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Sand cays are formed when tidal action, wind and sea birds deposits, over a long period ot time, coral debris and sand on to reef flats, usually on the leeward side of the reef, but occasionally on the windward side. The weatherWeather comprises all the various phenomena that occur in the atmosphere of a planet. On Earth the regular events include wind, storms, rain, and snow, which occur in the troposphere or the lower part of the atmosphere. Weather is driven by energy from th also affects the formation of cays greatly; large tides would bring much more debris onto the cay and thus make it larger, whilst a hurricane could completely obliterate a cay.

The CayThe Cay is a children's novel by Theodore Taylor about a young boy named Phillip who lives on the island of Curacao during World War II. He then gets stranded on a lonely cay with a black man named Timothy. The book shows the growing relationship between is the title of a book by Theodore Taylor .