Cayo Grillo

Cayo Grillo: coast and water

3120 m at 83°: Estero Garzones (estuary); 9980 m at 135°: Punta de Cocos (point); 10290 m at 291°: Punta Los Machos (point); 10980 m at 287°: Estero Macabí (estuary); 16810 m at 331°: Punta Patabán (point); 17300 m at 232°: Ensenada de Correa (cove); 19480 m at 309°: Punta La Ca (point); 21950 m at 279°: Laguna Las Traviesas (lagoon).

Cayo Grillo: islands

2020 m at 272°: Cayo Noy (island); 5290 m at 299°: Cayo Largo (island); 7970 m at 36°: Cayo Verde (island); 8300 m at 316°: Cayo El Santo (island); 9650 m at 322°: Cayo Palomo (island); 14240 m at 13°: Cayo Confites (island); 14330 m at 141°: Cayo Anconcito (island); 14330 m at 202°: Jibaro (island group); 14530 m at 159°: Cayo Anegadizo de Romano (islet); 16330 m at 308°: Cayo Solo (island); 16980 m at 315°: Cayo Cabrón (island); 18390 m at 153°: Cayo La Alegría (island).

Cayo Grillo: inland

9550 m at 141°: Versalles (settlement); 24160 m at 327°: Iberostar Selection Esmeralda (hotel); 24490 m at 311°: Alto del Ají (hill); 27050 m at 148°: Cayo Guajaba Hato Loma (hill); 29230 m at 236°: Playa Jigüey (settlement); 29480 m at 191°: Arroyo Soledad (stream).

Cayo Grillo: distances

14440 m at 273°: Cayo Romano; 25860 m at 193°: Playa Guanaja; 29420 m at 237°: Playa Jigüey; 72930 m at 193°: Ignacio Agramonte International Airport ; 72230 m at 142°: Port of Nuevitas (port); 115750 m at 300°: Marina Marlin Cayo Guillermo (marina).

Cayo Grillo: close by

20 m at 127°: Cayo de los Grillos (cay); 2030 m at 272°: Cayo Noy (cay); 3820 m at 293°: Cayo Madera (cay); 4650 m at 303°: Cayo Fogón de Piedra (cay); 5290 m at 299°: Cayo Largo (cay); 6530 m at 310°: Cayo Policarpio (cay); 7070 m at 294°: Cayo Punta La Cera (cay); 7080 m at 312°: Cayo Estanislao (cay); 7950 m at 316°: Cayo La Aguada (cay); 7970 m at 36°: Cayo Verde (cay); 7980 m at 214°: Cayería Norte Camagüey (cay); 8310 m at 316°: Cayo El Santo (cay).

Cayo Grillo: on and around

Within 15 km: 5 coral reefs, 1 peaks & volcanoes, 1 police & fire.

5480 m at 125°: Silla de Romano (peaks & volcanoes).

Cayo Grillo: marine life records

260 records of 49 species within 10 km, 1906 to 2026: 166 fish, 88 corals, 2 marine mammals, 1 crustaceans, 1 seabirds and shorebirds, 1 turtles, 1 molluscs. That is 82.8 records per 100 km².

Most recorded: Acropora palmata, 26 (corals); Acanthurus bahianus, 17 (fish); Acanthurus coeruleus, 16 (fish); Orbicella annularis, 15 (corals); Microspathodon chrysurus, 12 (fish); Haemulon flavolineatum, 10 (fish); Siderastrea siderea, 10 (corals); Sparisoma viride, 10 (fish); Pseudodiploria clivosa, 10 (corals); Ocyurus chrysurus, 9 (fish); Cephalopholis fulva, 9 (fish); Millepora complanata, 7 (corals).

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

Cayo Grillo: notes

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

Getting to Cayo Grillo

• Navigation: the lighthouse Faro de Cayo Confites stands about 14 km away.