Cayo Coco

Cayo Coco: coast and water

5310 m at 324°: Punta La Jaula (point); 5490 m at 43°: Playa La Jaula (beach); 7550 m at 298°: Ensenada Vistela (cove); 8520 m at 29°: Arrecifes del Puerto (reef); 10030 m at 45°: Punta del Puerto (point); 11960 m at 242°: Pasa Sabandija (channel); 12970 m at 59°: Punta Caimanera (point); 13500 m at 61°: Punta Raza (point).

Cayo Coco: islands

6980 m at 81°: Cayo Coco Island (island); 9070 m at 347°: Cayo Jaula (island); 9900 m at 244°: Cayo Partido (island); 10210 m at 124°: Cayos Las Cayamas (island group); 10370 m at 162°: Cayo Sombrero (island); 12260 m at 251°: Cayo Salina (islet); 16740 m at 131°: Cayo Largo El Coco (island); 16970 m at 288°: Cayos Piedra de la Caridad (island group); 19200 m at 120°: Cayo Pancho la Vega (island); 21150 m at 303°: Cayo Guillermo (island); 21620 m at 289°: Cayo Güincho (island); 23310 m at 156°: Cayos del Canal Nuevo (island group).

Cayo Coco: inland

3300 m at 318°: Colonial Hotel (hotel); 4160 m at 284°: Núñez (locality); 5270 m at 42°: Memories Caribe Beach Resort (hotel); 5900 m at 49°: Melia Jardines Del Rey (hotel); 8210 m at 49°: Memories Flamenco Beach Resort (hotel); 8670 m at 87°: Be Live Playa Coco (hotel).

Cayo Coco: distances

36910 m at 237°: Kilo 9; 43550 m at 204°: Las Charcas; 44450 m at 198°: Morón; 17340 m at 101°: Jardines Del Rey Airport ; 164710 m at 129°: Port of Nuevitas (port); 20440 m at 301°: Marina Marlin Cayo Guillermo (marina).

Protected: 2590 m at 252°: Reserva Ecológica de Cayo Coco.

Cayo Coco: close by

6980 m at 81°: Cayo Coco Island (cay); 8510 m at 29°: Arrecifes del Puerto (reef); 9070 m at 347°: Cayo Jaula (cay); 9710 m at 227°: Cayo Eusebio (cay); 9900 m at 244°: Cayo Partido (cay); 9910 m at 228°: Cayo Eusebio del Este (cay); 10220 m at 124°: Cayos Las Cayamas (island group); 10380 m at 162°: Cayo Sombrero (cay); 11270 m at 291°: Cayo Toro (cay); 11440 m at 227°: Cayo Eusebio del Oeste (cay); 11570 m at 153°: Cayo Rabihorcado (cay); 12030 m at 250°: Cayo Botella (cay).

Cayo Coco: on and around

Within 15 km: 4 banks & exchange, 3 attractions, 3 stadiums & sport, 2 coral reefs, 2 markets & malls, 2 police & fire, 2 factories & works, 2 fuel stations, 2 stations & terminals, 1 parks & reserves.

2590 m at 252°: Reserva Ecológica de Cayo Coco (parks & reserves); 3300 m at 328°: Parque El Bagá (attractions); 3690 m at 6°: Campismo Popular Cayo Coco (camp sites); 3710 m at 6°: El Indio (historic & heritage); 5260 m at 43°: Teatro de Animación (theatres & arts); 5660 m at 44°: Arenas Blancas (cuban cuisine & lechón); 6570 m at 63°: Finca Sitio La Güira (attractions); 8350 m at 49°: Cancha de tenis (stadiums & sport); 13100 m at 95°: Transtur Cayo Coco (stations & terminals); 13690 m at 66°: Fitness Center (stadiums & sport).

Cayo Coco: marine life records

974 records of 232 species within 10 km, 1994 to 2026: 263 seabirds and shorebirds, 244 fish, 132 molluscs, 130 corals, 115 crustaceans, 41 echinoderms, 25 seagrass and algae, 9 marine mammals, 6 other, 4 sharks and rays, 3 turtles, 2 sponges. That is 310.0 records per 100 km².

Most recorded: Pelecanus occidentalis, 42 (seabirds and shorebirds); Porites astreoides, 36 (corals); Oreaster reticulatus, 28 (echinoderms); Coenobita clypeatus, 26 (crustaceans); Cardisoma guanhumi, 26 (crustaceans); Egretta rufescens, 25 (seabirds and shorebirds); Egretta tricolor, 23 (seabirds and shorebirds); Aliger gigas, 22 (molluscs); Himantopus mexicanus, 18 (seabirds and shorebirds); Millepora complanata, 18 (corals); Acanthurus coeruleus, 16 (fish); Acanthurus bahianus, 16 (fish).

Months with records, marine mammals: Feb 4, Mar 1, Jul 2, Sep 2; seabirds and shorebirds: Feb 1, Mar 16, Apr 2, May 1, Jul 1, Aug 2.

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

Cayo Coco: notes

Some cays belong to resorts and are closed to day visitors.

Getting to Cayo Coco

• By road: a causeway (pedraplén) reaches Cayo Coco, mapped in OpenStreetMap as Pedraplén a Cayo Coco.
• Navigation: the lighthouse Faro de Cayo Jaula stands about 9.0 km away.