Cayo Jaula

Cayo Jaula: coast and water

6690 m at 129°: Ensenada Puerto Coco (bay); 6980 m at 221°: Ensenada Vistela (cove); 7290 m at 226°: Canalizo del Perro (channel); 7540 m at 129°: Playa La Jaula (beach); 8700 m at 251°: Punta del Perro (point); 9700 m at 104°: Laguna del Puerto (lagoon); 9880 m at 253°: Boca Cayo Toro (channel); 10970 m at 99°: Punta del Cuerno (point).

Cayo Jaula: islands

7980 m at 291°: Cayuelo del Perro (island); 9440 m at 249°: Cayo del Perro (island); 14800 m at 295°: Cayo Felipe de Sotavento (island); 14800 m at 207°: Cayo Partido (island); 16000 m at 216°: Cayo Salina (islet); 16340 m at 199°: Cayo Eusebio del Este (islet); 16690 m at 266°: Cayo Valle Cobo (island); 18090 m at 223°: Cayo La Manuy (island); 19290 m at 289°: Cayo Media Luna (island); 19340 m at 105°: Cayuelo Coco (island); 20840 m at 264°: Cayo Mortero (island); 22840 m at 264°: Cayo de Piedra (island).

Cayo Jaula: inland

6090 m at 177°: Iberostar Cayo Coco (hotel); 6370 m at 181°: Colonial Cayo Coco (hotel); 7760 m at 129°: Bluebay Cayo Coco (hotel); 8170 m at 127°: Melia Jardines Del Rey (hotel); 13120 m at 272°: Allegro Club Cayo Guillermo (hotel); 13610 m at 274°: NH Krystal Laguna Villas & Resort (hotel).

Cayo Jaula: distances

40840 m at 225°: Kilo 9; 51050 m at 198°: Las Charcas; 52150 m at 227°: El Asiento; 22650 m at 122°: Jardines Del Rey Airport ; 172000 m at 131°: Port of Nuevitas (port); 15540 m at 276°: Marina Marlin Cayo Guillermo (marina).

Protected: 9640 m at 182°: Reserva Ecológica de Cayo Coco.

Cayo Jaula: close by

6360 m at 103°: Arrecifes del Puerto (reef); 7980 m at 291°: Cayuelo del Perro (cay); 9070 m at 167°: Cayo Coco (cay); 9440 m at 249°: Cayo del Perro (cay); 9750 m at 240°: Cayo Toro (cay); 10440 m at 250°: Cayo Agua (cay); 11820 m at 261°: Cayos de Mangle Colorado (island group); 11830 m at 131°: Cayo Coco Island (cay); 12070 m at 292°: Cayo Felipe de Barlovento (cay); 13400 m at 269°: Boat Adventure (fishing); 13490 m at 294°: Cayos de San Felipe (island group); 14470 m at 256°: Cayos Piedra de la Caridad (island group).

Cayo Jaula: on and around

Within 15 km: 4 attractions, 3 stadiums & sport, 2 coral reefs, 2 trails & viewpoints, 2 banks & exchange, 2 police & fire, 1 historic & heritage, 1 camp sites, 1 theatres & arts, 1 cuban cuisine & lechón.

5720 m at 154°: El Indio (historic & heritage); 5720 m at 154°: Campismo Popular Cayo Coco (camp sites); 6050 m at 177°: Parque El Bagá (attractions); 7550 m at 131°: Teatro de Animación (theatres & arts); 7690 m at 128°: Arenas Blancas (cuban cuisine & lechón); 8980 m at 112°: Cancha de tenis (stadiums & sport); 9640 m at 182°: Reserva Ecológica de Cayo Coco (parks & reserves); 9910 m at 126°: Finca Sitio La Güira (attractions); 13220 m at 269°: Marina Marlin Cayo Guillermo (marinas); 13430 m at 269°: Delfinario (attractions).

Cayo Jaula: marine life records

1040 records of 280 species within 10 km, 1939 to 2026: 241 fish, 198 seabirds and shorebirds, 161 corals, 130 sponges, 125 molluscs, 95 crustaceans, 40 echinoderms, 21 seagrass and algae, 14 marine mammals, 6 other, 5 sharks and rays, 4 turtles. That is 331.0 records per 100 km².

Most recorded: Demospongiae, 36 (sponges); Porites astreoides, 36 (corals); Pelecanus occidentalis, 35 (seabirds and shorebirds); Oreaster reticulatus, 25 (echinoderms); Cardisoma guanhumi, 21 (crustaceans); Aliger gigas, 20 (molluscs); Coenobita clypeatus, 19 (crustaceans); Millepora complanata, 18 (corals); Egretta tricolor, 17 (seabirds and shorebirds); Xestospongia, 16 (sponges); Acanthurus coeruleus, 16 (fish); Egretta rufescens, 16 (seabirds and shorebirds).

Months with records, marine mammals: Feb 4, Mar 1, Jul 2, Sep 7; seabirds and shorebirds: Feb 1, Mar 12, Apr 2, May 1, Jul 1.

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

Cayo Jaula: notes

Land only where a guide allows it.

Getting to Cayo Jaula

• Navigation: the lighthouse Faro de Cayo Jaula stands about 0.1 km away.