Cays & islands · Ciego de Ávila
Cayo Los Santos
Cayo Los Santos is a cay at 22°27′03″N 78°11′42″W in Ciego de Ávila province.
Cayo Los Santos: coast and water
10760 m at 268°: Laguna El Níspero (lagoon); 11760 m at 252°: Canalizo Perico Díaz (channel); 12490 m at 309°: Arrecife Largo (reef); 13460 m at 254°: Ensenada del Jato (cove); 14940 m at 126°: Punta Bopre (point); 15240 m at 124°: Punta Cayo La Aguada (point); 19280 m at 301°: Punta Colorada (point); 21140 m at 296°: Laguna Larga (lagoon).
Cayo Los Santos: islands
2730 m at 265°: Cayo Ramón (islet); 7240 m at 111°: Cayo Mosca (islet); 11500 m at 107°: Cayo Antón Grande (island); 14120 m at 187°: Cayo Alto de Juan Saez (island); 16370 m at 300°: Cayuelo Coco (island); 18280 m at 204°: Cayo Mojarra (island); 19170 m at 250°: Cayo Largo El Coco (island); 19360 m at 129°: Cayo Cobo (island); 21370 m at 218°: Cayo Lajiales de Judas (island); 23430 m at 124°: Cayo Caimán (island); 25680 m at 248°: Cayo Largo La Salina (island); 26150 m at 130°: Archipiélago de Camagüey (island group).
Cayo Los Santos: inland
13260 m at 190°: Alto de Juan Sáez (hill); 18770 m at 300°: Melia Cayo Coco (hotel); 19370 m at 299°: Emperador Laguna Villas and Resort (hotel); 21300 m at 300°: Hotel Colonial Cayo Coco (hotel); 22590 m at 282°: Be Live Playa Coco (hotel); 23360 m at 259°: La Silla (locality).
Cayo Los Santos: distances
39530 m at 171°: Playa la Mula; 44750 m at 201°: Bolivia; 49330 m at 160°: Playa Guaney; 13750 m at 275°: Jardines Del Rey Airport ; 139020 m at 136°: Port of Nuevitas (port); 50520 m at 287°: Marina Marlin Cayo Guillermo (marina).
Protected: 33390 m at 276°: Reserva Ecológica de Cayo Coco.
Cayo Los Santos: close by
2720 m at 71°: Cayo Paredón (cay); 2730 m at 265°: Cayo Ramón (cay); 3120 m at 240°: Cayo del Medio (cay); 3570 m at 329°: Cayo Paredón de Lado (cay); 3600 m at 329°: Cayo Paredón del Medio (cay); 3950 m at 116°: Cayo Los Paisajes (cay); 4330 m at 37°: Cayo Paredón Pelado (cay); 4540 m at 44°: Cayo Paredón Grande (cay); 5350 m at 94°: Cayo Elías (cay); 5550 m at 257°: Cayos Las Auras (cay); 5580 m at 257°: Cayo Aura (cay); 5970 m at 54°: Cayo Sigua (cay).
Cayo Los Santos: on and around
Within 15 km: 6 coral reefs, 1 marinas, 1 factories & works, 1 peaks & volcanoes.
5490 m at 79°: Paredón pesca (marinas); 14160 m at 186°: Alto de Juan Sáez (peaks & volcanoes).
Cayo Los Santos: marine life records
365 records of 116 species within 10 km, 1939 to 2025: 204 fish, 67 seabirds and shorebirds, 59 corals, 11 crustaceans, 8 echinoderms, 5 molluscs, 3 seagrass and algae, 2 other, 2 sponges, 2 sharks and rays, 2 marine mammals. That is 116.2 records per 100 km².
Most recorded: Acropora palmata, 17 (corals); Millepora complanata, 16 (corals); Porites astreoides, 15 (corals); Lutjanus apodus, 13 (fish); Ocyurus chrysurus, 13 (fish); Sterna maxima, 11 (seabirds and shorebirds); Haemulon sciurus, 10 (fish); Acanthurus coeruleus, 10 (fish); Acanthurus bahianus, 8 (fish); Sparisoma viride, 8 (fish); Microspathodon chrysurus, 8 (fish); Haemulon plumierii, 7 (fish).
Months with records, seabirds and shorebirds: Jan 1, Feb 6, Mar 3, May 1, Jul 1, Nov 1.
Records show where people have surveyed, not how many animals there are.
Cayo Los Santos: notes
Land only where a guide allows it.
Getting to Cayo Los Santos
- Navigation: the lighthouse Faro Cayo Paredón Grande stands about 4.6 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.