Zona de Pesca

Zona de Pesca: coast and water

7500 m at 248°: Laguna Tortuguilla (lagoon); 8520 m at 143°: Faro de Colón (lighthouse); 15770 m at 213°: Ensenada el Rincón (cove); 15810 m at 148°: Punta Sotavento (point); 16570 m at 152°: Playa Chuchú (beach); 16650 m at 149°: Punta Peña Redonda (point); 17550 m at 252°: Cayo Sabinal Playa Resbalosa (beach); 17820 m at 203°: Bahía Número Uno (bay); 17850 m at 270°: Cayo Sabinal Laguna Salsipuedes (lagoon); 18890 m at 200°: Punta Cayuela (point); 18970 m at 160°: Punta del Pitirre (point); 19720 m at 138°: Punta de los Muertos (point).

Zona de Pesca: islands

12820 m at 241°: Cayo Sabinal (island); 18980 m at 158°: Cayo La Música (island); 19340 m at 255°: Cayo Los Casimbones Sur de Sabinal (islet); 22360 m at 184°: Cayo Ballenato del Medio (island group); 27540 m at 283°: Cayo Loguera (island); 27560 m at 284°: Cayo Guao (island).

Zona de Pesca: inland

5410 m at 330°: Paso el Aura (locality); 16430 m at 144°: La Boca (settlement); 18530 m at 266°: Laguna Jicacal (pond); 18890 m at 194°: Puerto Bufadero (settlement); 20750 m at 189°: Puerto de Pastelillo (settlement); 20860 m at 209°: San Jacinto (settlement); 20920 m at 202°: Estación de Número Uno (railway station); 21420 m at 201°: Nuevitas (town).

Zona de Pesca: distances

12980 m at 240°: Cayo Sabinal; 16540 m at 152°: Playa Chuch; 17300 m at 141°: Playa la Boca; 75930 m at 244°: Ignacio Agramonte International Airport ; 20670 m at 200°: Port of Nuevitas (port); 179460 m at 302°: Marina Marlin Cayo Guillermo (marina).

Protected: 7470 m at 168°: Reserva Ecológica Maternillos Tortuguilla; 17750 m at 161°: Refugio de la Fauna; 21920 m at 183°: Reserva Natural Los Ballenatos.

Zona de Pesca: close by

7200 m at 148°: Arrecife Cayo Sabinal (reef); 8740 m at 152°: Cayo Pájaro (cay); 12820 m at 241°: Cayo Sabinal (cay); 16220 m at 297°: Zona de Pesca (fishing); 17750 m at 203°: Zona de Pesca (fishing); 18080 m at 134°: Arrecife Playa Santa Lucía (reef); 18430 m at 198°: Puerto Tarafa (fishing); 18630 m at 200°: El Barco Hundido (reef); 18980 m at 158°: Cayo La Música (cay); 19340 m at 255°: Cayo Los Casimbones Sur de Sabinal (cay); 20160 m at 185°: Antiguo Espigón (fishing); 20360 m at 133°: Arrecife Playa Santa Lucía (reef).

Zona de Pesca: on and around

Within 15 km: 32 coral reefs, 3 trails & viewpoints, 1 parks & reserves, 1 stations & terminals.

7470 m at 168°: Reserva Ecológica Maternillos Tortuguilla (parks & reserves); 11730 m at 261°: Playa Los Pinos (8km) (trails & viewpoints); 11770 m at 261°: Playa Bonita (25km) (trails & viewpoints); 11880 m at 261°: Nuevitas (30km) (trails & viewpoints); 14650 m at 151°: Playa Bonita (stations & terminals).

Zona de Pesca: marine life records

182 records of 46 species within 10 km, 1938 to 2017: 117 sponges, 62 corals, 1 molluscs, 1 echinoderms, 1 fish. That is 57.9 records per 100 km².

Most recorded: Demospongiae, 30 (sponges); Stichopathes, 18 (corals); Plexauridae, 18 (corals); Agelas, 13 (sponges); Xestospongia, 11 (sponges); Spirastrellidae, 9 (sponges); Agelas sceptrum, 9 (sponges); Aplysina fulva, 7 (sponges); Agelas citrina, 6 (sponges); Chironephthya caribaea, 5 (corals); Ellisella, 5 (corals); Stylasteridae, 4 (corals).

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

Zona de Pesca: notes

Boat, guide and permit usually come with a booked trip.

Getting to Zona de Pesca

• Navigation: the lighthouse Faro de Punta Maternillos stands about 8.5 km away.