Cayo Grande

Cayo Grande: coast and water

3740 m at 305°: Laguna Boca de Guano (lagoon); 5240 m at 148°: Punta Bayameses (point); 7840 m at 139°: Punta Fraile (point); 8350 m at 121°: Punta Fraile Norte (point); 14600 m at 8°: Placer de Caballones (shoal); 15050 m at 127°: Laguna Mangle Alto (lagoon); 16730 m at 306°: Canal Boca Grande (channel); 20740 m at 300°: Playa Alcatraz (beach); 21270 m at 128°: Canal Caballones (channel); 23290 m at 132°: Punta Caballones (point); 27110 m at 128°: Laguna Las Anclitas (lagoon); 31660 m at 327°: Bajo Los Corrales (shoal); 34270 m at 351°: Cayo Piedra (reef); 37030 m at 7°: Banco Caimanera (shoal); 39730 m at 9°: Canal Cirial (channel); 43020 m at 13°: Bajo Cirial (shoal).

Cayo Grande: islands

4920 m at 128°: Cayos de las Doce Leguas (island group); 9910 m at 129°: Cayo Caballones (island); 17550 m at 119°: Jardines de la Reina (island group); 19190 m at 79°: Cayo Cargado (island); 21090 m at 302°: Cayo Alcatraz (island); 22730 m at 299°: Cayo Alcatracito (island); 25470 m at 300°: Cayo Casimba (islet); 26100 m at 128°: Cayo Anclitas (island group); 27130 m at 342°: Cayo Niara (islet); 34220 m at 125°: Cayo Boca de Piedra Chiquita (island); 36190 m at 123°: Cayo Boca de la Piedra de Piloto (island); 36520 m at 301°: Cayo Bretón (island); 38990 m at 125°: Cayo Piedra Grande (island); 42560 m at 86°: Cayo Mosquito (island group); 42880 m at 123°: Cayos Las Cruces (island group); 45030 m at 67°: Cayo Algodón Grande (island); 47000 m at 341°: Cayo Burgao (island); 48480 m at 127°: Cayos Cachiboca (island group); 51310 m at 111°: Cayo Gordo (island); 53390 m at 108°: Cayo La Lisa (island); 53540 m at 122°: Cayo Mangle Prieto (island); 56510 m at 116°: Cayo Felipe (island); 59150 m at 124°: Laberinto de Las Doce Leguas (island group); 59760 m at 33°: Cayo la Loma (island).

Cayo Grande: distances

77100 m at 48°: Playa Santa María; 91700 m at 352°: La Sierpe; 94170 m at 339°: Guasimal; 130590 m at 316°: Alberto Delgado Airport ; 191320 m at 315°: Port of Cienfuegos (port); 127500 m at 315°: Marina Trinidad (Casilda) (marina).

Protected: 24390 m at 97°: Parque Nacional Jardines de la Reina.

Cayo Grande: close by

4920 m at 128°: Cayos de las Doce Leguas (island group); 9910 m at 129°: Cayo Caballones (cay); 14510 m at 131°: Cayo Mangle Alto (cay); 17550 m at 119°: Jardines de la Reina (island group); 17550 m at 119°: Jardines de la Reina (reef); 17550 m at 119°: Jardines de la Reina (fishing); 19180 m at 79°: Cayo Cargado (cay); 20670 m at 305°: Cayo Inglés (cay); 21090 m at 302°: Cayo Alcatraz (cay); 21130 m at 300°: Cayo Alcatraz Grande (cay); 22730 m at 299°: Cayo Alcatracito (cay); 23170 m at 50°: Cayo Cuervo (cay).

Cayo Grande: on and around

Within 15 km: 1 coral reefs.

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Cayo Grande: marine life records

1246 records of 107 species within 10 km, 1937 to 2025: 663 fish, 560 corals, 12 seabirds and shorebirds, 4 echinoderms, 3 sharks and rays, 2 crustaceans, 2 molluscs. That is 396.6 records per 100 km².

Most recorded: Acropora palmata, 126 (corals); Millepora complanata, 89 (corals); Siderastrea siderea, 73 (corals); Acanthurus coeruleus, 62 (fish); Sparisoma viride, 56 (fish); Orbicella faveolata, 50 (corals); Microspathodon chrysurus, 46 (fish); Porites astreoides, 43 (corals); Acanthurus bahianus, 40 (fish); Lutjanus apodus, 40 (fish); Orbicella annularis, 36 (corals); Scarus iseri, 35 (fish).

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

Cayo Grande: notes

Most cays are reached by boat with a guide.