Cays & islands · Ciego de Ávila
Cayo del Medio
Cayo del Medio is a cay at 22°26′13″N 78°13′17″W in Ciego de Ávila province.
Cayo del Medio: coast and water
5280 m at 313°: Pasa Quebrada el Queche (channel); 7580 m at 49°: Faro Diego Velazquez (lighthouse); 8130 m at 279°: Laguna El Níspero (lagoon); 8270 m at 56°: Playa del Norte (beach); 14710 m at 308°: Ensenada de Bautista (cove); 17570 m at 309°: Playa Colorada (beach); 18160 m at 304°: Laguna la Colorada (lagoon); 20490 m at 308°: Punta Raza (point).
Cayo del Medio: islands
2720 m at 277°: Cayos Las Auras (island); 4690 m at 11°: Cayo Paredón de Lado (island); 4920 m at 260°: Cayo Soldado (islet); 12080 m at 252°: Cayo Pancho la Vega (island); 13940 m at 207°: Cayo Puta (island); 15330 m at 209°: Cayo La Aguada (island); 16110 m at 252°: Cayo Largo El Coco (island); 18570 m at 111°: Cayo Antón Chico (island); 23250 m at 259°: Cayo Rabihorcado (island); 24640 m at 224°: Cayo La Higuereta (island); 24970 m at 118°: Cayo Caimán (island); 25180 m at 261°: Cayo Sombrero (island).
Cayo del Medio: inland
10420 m at 296°: Casasa (locality); 11550 m at 178°: Alto de Juan Sáez (hill); 16060 m at 268°: La Bandera (locality); 17650 m at 309°: Sol Club Cayo Coco (hotel); 19080 m at 296°: Cayo Coco (settlement); 20380 m at 288°: Be Live Playa Coco (hotel).
Cayo del Medio: distances
38560 m at 166°: Playa la Mula; 42390 m at 198°: Bolivia; 48900 m at 157°: Playa Guaney; 11310 m at 284°: Jardines Del Rey Airport ; 139840 m at 135°: Port of Nuevitas (port); 48440 m at 290°: Marina Marlin Cayo Guillermo (marina).
Protected: 30920 m at 280°: Reserva Ecológica de Cayo Coco.
Cayo del Medio: close by
1300 m at 359°: Cayo Ramón (cay); 2730 m at 277°: Cayos Las Auras (cay); 2750 m at 276°: Cayo Aura (cay); 3120 m at 60°: Cayo Los Santos (cay); 4690 m at 11°: Cayo Paredón de Lado (cay); 4720 m at 11°: Cayo Paredón del Medio (cay); 4890 m at 262°: Cayo Salado (cay); 4920 m at 260°: Cayo Soldado (cay); 5050 m at 260°: Fishing spot (fishing); 5050 m at 260°: Fishing spot (fishing); 5610 m at 299°: Cayo Queche (cay); 5810 m at 65°: Cayo Paredón (cay).
Cayo del Medio: on and around
Within 15 km: 7 coral reefs, 2 factories & works, 1 marinas, 1 peaks & volcanoes, 1 clinics & polyclinics.
8510 m at 72°: Paredón pesca (marinas); 12630 m at 174°: Alto de Juan Sáez (peaks & volcanoes).
Cayo del Medio: marine life records
400 records of 122 species within 10 km, 1994 to 2025: 214 fish, 81 seabirds and shorebirds, 59 corals, 15 molluscs, 12 crustaceans, 5 echinoderms, 4 other, 3 marine mammals, 3 seagrass and algae, 2 sponges, 2 sharks and rays. That is 127.3 records per 100 km².
Most recorded: Acropora palmata, 17 (corals); Millepora complanata, 16 (corals); Porites astreoides, 15 (corals); Lutjanus apodus, 14 (fish); Ocyurus chrysurus, 14 (fish); Sterna maxima, 11 (seabirds and shorebirds); Haemulon sciurus, 10 (fish); Acanthurus coeruleus, 10 (fish); Microspathodon chrysurus, 9 (fish); Acanthurus bahianus, 8 (fish); Tringa semipalmata, 8 (seabirds and shorebirds); Sparisoma viride, 8 (fish).
Months with records, marine mammals: Feb 2, Sep 1; seabirds and shorebirds: Jan 1, Feb 6, Mar 9, May 1, Jul 1, Nov 1.
Records show where people have surveyed, not how many animals there are.
Cayo del Medio: notes
Most cays are reached by boat with a guide.
Getting to Cayo del Medio
- Navigation: the lighthouse Faro Cayo Paredón Grande stands about 7.6 km away.
Sources and data
Name and position: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0) (record). Distances are straight-line measurements from these coordinates. Satellite imagery: Esri, Maxar. Named places: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Positions from public gazetteers can be approximate, so confirm a location with a local operator before you travel.