Cayo Grande

Cayo Grande: coast and water

2050 m at 68°: Punta Jagüey (point); 2360 m at 262°: Bahía de Levisa (bay); 2540 m at 137°: Punta Copal (point); 3340 m at 115°: Bahía de Carbónico (bay); 3490 m at 297°: Punta Gorda (point); 3780 m at 50°: Boca de Carenerito (inlet); 3930 m at 62°: Punta Carenerito (point); 3930 m at 118°: Ensenada Represa (cove).

Cayo Grande: islands

1850 m at 180°: Cayo Lechuza (island); 2320 m at 181°: Cayo Santillana (island); 2350 m at 322°: Cayo Pájaros (island); 3460 m at 270°: Cayo Ratón (island); 3710 m at 180°: Cayo Tortuga (island); 4320 m at 295°: Cayo Limón (island); 4320 m at 245°: Cayos las Pedronas (island group); 6940 m at 270°: Cayo Yarey Grande (island); 6940 m at 270°: Cayo Yarey Chico (island); 7170 m at 270°: Cayo Madama (islet).

Cayo Grande: inland

3600 m at 70°: Carenerito (settlement); 3670 m at 212°: Río Levisa (stream); 3710 m at 180°: Arroyo Manatí (stream); 5080 m at 223°: El Purio (locality); 5300 m at 176°: Dos Caminos (settlement); 6250 m at 147°: Cabonico (settlement).

Cayo Grande: distances

6020 m at 226°: Nicaro-Levisa; 6520 m at 63°: Corinthia Beach; 6890 m at 148°: Cabonico; 85140 m at 275°: Frank Pais International Airport ; 28470 m at 299°: Port of Antilla (port); 91100 m at 206°: Marina Marlin Santiago de Cuba (marina).

Protected: 20350 m at 156°: Parque Nacional Pico Cristal; 35400 m at 319°: Comité Militar Banes.

Cayo Grande: close by

1850 m at 180°: Cayo Lechuza (cay); 2320 m at 181°: Cayo Santillana (cay); 2350 m at 322°: Cayo Pájaros (cay); 3470 m at 270°: Cayo Ratón (cay); 3710 m at 180°: Cayo Tortuga (cay); 4320 m at 295°: Cayo Limón (cay); 4320 m at 245°: Cayos las Pedronas (island group); 5360 m at 330°: Cayo Saetía (cay); 5520 m at 110°: Cayo Ratón (cay); 5960 m at 279°: Isla Makey (cay); 6930 m at 270°: Cayo Yarey Chico (cay); 6930 m at 270°: Cayo Yarey Grande (cay).

Cayo Grande: on and around

Within 15 km: 9 guest houses & hostels, 8 schools, 7 coral reefs, 6 police & fire, 6 mines & quarries, 5 places of worship, 4 factories & works, 4 stations & terminals, 3 camp sites, 3 garages & car services.

4570 m at 58°: Campismo Popular Carenerito (camp sites); 5160 m at 250°: Cine (theatres & arts); 5230 m at 262°: Casa Videojuegos EHR (guest houses & hostels); 5390 m at 264°: Establecimientos de bebidas y alojamiento (attractions); 5410 m at 259°: Casa de alquiler (guest houses & hostels); 5560 m at 265°: Puerto de Nicaro (mines & quarries); 6390 m at 324°: Cantera (mines & quarries); 7130 m at 272°: Cayo Madama isla (attractions); 7200 m at 213°: Chalé (guest houses & hostels); 7200 m at 217°: Capitán del Ejercicio Rebelde Melquiades González López (historic & heritage); 7310 m at 217°: Terminal Levisa (stations & terminals); 7560 m at 151°: Campismo Cabonico (camp sites); 7670 m at 219°: Batería Grupo Electrógeno Diésel Nicaro - Levisa (mines & quarries).

Cayo Grande: marine life records

46 records of 31 species within 10 km, 1986 to 2026: 19 fish, 11 molluscs, 7 crustaceans, 3 seabirds and shorebirds, 2 other, 1 corals, 1 marine mammals, 1 seagrass and algae, 1 echinoderms. That is 14.6 records per 100 km².

Most recorded: Abudefduf saxatilis, 5 (fish); Acanthopleura granulata, 4 (molluscs); Coenobita clypeatus, 4 (crustaceans); Ocypode quadrata, 2 (crustaceans); Halichoeres bivittatus, 2 (fish); Thalassoma bifasciatum, 2 (fish); Ocyurus chrysurus, 2 (fish); Acanthurus chirurgus, 2 (fish); Dallocardia muricata, 1 (molluscs); Plagusia depressa, 1 (crustaceans); Egretta tricolor, 1 (seabirds and shorebirds); Tylosurus crocodilus, 1 (fish).

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

Cayo Grande: notes

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

Getting to Cayo Grande

• Navigation: the lighthouse Faro de Punta Mayarí stands about 8.8 km away.