Landmark· Puerto Rico (east coast)· Virgin Islands (BVI, USVI and Spanish Virgins)

Cayo Largo reef (Fajardo)

18° 18.9′ N · 65° 34.7′ W

A 1.8-mile reef ridge east of Isla de Ramos whose south half dries at low water and always breaks: the main hazard on the direct run from Puerto del Rey toward Vieques Sound.

Practical

Position from OpenStreetMap. Coast Pilot 5: 1.5 miles east of Isla de Ramos; a narrow ridge 1.8 miles long, steep-to on all sides; the south half is awash at low water and the sea always breaks on it; the north half has 4 to 15 ft; buoys mark the west side; current in the channel west of Cayo Largo runs 0.5 knot, flooding south and ebbing northwest.

Best for

Avoiding the breaking reef east of Puerto del Rey