119°: Archipiélago de Sabana (island group).
Arrecife Lavandera de Tierra: on and around
Within 15 km: 4 coral reefs.
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Arrecife Lavandera de Tierra: marine life records
515 records of 70 species within 10 km, 1997 to 2009: 309 fish, 204 corals, 1 seabirds and shorebirds, 1 marine mammals. That is 163.9 records per 100 km².
Most recorded: Porites astreoides, 37 (corals); Orbicella faveolata, 31 (corals); Acanthurus coeruleus, 28 (fish); Millepora complanata, 28 (corals); Acanthurus bahianus, 23 (fish); Haemulon sciurus, 21 (fish); Pseudodiploria clivosa, 20 (corals); Montastraea cavernosa, 18 (corals); Pseudodiploria strigosa, 17 (corals); Haemulon plumierii, 16 (fish); Haemulon flavolineatum, 16 (fish); Scarus iseri, 16 (fish).
Records show where people have surveyed, not how many animals there are.
Arrecife Lavandera de Tierra: notes
Hotels and dive centres arrange guides and equipment.
Getting to Arrecife Lavandera de Tierra
- Navigation: the lighthouse Faro Cayo Bahía de Cádiz stands about 7.4 km away.
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.