Cayo Agua

Cayo Agua: coast and water

4780 m at 108°: Canalizo del Perro (channel); 5060 m at 322°: Punta La Canal (point); 5200 m at 307°: Canal de Guillermo (channel); 5450 m at 245°: Lagunato de la Botella (lagoon); 5530 m at 108°: Ensenada Vistela (cove); 7610 m at 323°: Playa El Paso (beach); 9030 m at 291°: Punta Culebra (point); 14150 m at 260°: Punta Casola (point).

Cayo Agua: islands

8560 m at 317°: Cayo Guillermo (island); 10050 m at 163°: Cayo Partido (island); 10870 m at 258°: Cayo Jutía (island); 11730 m at 301°: Cayo Negro Maco (island); 12520 m at 271°: Cayos los Derramaderos (islet); 12590 m at 281°: Cayos Los Secos de Mariquita (island); 12770 m at 159°: Cayo Eusebio del Este (islet); 12800 m at 158°: Cayo Eusebio (island); 13010 m at 320°: Cayo Media Luna (island); 13620 m at 255°: Cayo Cubera (island); 14580 m at 290°: Hijo de Guillermito (island); 16500 m at 279°: Cayo Jején (island).

Cayo Agua: inland

5890 m at 320°: NH Krystal Laguna Villas & Resort (hotel); 8890 m at 317°: Cayo Guillermo (settlement); 10560 m at 105°: Tryp Cayo Coco (hotel); 11150 m at 317°: Iberostar Origin Playa Pilar (hotel); 11700 m at 99°: Las Caletas (locality); 12360 m at 97°: Oasis Playa Coco (hotel).

Cayo Agua: distances

31690 m at 217°: Kilo 9; 42760 m at 221°: El Asiento; 44500 m at 231°: Arroyo de Agua; 30180 m at 106°: Jardines Del Rey Airport ; 177300 m at 128°: Port of Nuevitas (port); 7670 m at 313°: Marina Marlin Cayo Guillermo (marina).

Protected: 11230 m at 123°: Reserva Ecológica de Cayo Coco; 38660 m at 290°: Refugio de Fauna Cayo Santa María.

Cayo Agua: close by

1010 m at 80°: Cayo del Perro (cay); 1890 m at 134°: Cayo Toro (cay); 2570 m at 313°: Cayos de Mangle Colorado (island group); 4220 m at 270°: Cayos Piedra de la Caridad (island group); 4820 m at 312°: Boat Adventure (fishing); 6770 m at 260°: Cayo Botella (cay); 6780 m at 20°: Cayuelo del Perro (cay); 7210 m at 289°: Cayo Valle Cobo (cay); 8220 m at 350°: Cayo Felipe de Barlovento (cay); 8560 m at 317°: Cayo Guillermo (cay); 8560 m at 317°: Cayo Guillermo (reef); 8560 m at 317°: Cayo Guillermo (fishing).

Cayo Agua: on and around

Within 15 km: 3 attractions, 2 trails & viewpoints, 1 marinas, 1 banks & exchange, 1 stadiums & sport, 1 surfing & kiteboarding, 1 parks & reserves, 1 camp sites, 1 historic & heritage.

4750 m at 314°: Marina Marlin Cayo Guillermo (marinas); 4860 m at 312°: Delfinario (attractions); 5290 m at 314°: flamingo (attractions); 6230 m at 321°: Bowling (stadiums & sport); 10440 m at 104°: Parque El Bagá (attractions); 11230 m at 123°: Reserva Ecológica de Cayo Coco (parks & reserves); 12390 m at 97°: Campismo Popular Cayo Coco (camp sites); 12410 m at 97°: El Indio (historic & heritage).

Cayo Agua: marine life records

607 records of 141 species within 10 km, 1928 to 2026: 249 seabirds and shorebirds, 144 fish, 57 corals, 54 molluscs, 53 crustaceans, 16 seagrass and algae, 15 echinoderms, 11 marine mammals, 5 other, 2 sharks and rays, 1 turtles. That is 193.2 records per 100 km².

Most recorded: Himantopus mexicanus, 39 (seabirds and shorebirds); Pelecanus occidentalis, 25 (seabirds and shorebirds); Egretta tricolor, 21 (seabirds and shorebirds); Egretta rufescens, 19 (seabirds and shorebirds); Fregata magnificens, 17 (seabirds and shorebirds); Platalea ajaja, 17 (seabirds and shorebirds); Cardisoma guanhumi, 15 (crustaceans); Acropora palmata, 15 (corals); Arenaria interpres, 14 (seabirds and shorebirds); Acanthopleura granulata, 14 (molluscs); Sterna maxima, 14 (seabirds and shorebirds); Millepora complanata, 13 (corals).

Months with records, marine mammals: Feb 7, Sep 4; seabirds and shorebirds: Jan 2, Feb 13, Mar 20, Apr 2, May 5, Jul 3, Sep 4, Nov 1, Dec 1.

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

Cayo Agua: notes

Many cays have no landing, so ask an operator first.

Getting to Cayo Agua

• Navigation: the lighthouse Faro de Cayo Jaula stands about 10 km away.