Cays & islands · Santiago de Cuba
Cayo Paradas
Cayo Paradas is a cay at 20°01′00″N 75°52′00″W in Santiago de Cuba province.
Cayo Paradas: coast and water
820 m at 145°: Punta Sal (point); 1020 m at 70°: Punta Duan (point); 1820 m at 70°: Punta Buenavista (point); 1850 m at 180°: Punta Yarey (point); 1850 m at 180°: Caleta Presidio (cove); 2010 m at 134°: Bajo Los Compadres (shoal); 2390 m at 109°: Caleta de la Cruz (cove); 2620 m at 65°: Punta Perro (point); 2810 m at 214°: Bahía Cajuma (cove); 3690 m at 175°: Bahía Níspero (cove); 4100 m at 205°: Ensenada Victorina (cove); 4100 m at 205°: Ensenada Don Tomás (cove); 4100 m at 205°: Punta Nicolás (point); 4670 m at 198°: Punta Júcaro (point); 4690 m at 188°: Punta Puntilla (point); 5450 m at 188°: Bajo Diamante (reef).
Cayo Paradas: islands
1440 m at 65°: Caimanes (island); 1920 m at 170°: Cayo Ratones (island); 4490 m at 192°: Cayo Granma (island).
Cayo Paradas: inland
2360 m at 33°: Caimanes (locality); 2540 m at 43°: Parcelación Aguero (district); 2540 m at 137°: Reparto Belmare (district); 2940 m at 280°: San José (locality); 3220 m at 342°: Pinalito (settlement); 3490 m at 90°: Reparto Dagnesse (district); 3710 m at 360°: La Quinta (hamlet); 3740 m at 127°: Versalles (district); 3780 m at 163°: Masó (locality); 3810 m at 90°: Rancho Club Gran Piedra (hotel); 3870 m at 133°: Caridad (locality); 3900 m at 185°: Medimarg (settlement).
Cayo Paradas: distances
2540 m at 137°: Playa los Coquitos; 2550 m at 120°: Reparto Altamira; 4760 m at 79°: Santiago de Cuba; 5690 m at 145°: Antonio Maceo International Airport ; 5200 m at 184°: Port of Santiago de Cuba (port); 4460 m at 195°: Marina Marlin Santiago de Cuba (marina).
Protected: 5240 m at 184°: Castillo de San Pedro de la Roca; 12090 m at 120°: Biosfera ecológica Siboney-Juticí; 32400 m at 95°: Reserva de Biosfera Baconao.
Cayo Paradas: close by
1440 m at 65°: Caimanes (cay); 1910 m at 170°: Cayo Ratones (cay); 1950 m at 181°: Muelle de la Refinería (fishing); 2060 m at 149°: Embarcadero (fishing); 2280 m at 105°: Muelle de Granos (fishing); 3360 m at 76°: Puerto Guillermón Moncada (fishing); 4450 m at 187°: USS Merrimac (1894) (wreck); 4460 m at 188°: USS Merrimac (reef); 4480 m at 192°: Cayo Granma (cay); 4800 m at 186°: Punto de pesca (fishing); 5080 m at 193°: Batería Alta de La Socapa (site); 5450 m at 188°: Bajo Diamante (reef).
Cayo Paradas: on and around
Within 15 km: 281 guest houses & hostels, 121 schools, 95 historic & heritage, 69 factories & works, 58 stores & supermarkets, 57 clinics & polyclinics, 53 attractions, 44 theatres & arts, 39 places of worship, 28 urban parks & plazas.
2950 m at 120°: Columnas Antiguo Ferrocarril (historic & heritage); 2970 m at 39°: Casa de la Cultura "José Manuel Poveda" (theatres & arts); 3060 m at 78°: Terminal de Cruceros (stations & terminals); 3130 m at 109°: Maritza Domínguez (guest houses & hostels); 3140 m at 124°: Anfiteatro (theatres & arts); 3140 m at 86°: José Martí (historic & heritage); 3150 m at 82°: Alameda (stations & terminals); 3160 m at 47°: Mirtha (guest houses & hostels); 3170 m at 83°: Sofa (attractions); 3170 m at 96°: Loma del Queque (peaks & volcanoes); 3180 m at 84°: Paseo de Alameda (urban parks & plazas); 3200 m at 83°: Don German Michaelsen y Schroeder (historic & heritage); 3270 m at 88°: Karina (guest houses & hostels).
Cayo Paradas: marine life records
303 records of 132 species within 10 km, 1884 to 2025: 94 seabirds and shorebirds, 45 crustaceans, 45 echinoderms, 40 molluscs, 35 corals, 21 other, 13 fish, 5 marine mammals, 4 sponges, 1 seagrass and algae. That is 96.4 records per 100 km².
Most recorded: Pelecanus occidentalis, 19 (seabirds and shorebirds); Coenobita clypeatus, 14 (crustaceans); Cardisoma guanhumi, 12 (crustaceans); Actitis macularius, 8 (seabirds and shorebirds); Egretta tricolor, 7 (seabirds and shorebirds); Himantopus mexicanus, 7 (seabirds and shorebirds); Menippe mercenaria, 6 (crustaceans); Nicella obesa, 6 (corals); Asteroschema oligactes, 6 (echinoderms); Ophiocamax hystrix, 6 (echinoderms); Megaceryle alcyon, 5 (seabirds and shorebirds); Chrysogorgia thyrsiformis, 5 (corals).
Months with records, marine mammals: Jan 1, Feb 2, May 1, Sep 1; seabirds and shorebirds: Feb 2, Mar 1, Jul 1.
Records show where people have surveyed, not how many animals there are.
Cayo Paradas: notes
Land only where a guide allows it.
Getting to Cayo Paradas
- Navigation: the lighthouse Faro del Morro de Santiago de Cuba stands about 5.5 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.