Cayo Loco

Cayo Loco: coast and water

480 m at 32°: Ensenada del Inglés (cove); 790 m at 257°: Punta Verde (point); 990 m at 177°: Cienfuegos (harbour); 2830 m at 268°: Banco Cabezo Salado (shoal); 2980 m at 173°: Punta del Medio (point); 3690 m at 176°: Punta Gorda (point); 3840 m at 171°: Bajo del Medio (shoal); 4550 m at 269°: Bancos Damují (shoal); 5090 m at 149°: Punta Soriano (point); 5320 m at 209°: Punta Ladrillos (point); 5680 m at 174°: Cabezo Langosta (shoal); 5680 m at 174°: Banco Gorda (bank); 6640 m at 203°: Ensenada El Jucaral (cove); 6780 m at 182°: Punta Piedras (point); 7110 m at 181°: Punta Carabineros (point); 7530 m at 175°: Punta Pescadores (point).

Cayo Loco: islands

6610 m at 137°: Cayo Ratón (island); 7070 m at 183°: Cayo Carenas (island); 7620 m at 138°: Cayo Corojo (island).

Cayo Loco: inland

1320 m at 60°: Arroyo Inglés (stream); 1860 m at 19°: Cuatro Caminos (hamlet); 2540 m at 151°: Punta Gorda (district); 3370 m at 110°: La Palma (locality); 3780 m at 343°: Calera (hamlet); 3780 m at 343°: Los Curas (locality); 4400 m at 66°: Caridad (locality); 4600 m at 150°: Hotel Punta La Cueva (hotel); 5000 m at 6°: La Luisa (settlement); 5380 m at 307°: Salado (stream); 5940 m at 23°: Arroyo Tablón (stream); 6070 m at 109°: Calabazas (locality).

Cayo Loco: distances

1720 m at 115°: Cienfuegos; 11960 m at 240°: Juraguá; 12180 m at 31°: Palmira; 4290 m at 91°: Jaime Gonzalez Airport ; 1630 m at 93°: Port of Cienfuegos (port); 1270 m at 162°: Marina Marlin Cienfuegos (marina).

Protected: 37630 m at 117°: Reserva Ecológica Pico San Juan.

Cayo Loco: close by

1090 m at 183°: Terminal Marítima "Olimpia Medina" (fishing); 1120 m at 162°: Muelle Real (fishing); 1180 m at 249°: Muelle de Hierro (fishing); 1500 m at 240°: Punta Arenas (fishing); 1870 m at 203°: Punta Majagua (fishing); 2140 m at 167°: Punta Revienta Cordeles (fishing); 6610 m at 137°: Cayo Ratón (cay); 7080 m at 183°: Cayo Carenas (cay); 7620 m at 138°: Cayo Corojo (cay); 8460 m at 171°: Cayo Alcatraz (cay); 8860 m at 156°: Cayo Ocampo (cay); 8960 m at 144°: Cayo Madama (cay).

Cayo Loco: on and around

Within 15 km: 376 guest houses & hostels, 58 schools, 37 factories & works, 24 attractions, 22 clinics & polyclinics, 20 government & embassies, 20 stores & supermarkets, 18 garages & car services, 14 historic & heritage, 14 stadiums & sport.

80 m at 147°: Museo Histórico Naval (museums); 420 m at 155°: Hostal caramba (guest houses & hostels); 430 m at 167°: Hostal Jose&Dolores (guest houses & hostels); 450 m at 187°: Hostal Pocala (guest houses & hostels); 550 m at 162°: Jardines de la UNEAC (theatres & arts); 560 m at 157°: Antonio Hurtado del Valle (historic & heritage); 570 m at 145°: Teatro Tomás Terry (theatres & arts); 570 m at 159°: Arco de Triunfo (historic & heritage); 580 m at 163°: Palacio Ferrer (theatres & arts); 580 m at 144°: Galería Estudio Vladimir Rodríguez Artista Visual (attractions); 590 m at 158°: Clotilde del Carmen Rodríguez (historic & heritage); 590 m at 162°: Mirador Palacio Ferrer (attractions); 610 m at 152°: Parque Central José Martí (urban parks & plazas).

Cayo Loco: marine life records

178 records of 108 species within 10 km, 1904 to 2026: 88 molluscs, 44 fish, 30 seabirds and shorebirds, 7 crustaceans, 5 other, 3 sharks and rays, 1 seagrass and algae. That is 56.7 records per 100 km².

Most recorded: Nerita fulgurans, 16 (molluscs); Pelecanus occidentalis, 15 (seabirds and shorebirds); Nerita peloronta, 4 (molluscs); Cardisoma guanhumi, 4 (crustaceans); Chilomycterus antillarum, 3 (fish); Cenchritis muricatus, 3 (molluscs); Lampanella minima, 3 (molluscs); Sterna sandvicensis, 3 (seabirds and shorebirds); Actitis macularius, 3 (seabirds and shorebirds); Nerita tessellata, 3 (molluscs); Hippocampus reidi, 3 (fish); Bulla striata, 3 (molluscs).

Months with records, seabirds and shorebirds: Feb 3, Mar 1, Jun 3, Jul 2, Dec 3.

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

Cayo Loco: notes

Land only where a guide allows it.

Getting to Cayo Loco

• Navigation: the lighthouse Faro de Punta de los Colorados stands about 13 km away.