Cayo Perro

Cayo Perro: coast and water

36280 m at 274°: Playa Tortuga (beach); 39490 m at 269°: Playa Los Palos (beach); 39600 m at 102°: Banco de Jagua (shoal); 41080 m at 268°: Playa Los Cocos (beach); 44580 m at 4°: Playa Morena (beach); 44870 m at 265°: Playa Blanca (beach); 45750 m at 264°: Punta La Primera Curva (point); 47140 m at 338°: Punta Palmillas (point).

Cayo Perro: islands

750 m at 14°: Cayo Guano del Este (island); 12430 m at 262°: Cayo Oro (island); 14090 m at 259°: Cayo Sal (island); 23350 m at 260°: Cayo Inglés (island); 35040 m at 347°: Cayo Piedras (island); 42290 m at 268°: Cayos Los Pájaros (island group); 46680 m at 304°: Cayo Sigua (island); 47310 m at 336°: Cayo Rancho de Cándido (island); 47990 m at 332°: Cayo Miguel (island group); 51400 m at 336°: Cayo Borracho (island); 54420 m at 319°: Cayos Blancos del Sur (island group); 58120 m at 267°: Cayería Los Majáes (island group).

Cayo Perro: inland

43720 m at 10°: Playa Maceo (hamlet); 45490 m at 1°: Villa Cubanacan Playa Giron (hotel); 47540 m at 263°: Gran Caribe Playa Blanca (hotel); 47710 m at 263°: Villa Coral and Soledad (hotel); 48680 m at 262°: Cocodrilo (settlement); 49640 m at 263°: Lindamar Hotel (hotel).

Cayo Perro: distances

45500 m at 1°: Playa Girón; 49470 m at 263°: Cayo Largo del Sur; 53960 m at 262°: Paradise Beach; 52360 m at 265°: Vilo Acuña International Airport ; 82740 m at 48°: Port of Cienfuegos (port); 55160 m at 265°: Marina Marlin Cayo Largo (marina).

Cayo Perro: close by

660 m at 16°: Cayo Guano (cay); 760 m at 14°: Cayo Guano del Este (cay); 4990 m at 236°: Cayo Trabuco (cay); 9420 m at 266°: Cayo La Trinchera (cay); 12440 m at 262°: Cayo Oro (cay); 12500 m at 263°: Cayos de Dios (island group); 14090 m at 259°: Cayo Sal (cay); 22790 m at 314°: Cayo Arenoso (cay); 23360 m at 260°: Cayo Inglés (cay).

Cayo Perro: on and around

Within 15 km: 5 coral reefs.

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Cayo Perro: marine life records

183 records of 42 species within 10 km, 2001 to 2001: 97 fish, 85 corals, 1 molluscs. That is 58.3 records per 100 km².

Most recorded: Orbicella annularis, 23 (corals); Porites porites, 12 (corals); Acanthurus coeruleus, 11 (fish); Scarus iseri, 10 (fish); Orbicella faveolata, 9 (corals); Sparisoma viride, 9 (fish); Sparisoma aurofrenatum, 9 (fish); Haemulon flavolineatum, 8 (fish); Haemulon sciurus, 8 (fish); Porites astreoides, 7 (corals); Agaricia agaricites, 6 (corals); Holacanthus tricolor, 5 (fish).

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

Cayo Perro: notes

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

Getting to Cayo Perro

• Navigation: the lighthouse Faro de Cayo Guano del Este stands about 0.6 km away.