Cayo Mégano Chico

Cayo Mégano Chico: coast and water

8530 m at 102°: Punta Negro (point); 9390 m at 288°: Punta Cayo La Aguada (point); 9880 m at 285°: Punta Bopre (point); 12650 m at 90°: Tributarios de Minerva (reef); 13450 m at 114°: Punta Orta (point); 17610 m at 143°: Ensenada del Alto del Ají (cove); 20140 m at 129°: Punta La Quebrada (point); 20320 m at 303°: Ensenada de Paredón (cove).

Cayo Mégano Chico: islands

5230 m at 130°: Cayo Norte (island); 6570 m at 263°: Cayo Cobo (island); 7060 m at 173°: Cayo Cuerno (island); 7270 m at 103°: Cayo Mégano Grande (island); 7670 m at 295°: Cayo Antón Chico (island); 9900 m at 131°: Cayo del Gallego (island); 13190 m at 146°: Cayo Kiko (island); 13230 m at 307°: Cayo Antón Grande (island); 19630 m at 304°: Cayo Elías (islet); 19660 m at 123°: Playa Cayo Cruz (islet); 20450 m at 298°: Cayo Los Paisajes (islet); 22310 m at 144°: Cayo Judío (island).

Cayo Mégano Chico: inland

19800 m at 145°: Alto del Ají (hill); 20570 m at 125°: Iberostar Selection Esmeralda (hotel); 20780 m at 126°: Iberostar Coral Esmeralda (hotel); 23900 m at 266°: Alto de Juan Sáez (hill); 23930 m at 309°: Paredon Grande (airfield).

Cayo Mégano Chico: distances

31610 m at 209°: Playa la Mula; 35040 m at 154°: Cayo Romano; 35440 m at 188°: Playa Guaney; 37450 m at 290°: Jardines Del Rey Airport ; 116110 m at 140°: Port of Nuevitas (port); 74650 m at 291°: Marina Marlin Cayo Guillermo (marina).

Cayo Mégano Chico: close by

2850 m at 231°: Cayo Caimán (cay); 5230 m at 130°: Cayo Norte (cay); 5650 m at 196°: Archipiélago de Camagüey (island group); 6570 m at 263°: Cayo Cobo (cay); 7070 m at 173°: Cayo Cuerno (cay); 7270 m at 103°: Cayo Mégano Grande (cay); 7400 m at 155°: Cayo Montañés (cay); 7460 m at 145°: Cayo Corrales (cay); 7670 m at 295°: Cayo Antón Chico (cay); 7780 m at 121°: Cayo Guanal (cay); 9180 m at 136°: Cayo Boca del Atravesado (cay); 9820 m at 138°: Cayo La Pasa (cay).

Cayo Mégano Chico: on and around

Within 15 km: 3 coral reefs.

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Cayo Mégano Chico: marine life records

195 records of 44 species within 10 km, 2001 to 2023: 137 fish, 56 corals, 1 seabirds and shorebirds, 1 seagrass and algae. That is 62.1 records per 100 km².

Most recorded: Acanthurus coeruleus, 16 (fish); Microspathodon chrysurus, 14 (fish); Pseudodiploria clivosa, 14 (corals); Porites astreoides, 13 (corals); Acanthurus bahianus, 11 (fish); Sparisoma viride, 11 (fish); Millepora complanata, 8 (corals); Haemulon sciurus, 8 (fish); Lutjanus apodus, 8 (fish); Pseudodiploria strigosa, 7 (corals); Scarus iseri, 6 (fish); Sparisoma rubripinne, 6 (fish).

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

Cayo Mégano Chico: notes

Many cays have no landing, so ask an operator first.