Cays & islands · Ciego de Ávila
Cayo Paredón
Cayo Paredón is a cay at 22°27′32″N 78°10′12″W in Ciego de Ávila province.
Cayo Paredón: coast and water
4980 m at 115°: Punta El Barril (point); 13770 m at 133°: Punta Cayo La Aguada (point); 14120 m at 300°: Arrecife Largo (reef); 16180 m at 253°: Ensenada del Jato (cove); 17420 m at 286°: Punta Almácigo (point); 18140 m at 291°: Ensenada de Bautista (cove); 20810 m at 295°: Playa Colorada (beach); 22790 m at 295°: Playa Larga (beach).
Cayo Paredón: islands
2440 m at 14°: Cayo Paredón Grande (island); 2720 m at 251°: Cayo Los Santos (islet); 2820 m at 160°: Cayo Los Paisajes (islet); 5410 m at 258°: Cayo Ramón (islet); 5450 m at 130°: Cayo Mosca (islet); 5810 m at 245°: Cayo del Medio (islet); 8260 m at 255°: Cayos Las Auras (island); 9460 m at 117°: Cayo Antón Grande (island); 10590 m at 253°: Cayo Salado (island); 15510 m at 196°: Cayo Alto de Juan Saez (island); 19510 m at 221°: Cayo Guinea (island); 22080 m at 221°: Cayo Alto (island).
Cayo Paredón: inland
14790 m at 279°: Casasa (locality); 20890 m at 294°: Sol Cayo Coco (hotel); 21550 m at 262°: La Bandera (locality); 21650 m at 293°: oasis playa coco (hotel); 24960 m at 279°: Be Live Playa Coco (hotel); 26060 m at 258°: La Silla (locality).
Cayo Paredón: distances
40090 m at 175°: Playa la Mula; 46540 m at 204°: Bolivia; 49370 m at 163°: Playa Guaney; 16280 m at 271°: Jardines Del Rey Airport ; 137900 m at 137°: Port of Nuevitas (port); 52740 m at 286°: Marina Marlin Cayo Guillermo (marina).
Protected: 35870 m at 274°: Reserva Ecológica de Cayo Coco.
Cayo Paredón: close by
2430 m at 14°: Cayo Paredón Grande (cay); 2580 m at 0°: Cayo Paredón Pelado (cay); 2720 m at 251°: Cayo Los Santos (cay); 2820 m at 160°: Cayo Los Paisajes (cay); 3030 m at 114°: Cayo Elías (cay); 3470 m at 40°: Cayo Sigua (cay); 3540 m at 40°: Roca Paredón (cay); 4900 m at 296°: Cayo Paredón de Lado (cay); 4930 m at 297°: Cayo Paredón del Medio (cay); 5420 m at 258°: Cayo Ramón (cay); 5450 m at 130°: Cayo Mosca (cay); 5810 m at 245°: Cayo del Medio (cay).
Cayo Paredón: on and around
Within 15 km: 7 coral reefs, 1 marinas, 1 factories & works.
2820 m at 86°: Paredón pesca (marinas).
Cayo Paredón: marine life records
283 records of 103 species within 10 km, 1938 to 2025: 152 fish, 51 seabirds and shorebirds, 51 corals, 11 crustaceans, 6 echinoderms, 5 molluscs, 3 seagrass and algae, 2 sharks and rays, 1 sponges, 1 marine mammals. That is 90.1 records per 100 km².
Most recorded: Acropora palmata, 17 (corals); Millepora complanata, 16 (corals); Porites astreoides, 12 (corals); Lutjanus apodus, 10 (fish); Sterna maxima, 8 (seabirds and shorebirds); Acanthurus bahianus, 8 (fish); Haemulon sciurus, 7 (fish); Acanthurus coeruleus, 7 (fish); Haemulon plumierii, 7 (fish); Sparisoma viride, 7 (fish); Microspathodon chrysurus, 7 (fish); Coenobita clypeatus, 6 (crustaceans).
Months with records, seabirds and shorebirds: Jan 1, Feb 4, Mar 2, Nov 1.
Records show where people have surveyed, not how many animals there are.
Cayo Paredón: notes
Most cays are reached by boat with a guide.
Getting to Cayo Paredón
- By road: a causeway (pedraplén) reaches Cayo Paredón, mapped in OpenStreetMap as Pedraplén de Cayo Paredón Grande.
- Navigation: the lighthouse Faro Cayo Paredón Grande stands about 2.6 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.