Diving & reefs · Sancti Spíritus
Médanos de la Vela
Médanos de la Vela is a reef at 21°19′59″N 79°34′59″W in Sancti Spíritus province.
Médanos de la Vela: coast and water
9490 m at 357°: Canal Arrecife (channel); 13420 m at 130°: Canal Bretón (channel); 15180 m at 4°: Bajo de la Araña (shoal); 23270 m at 100°: Bajo Tortuga (shoal); 26480 m at 150°: Punta Bretón (point); 27620 m at 65°: Cabezo de Mantí (shoal); 31750 m at 8°: Punta Ladrillo (point); 31900 m at 9°: Punta Fontiche (point); 32330 m at 11°: Punta Muerto (point); 32890 m at 29°: Estero del Tolete (inlet); 33120 m at 20°: Playa Bonita (beach); 34660 m at 17°: Laguna Redonda (lagoon); 35070 m at 118°: Bajo Los Corrales (shoal); 36510 m at 11°: Laguna de Polizones (lagoon).
Médanos de la Vela: islands
31150 m at 10°: Cayo La Boca (island); 37340 m at 135°: Cayos Cinco Balas (island group); 40770 m at 319°: Cayo Puga (island); 42760 m at 139°: Cayo Alcatracito (island); 43000 m at 329°: Cayo Magua (island); 43120 m at 114°: Cayo Niara (islet); 44880 m at 329°: Cayos Machos de Tierra (island group); 54220 m at 322°: Cayo Tabaco (island).
Médanos de la Vela: inland
23170 m at 1°: Sabana de Ciego Banao (settlement); 36680 m at 36°: Arroyo de Boquerones (stream); 37430 m at 8°: Los Jipios (locality); 38490 m at 16°: San Marcos (locality).
Médanos de la Vela: distances
46560 m at 17°: Guasimal; 48160 m at 332°: Playa Las Majaguas; 59110 m at 36°: La Sierpe; 66270 m at 320°: Alberto Delgado Airport ; 126790 m at 316°: Port of Cienfuegos (port); 63020 m at 318°: Marina Trinidad (Casilda) (marina).
Médanos de la Vela: close by
2600 m at 9°: Arrecife de la Barbacoa (reef); 6460 m at 17°: Punta Arrecife (reef); 13670 m at 4°: Cayo Zaza de Afuera (cay); 14040 m at 4°: Cayo Chiquito (cay).
Médanos de la Vela: marine life records
151 records of 42 species within 10 km, 1992 to 2001: 79 corals, 72 fish. That is 48.1 records per 100 km².
Most recorded: Agaricia agaricites, 15 (corals); Siderastrea siderea, 13 (corals); Orbicella franksi, 9 (corals); Scarus iseri, 9 (fish); Orbicella annularis, 8 (corals); Orbicella faveolata, 8 (corals); Sparisoma viride, 7 (fish); Acanthurus coeruleus, 6 (fish); Sparisoma aurofrenatum, 6 (fish); Montastraea cavernosa, 5 (corals); Porites astreoides, 5 (corals); Acanthurus bahianus, 5 (fish).
Records show where people have surveyed, not how many animals there are.
Médanos de la Vela: notes
Dive within your certification and never touch coral.
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.