Cayo Coco Island

Cayo Coco Island: coast and water

5960 m at 2°: Punta del Puerto (point); 6060 m at 15°: Playa Prohibida (beach); 7430 m at 50°: Playa Larga (beach); 8390 m at 60°: Punta Colorada (point); 9650 m at 76°: Punta Coco (point); 9700 m at 79°: Ensenada de Bautista (cove); 10520 m at 288°: Punta La Jaula (point); 12360 m at 283°: Canalizo Ginebra (channel).

Cayo Coco Island: islands

6980 m at 261°: Cayo Coco (islet); 11590 m at 188°: Cayo Rabihorcado (island); 14540 m at 138°: Cayo Pancho la Vega (island); 16220 m at 241°: Cayo Eusebio del Este (islet); 18060 m at 116°: Cayo Salado (island); 18310 m at 284°: Cayo del Perro (island); 19170 m at 254°: Cayo Salina (islet); 19520 m at 303°: Cayuelo del Perro (island); 22060 m at 256°: Cayo La Manuy (island); 23390 m at 280°: Cayos Piedra de la Caridad (island group); 24480 m at 103°: Cayo Los Santos (islet); 24530 m at 143°: Cayo Puta (island).

Cayo Coco Island: inland

1910 m at 112°: Be Live Playa Coco (hotel); 3710 m at 319°: Melia Jardines Del Rey (hotel); 4080 m at 314°: Bluebay Cayo Coco (hotel); 4080 m at 74°: Cayo Coco (settlement); 7270 m at 47°: Hotel Colonial Cayo Coco (hotel); 7590 m at 57°: Iberostar Mojito (hotel).

Cayo Coco Island: distances

43400 m at 241°: Kilo 9; 47740 m at 211°: Las Charcas; 48020 m at 171°: Bolivia; 11070 m at 114°: Jardines Del Rey Airport ; 160170 m at 131°: Port of Nuevitas (port); 26160 m at 291°: Marina Marlin Cayo Guillermo (marina).

Protected: 9540 m at 258°: Reserva Ecológica de Cayo Coco.

Cayo Coco Island: close by

6900 m at 336°: Arrecifes del Puerto (reef); 6980 m at 261°: Cayo Coco (cay); 7010 m at 167°: Cayos Las Cayamas (island group); 7530 m at 53°: Diving and Nautical Center (reef); 8580 m at 63°: Diving Center (reef); 10070 m at 74°: Cayuelo Coco (cay); 11590 m at 188°: Cayo Rabihorcado (cay); 11620 m at 199°: Cayo Sombrero (cay); 11830 m at 311°: Cayo Jaula (cay); 13360 m at 154°: Cayo Largo El Coco (cay); 13430 m at 154°: Cayos Largo el Coco (cay); 14320 m at 81°: Arrecife Largo (reef).

Cayo Coco Island: on and around

Within 15 km: 5 attractions, 5 coral reefs, 4 banks & exchange, 4 factories & works, 3 theatres & arts, 3 stadiums & sport, 2 stores & supermarkets, 2 markets & malls, 2 police & fire, 2 fuel stations.

2080 m at 331°: Finca Sitio La Güira (attractions); 4160 m at 315°: Arenas Blancas (cuban cuisine & lechón); 4280 m at 310°: Teatro de Animación (theatres & arts); 4440 m at 352°: Cancha de tenis (stadiums & sport); 6550 m at 110°: Transtur Cayo Coco (stations & terminals); 6970 m at 292°: El Indio (historic & heritage); 6980 m at 291°: Campismo Popular Cayo Coco (camp sites); 7180 m at 51°: Fitness Center (stadiums & sport); 8050 m at 62°: Rocarena Climbing Center (attractions); 8190 m at 62°: Sport Court (stadiums & sport).

Cayo Coco Island: marine life records

1915 records of 326 species within 10 km, 1994 to 2026: 623 seabirds and shorebirds, 431 fish, 291 corals, 177 molluscs, 140 crustaceans, 138 sponges, 44 echinoderms, 38 seagrass and algae, 14 marine mammals, 12 other, 4 sharks and rays, 3 turtles. That is 609.6 records per 100 km².

Most recorded: Pelecanus occidentalis, 82 (seabirds and shorebirds); Arenaria interpres, 64 (seabirds and shorebirds); Sterna maxima, 53 (seabirds and shorebirds); Millepora complanata, 51 (corals); Porites astreoides, 43 (corals); Pluvialis squatarola, 41 (seabirds and shorebirds); Egretta rufescens, 41 (seabirds and shorebirds); Egretta tricolor, 39 (seabirds and shorebirds); Demospongiae, 37 (sponges); Cardisoma guanhumi, 37 (crustaceans); Acanthurus bahianus, 36 (fish); Coenobita clypeatus, 33 (crustaceans).

Months with records, marine mammals: Feb 4, Mar 1, Jul 2, Sep 7; seabirds and shorebirds: Jan 14, Feb 67, Mar 43, Apr 1, May 12, Jul 1, Aug 2, Nov 3.

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

Cayo Coco Island: notes

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

Getting to Cayo Coco Island

• Navigation: the lighthouse Faro de Cayo Jaula stands about 12 km away.