Cayo del Perro

Cayo del Perro: coast and water

4660 m at 114°: Ensenada Vistela (cove); 5610 m at 313°: Punta La Canal (point); 5930 m at 300°: Canal de Guillermo (channel); 12040 m at 251°: Punta Jutía (point); 12130 m at 314°: Punta Lechuza (point); 12150 m at 99°: Playa Uva Caleta (beach); 12910 m at 310°: Playa Pilar (beach); 14700 m at 95°: Playa La Jaula (beach).

Cayo del Perro: islands

1020 m at 260°: Cayo Agua (islet); 9440 m at 69°: Cayo Jaula (island); 9500 m at 338°: Cayos de San Felipe (island group); 9530 m at 184°: Cayo Salina (islet); 9970 m at 168°: Cayo Partido (island); 10440 m at 200°: Cayo La Manuy (island); 12190 m at 117°: Cayo Coco (islet); 12610 m at 164°: Cayo Eusebio del Este (islet); 12630 m at 163°: Cayo Eusebio (island); 13520 m at 270°: Cayos los Derramaderos (islet); 14150 m at 275°: Cayo Pilón (islet); 17470 m at 278°: Cayo Jején (island).

Cayo del Perro: inland

6450 m at 312°: NH Krystal Laguna Villas & Resort (hotel); 7700 m at 315°: Sol Cayo Guillermo (hotel); 8190 m at 123°: Núñez (locality); 9490 m at 107°: Iberostar Cayo Coco (hotel); 10750 m at 101°: Las Caletas (locality); 11740 m at 313°: Iberostar Origin Playa Pilar (hotel).

Cayo del Perro: distances

32440 m at 218°: Kilo 9; 43550 m at 222°: El Asiento; 45390 m at 231°: Arroyo de Agua; 29280 m at 107°: Jardines Del Rey Airport ; 176630 m at 128°: Port of Nuevitas (port); 8330 m at 307°: Marina Marlin Cayo Guillermo (marina).

Protected: 10510 m at 127°: Reserva Ecológica de Cayo Coco; 39550 m at 289°: Refugio de Fauna Cayo Santa María.

Cayo del Perro: close by

1010 m at 260°: Cayo Agua (cay); 1540 m at 166°: Cayo Toro (cay); 3280 m at 299°: Cayos de Mangle Colorado (island group); 5220 m at 268°: Cayos Piedra de la Caridad (island group); 5510 m at 304°: Boat Adventure (fishing); 6330 m at 12°: Cayuelo del Perro (cay); 7780 m at 260°: Cayo Botella (cay); 8110 m at 285°: Cayo Valle Cobo (cay); 8280 m at 343°: Cayo Felipe de Barlovento (cay); 9140 m at 312°: Cayo Guillermo (cay); 9140 m at 312°: Cayo Guillermo (reef); 9140 m at 312°: Cayo Guillermo (fishing).

Cayo del Perro: on and around

Within 15 km: 3 attractions, 2 trails & viewpoints, 2 banks & exchange, 1 marinas, 1 stadiums & sport, 1 surfing & kiteboarding, 1 parks & reserves, 1 camp sites, 1 historic & heritage, 1 coral reefs.

5400 m at 305°: Marina Marlin Cayo Guillermo (marinas); 5540 m at 304°: Delfinario (attractions); 5950 m at 306°: flamingo (attractions); 6780 m at 313°: Bowling (stadiums & sport); 9520 m at 106°: Parque El Bagá (attractions); 10510 m at 127°: Reserva Ecológica de Cayo Coco (parks & reserves); 11430 m at 99°: Campismo Popular Cayo Coco (camp sites); 11440 m at 99°: El Indio (historic & heritage); 14580 m at 96°: Teatro de Animación (theatres & arts); 14910 m at 95°: Arenas Blancas (cuban cuisine & lechón).

Cayo del Perro: marine life records

611 records of 142 species within 10 km, 1928 to 2026: 246 seabirds and shorebirds, 155 fish, 57 corals, 53 crustaceans, 53 molluscs, 15 seagrass and algae, 14 echinoderms, 9 marine mammals, 5 other, 3 sharks and rays, 1 turtles. That is 194.5 records per 100 km².

Most recorded: Himantopus mexicanus, 39 (seabirds and shorebirds); Pelecanus occidentalis, 25 (seabirds and shorebirds); Egretta tricolor, 22 (seabirds and shorebirds); Egretta rufescens, 19 (seabirds and shorebirds); Platalea ajaja, 18 (seabirds and shorebirds); Fregata magnificens, 16 (seabirds and shorebirds); Cardisoma guanhumi, 15 (crustaceans); Acropora palmata, 15 (corals); Acanthopleura granulata, 14 (molluscs); Acanthurus coeruleus, 14 (fish); Millepora complanata, 13 (corals); Arenaria interpres, 12 (seabirds and shorebirds).

Months with records, marine mammals: Feb 5, Sep 4; seabirds and shorebirds: Jan 2, Feb 13, Mar 25, Apr 2, May 5, Jul 3, Sep 4, Nov 1, Dec 1.

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

Cayo del Perro: notes

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

Getting to Cayo del Perro

• Navigation: the lighthouse Faro de Cayo Jaula stands about 9.4 km away.