Cayo de Piedra

Cayo de Piedra: coast and water

3010 m at 353°: Lagunato de Palomo (lagoon); 5370 m at 97°: Lagunato Blanco (lagoon); 5750 m at 153°: Punta Jutía (point); 8110 m at 29°: Playa Pilar (beach); 8300 m at 282°: Canalizo El Meganito (channel); 8330 m at 220°: Canalizo Baliza Vieja (channel); 8870 m at 35°: Punta Lechuza (point); 9800 m at 2°: Arrecife de Media Luna (reef).

Cayo de Piedra: islands

1160 m at 160°: Cayos los Derramaderos (islet); 2670 m at 217°: Cayo El Sapo (island); 3440 m at 276°: Cayo Contrabando (islet); 4190 m at 147°: Cayo Jutía (island); 6170 m at 81°: Cayo Valle Cobo (island); 7320 m at 358°: Cayos Hijos de Guillermo (island group); 8700 m at 55°: Cayo Guillermo (island); 8800 m at 98°: Cayos Piedra de la Caridad (island group); 9060 m at 267°: Cayos Los Anegadizos (island group); 9760 m at 28°: Cayo Media Luna (island); 9820 m at 245°: Cayo Candela (island); 13400 m at 60°: Cayo Felipe de Barlovento (island).

Cayo de Piedra: inland

8640 m at 53°: Cayo Guillermo (settlement); 8640 m at 38°: Iberostar Origin Playa Pilar (hotel); 8700 m at 55°: Gran Caribe villa cojimar (hotel); 9700 m at 71°: NH Krystal Laguna Villas & Resort (hotel); 19630 m at 190°: El Pino (locality); 21540 m at 105°: Núñez (locality).

Cayo de Piedra: distances

27300 m at 193°: Kilo 9; 36540 m at 216°: Arroyo de Agua; 36540 m at 216°: Arroyo Prieto Uno; 43010 m at 103°: Jardines Del Rey Airport ; 180820 m at 256°: Port of Cienfuegos (port); 8240 m at 62°: Marina Marlin Cayo Guillermo (marina).

Protected: 23560 m at 108°: Reserva Ecológica de Cayo Coco; 26270 m at 297°: Refugio de Fauna Cayo Santa María.

Cayo de Piedra: close by

180 m at 277°: Cayo Pilón (cay); 1140 m at 29°: Cayos Los Secos de Mariquita (cay); 1160 m at 160°: Cayos los Derramaderos (cay); 2020 m at 93°: Cayo Mortero (cay); 2600 m at 319°: Cayo Langosta (cay); 2680 m at 217°: Cayo El Sapo (cay); 3440 m at 276°: Cayo Contrabando (cay); 3540 m at 305°: Pulicarpio (cay); 3590 m at 290°: Cayo Jején (cay); 3810 m at 348°: Hijo de Guillermito (cay); 4140 m at 36°: Cayo Las Tres Pozas (cay); 4190 m at 147°: Cayo Jutía (cay).

Cayo de Piedra: on and around

Within 15 km: 2 attractions, 1 trails & viewpoints, 1 coral reefs, 1 banks & exchange, 1 surfing & kiteboarding, 1 stadiums & sport, 1 marinas.

9400 m at 75°: flamingo (attractions); 9510 m at 78°: Delfinario (attractions); 9660 m at 69°: Bowling (stadiums & sport); 9730 m at 78°: Marina Marlin Cayo Guillermo (marinas).

Cayo de Piedra: marine life records

585 records of 139 species within 10 km, 1928 to 2026: 238 seabirds and shorebirds, 152 fish, 57 corals, 50 molluscs, 45 crustaceans, 15 echinoderms, 15 seagrass and algae, 8 marine mammals, 3 other, 2 sharks and rays. That is 186.2 records per 100 km².

Most recorded: Himantopus mexicanus, 38 (seabirds and shorebirds); Pelecanus occidentalis, 22 (seabirds and shorebirds); Egretta tricolor, 19 (seabirds and shorebirds); Egretta rufescens, 17 (seabirds and shorebirds); Fregata magnificens, 16 (seabirds and shorebirds); Cardisoma guanhumi, 15 (crustaceans); Acropora palmata, 15 (corals); Platalea ajaja, 15 (seabirds and shorebirds); Arenaria interpres, 14 (seabirds and shorebirds); Acanthopleura granulata, 14 (molluscs); Sterna maxima, 14 (seabirds and shorebirds); Acanthurus coeruleus, 14 (fish).

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

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

Cayo de Piedra: notes

A cay can lie inside a protected area.