Cayo Antón Grande

Cayo Antón Grande: coast and water

5310 m at 162°: Punta Cayo La Aguada (point); 7150 m at 297°: Ensenada de Paredón (cove); 9460 m at 314°: Playa del Norte (beach); 18800 m at 273°: Canal de Paredón Grande (channel); 20240 m at 117°: Canalizo del Partido del Mégano (channel); 21960 m at 278°: Laguna El Níspero (lagoon); 22550 m at 149°: Laguna Media Esponja (lagoon); 23580 m at 299°: Arrecife Largo (reef).

Cayo Antón Grande: islands

1840 m at 162°: Cayo Vaca (island); 4300 m at 282°: Cayo Mosca (islet); 9340 m at 319°: Cayo Sigua (islet); 9600 m at 155°: Cayo Cobo (island); 12830 m at 139°: Cayo Caimán (island); 13230 m at 127°: Cayo Mégano Chico (island); 13820 m at 278°: Cayo del Medio (islet); 16520 m at 230°: Cayo Alto de Juan Saez (island); 16540 m at 278°: Cayos Las Auras (island); 20050 m at 137°: Cayo Montañés (island); 20990 m at 125°: Cayo Guanal (island); 21280 m at 179°: Cayo Curiana (islet).

Cayo Antón Grande: inland

10720 m at 311°: Paredon Grande (airfield); 16340 m at 234°: Alto de Juan Sáez (hill); 23940 m at 286°: Casasa (locality); 29740 m at 295°: Bluebay Cayo coco (hotel); 29770 m at 273°: La Bandera (locality).

Cayo Antón Grande: distances

35860 m at 187°: Playa la Mula; 43340 m at 172°: Playa Guaney; 46870 m at 215°: Bolivia; 25100 m at 281°: Jardines Del Rey Airport ; 129020 m at 138°: Port of Nuevitas (port); 62030 m at 287°: Marina Marlin Cayo Guillermo (marina).

Cayo Antón Grande: close by

1840 m at 162°: Cayo Vaca (cay); 4300 m at 282°: Cayo Mosca (cay); 5920 m at 142°: Cayo Antón Chico (cay); 6430 m at 299°: Cayo Elías (cay); 7620 m at 283°: Cayo Los Paisajes (cay); 9340 m at 319°: Cayo Sigua (cay); 9360 m at 319°: Roca Paredón (cay); 9460 m at 297°: Cayo Paredón (cay); 9610 m at 155°: Cayo Cobo (cay); 10280 m at 311°: Cayo Paredón Grande (cay); 10880 m at 310°: Cayo Paredón Pelado (cay); 11510 m at 288°: Cayo Los Santos (cay).

Cayo Antón Grande: on and around

Within 15 km: 4 coral reefs, 1 marinas.

7190 m at 309°: Paredón pesca (marinas).

Cayo Antón Grande: marine life records

350 records of 81 species within 10 km, 1994 to 2025: 167 fish, 107 corals, 56 seabirds and shorebirds, 11 crustaceans, 5 molluscs, 3 seagrass and algae, 1 sponges. That is 111.4 records per 100 km².

Most recorded: Porites astreoides, 25 (corals); Millepora complanata, 24 (corals); Acropora palmata, 21 (corals); Microspathodon chrysurus, 16 (fish); Acanthurus bahianus, 14 (fish); Pseudodiploria clivosa, 14 (corals); Acanthurus coeruleus, 13 (fish); Haemulon sciurus, 12 (fish); Lutjanus apodus, 12 (fish); Sparisoma viride, 12 (fish); Haemulon plumierii, 11 (fish); Pseudodiploria strigosa, 10 (corals).

Months with records, seabirds and shorebirds: Jan 1, Feb 4, Mar 2, May 1, Nov 1.

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

Cayo Antón Grande: notes

Most cays are reached by boat with a guide.

Getting to Cayo Antón Grande

• Navigation: the lighthouse Faro Cayo Paredón Grande stands about 11 km away.