Cays & islands · Santiago de Cuba
Cayo Granma
Cayo Granma is a cay at 19°58′38″N 75°52′32″W in Santiago de Cuba province.
Cayo Granma: coast and water
500 m at 86°: Punta Churruca (point); 500 m at 263°: Punta Júcaro (point); 1020 m at 138°: Caleta Estrella (cove); 1030 m at 169°: Bajo Diamante (reef); 1050 m at 310°: Punta Nicolás (point); 1050 m at 310°: Punta Rompe Canillas (point); 1050 m at 310°: Punta Fortalezas (point); 1050 m at 310°: Ensenada Victorina (cove); 1050 m at 310°: Punta Victorina (point); 1420 m at 215°: Punta Caracoles (point); 2700 m at 20°: Punta Chivos (point); 2700 m at 20°: Caleta Julián (cove); 2760 m at 76°: Punta Jutías (point); 3540 m at 40°: Caleta Cubera (cove); 3680 m at 47°: Playa los Coquitos (beach); 4140 m at 258°: Boca de Cabañas (inlet).
Cayo Granma: islands
2800 m at 27°: Cayo Ratones (island); 4490 m at 12°: Cayo Paradas (island); 5480 m at 24°: Caimanes (island).
Cayo Granma: inland
1150 m at 54°: Cinco Reales (hamlet); 1450 m at 94°: Blanco (hamlet); 2210 m at 69°: Masó (locality); 2760 m at 76°: Reparto Merrimac (district); 3890 m at 286°: Cañones (settlement); 4130 m at 262°: Cabañas (settlement); 4470 m at 64°: E San Basilio Hotel (hotel); 4520 m at 96°: El Sitio (hamlet); 4590 m at 17°: El Cobre (stream); 4690 m at 265°: Tío Pepe (locality); 4850 m at 279°: Arroyo Congo (stream); 5040 m at 282°: Siete Vista (settlement).
Cayo Granma: distances
3680 m at 47°: Playa los Coquitos; 4410 m at 45°: Reparto Altamira; 4790 m at 106°: Playa de Aguadores; 4200 m at 94°: Antonio Maceo International Airport ; 990 m at 144°: Port of Santiago de Cuba (port); 270 m at 289°: Marina Marlin Santiago de Cuba (marina).
Protected: 1030 m at 145°: Castillo de San Pedro de la Roca; 11520 m at 98°: Biosfera ecológica Siboney-Juticí; 33240 m at 87°: Reserva de Biosfera Baconao.
Cayo Granma: close by
340 m at 96°: USS Merrimac (reef); 410 m at 94°: USS Merrimac (1894) (wreck); 580 m at 132°: Punto de pesca (fishing); 600 m at 197°: Batería Alta de La Socapa (site); 1040 m at 169°: Bajo Diamante (reef); 2600 m at 20°: Muelle de la Refinería (fishing); 2810 m at 27°: Cayo Ratones (cay); 3290 m at 37°: Embarcadero (fishing); 4480 m at 12°: Cayo Paradas (cay); 4930 m at 39°: Muelle de Granos (fishing); 5480 m at 24°: Caimanes (cay); 6690 m at 39°: Puerto Guillermón Moncada (fishing).
Cayo Granma: on and around
Within 15 km: 280 guest houses & hostels, 120 schools, 93 historic & heritage, 67 factories & works, 58 stores & supermarkets, 57 clinics & polyclinics, 51 attractions, 44 theatres & arts, 39 places of worship, 28 urban parks & plazas.
120 m at 132°: Casa de Cultura "Aurora Ochoa" (theatres & arts); 150 m at 156°: El Cayo (stations & terminals); 330 m at 151°: La Socapa (stations & terminals); 470 m at 183°: Bateria Alta de la Socapa (trails & viewpoints); 490 m at 303°: Caracoles (stations & terminals); 580 m at 101°: Ciudamar (stations & terminals); 600 m at 197°: Batería Alta de La Socapa (historic & heritage); 710 m at 116°: Casa de Visita (guest houses & hostels); 770 m at 22°: Marina Marlin (marinas); 880 m at 26°: Monumento a Raúl López Cañete (historic & heritage); 950 m at 135°: Murallas defensivas (historic & heritage); 990 m at 26°: Sol y Mar (guest houses & hostels); 1030 m at 49°: Adria (guest houses & hostels).
Cayo Granma: marine life records
295 records of 129 species within 10 km, 1884 to 2025: 87 seabirds and shorebirds, 45 echinoderms, 44 crustaceans, 40 molluscs, 35 corals, 21 other, 13 fish, 5 marine mammals, 4 sponges, 1 seagrass and algae. That is 93.9 records per 100 km².
Most recorded: Pelecanus occidentalis, 18 (seabirds and shorebirds); Coenobita clypeatus, 13 (crustaceans); Cardisoma guanhumi, 12 (crustaceans); Actitis macularius, 8 (seabirds and shorebirds); Himantopus mexicanus, 7 (seabirds and shorebirds); Menippe mercenaria, 6 (crustaceans); Nicella obesa, 6 (corals); Asteroschema oligactes, 6 (echinoderms); Ophiocamax hystrix, 6 (echinoderms); Egretta tricolor, 6 (seabirds and shorebirds); Chrysogorgia thyrsiformis, 5 (corals); Rynchops niger, 4 (seabirds and shorebirds).
Months with records, marine mammals: Jan 1, Feb 2, May 1, Sep 1; seabirds and shorebirds: Feb 2, Mar 1, Jul 1.
Records show where people have surveyed, not how many animals there are.
Cayo Granma: notes
Take your rubbish away and keep off the mangrove.
Getting to Cayo Granma
- Navigation: the lighthouse Faro del Morro de Santiago de Cuba stands about 1.3 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.