Médano Vizcaíno

Médano Vizcaíno: coast and water

14180 m at 294°: Herradura de la Sagua (shoal); 17780 m at 201°: Punta del Este (point); 23770 m at 214°: Punta Mangle Prieto (point); 26300 m at 329°: Punta de Espeque (point); 28630 m at 327°: Punta de Piedra (point); 29430 m at 22°: Estero Migote (cove); 29590 m at 214°: Playa Los Coquitos (beach); 30020 m at 327°: Boca de Bandera (channel); 31120 m at 6°: Laguna de las Salinas (lagoon); 32850 m at 17°: Punta Las Navajas (point); 33300 m at 273°: Banco de Los Jardines (shoal); 34130 m at 36°: Punta Perdiz (point); 36370 m at 49°: Playa Girón (beach); 39170 m at 223°: Punta Mal Tiempo (point).

Médano Vizcaíno: islands

21420 m at 11°: Cayo Miguel (island group); 21610 m at 335°: Cayos Blancos del Sur (island group); 22690 m at 56°: Cayo Piedras (island); 25970 m at 12°: Cayo Borracho (island); 27050 m at 148°: Cayos de Dios (island group); 27300 m at 148°: Cayo Oro (island); 27310 m at 152°: Cayo Sal (island); 31550 m at 217°: Cayo Largo (island).

Médano Vizcaíno: inland

27070 m at 212°: Los Cocos (hamlet); 32570 m at 219°: Sol Club Cayo Largo (hotel); 35030 m at 33°: Punta Perdiz (settlement); 35290 m at 33°: Finca Perdices (locality).

Médano Vizcaíno: distances

34140 m at 16°: Playa Los Cocos; 35160 m at 220°: Cayo Largo del Sur; 36570 m at 49°: Playa Girón; 36330 m at 224°: Vilo Acuña International Airport ; 94730 m at 69°: Port of Cienfuegos (port); 38440 m at 227°: Marina Marlin Cayo Largo (marina).

Médano Vizcaíno: close by

1210 m at 299°: Cayo Blanco (cay); 1420 m at 97°: Cabecería de Cayo Blanco (reef); 11720 m at 118°: Cayo Arenoso (cay); 12920 m at 291°: Cayo Sigua (cay); 18210 m at 349°: Las Lavanderas (reef); 20140 m at 359°: Cayo Blanco (cay); 21420 m at 11°: Cayo Miguel (island group); 21610 m at 335°: Cayos Blancos del Sur (island group); 22690 m at 56°: Cayo Piedras (cay); 22850 m at 333°: Cayo Ernest Thaelmann (cay); 22950 m at 19°: Cayo Rancho de Cándido (cay).

Médano Vizcaíno: on and around

Within 15 km: 4 coral reefs.

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Médano Vizcaíno: marine life records

1195 records of 76 species within 10 km, 2001 to 2001: 628 fish, 567 corals. That is 380.4 records per 100 km².

Most recorded: Acropora palmata, 107 (corals); Orbicella annularis, 76 (corals); Siderastrea siderea, 66 (corals); Orbicella faveolata, 51 (corals); Agaricia agaricites, 48 (corals); Scarus iseri, 46 (fish); Sparisoma viride, 46 (fish); Montastraea cavernosa, 45 (corals); Haemulon flavolineatum, 42 (fish); Sparisoma aurofrenatum, 39 (fish); Acanthurus coeruleus, 38 (fish); Porites astreoides, 37 (corals).

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

Médano Vizcaíno: notes

A reef on a gazetteer is not always a dive site.