Cayo Piedras

Cayo Piedras: coast and water

13540 m at 17°: Punta El Brinco (point); 13680 m at 15°: Punta Oriental (point); 13740 m at 314°: Punta Palmillas (point); 14020 m at 38°: Caleta Buena (cove); 15830 m at 1°: Punta Ceibita (point); 20710 m at 334°: Punta Las Navajas (point); 23310 m at 354°: Punta Rosario (point); 24220 m at 70°: Caleta del Toro (cove).

Cayo Piedras: islands

19230 m at 323°: Cayo Alcatraz (island); 20160 m at 205°: Cayo Arenoso (island); 32400 m at 298°: Cayo Cayuelo (island); 34360 m at 166°: Cayo Guano del Este (island); 35040 m at 167°: Cayo Perro (island); 35970 m at 187°: Cayos de Dios (island group); 39010 m at 291°: Cayo El Calvario (island); 41070 m at 202°: Cayo Inglés (island); 41430 m at 300°: Cayo Cobo (island); 47080 m at 283°: Cayo Diego Pérez (island); 53550 m at 225°: Cayo Largo (island); 58800 m at 286°: Cayería de Diego Pérez (island group).

Cayo Piedras: inland

15150 m at 41°: El Polvorín (hamlet); 17810 m at 60°: Playa Maceo (hamlet); 20100 m at 33°: Viradero (settlement); 21080 m at 33°: El Peaje (settlement); 21980 m at 27°: Cayo Ramona (settlement); 22440 m at 33°: Helechal (settlement).

Cayo Piedras: distances

14320 m at 38°: Playa Girón; 22110 m at 335°: Playa Los Cocos; 35050 m at 350°: Playa Máquina; 58740 m at 229°: Vilo Acuña International Airport ; 72850 m at 73°: Port of Cienfuegos (port); 60980 m at 230°: Marina Marlin Cayo Largo (marina).

Protected: 25250 m at 39°: Refugio de Faunas.

Cayo Piedras: close by

13910 m at 27°: Cueva El Brinco (reef); 14120 m at 38°: Playa Girón (reef); 14600 m at 308°: Cayo Rancho de Cándido (cay); 14980 m at 5°: Punta Perdiz (reef); 16740 m at 300°: Cayo Miguel (island group); 16760 m at 1°: Centro de Buceo Punta Perdiz (reef); 18410 m at 313°: Cayo Borracho (cay); 19000 m at 62°: Alquiler de equipos de snorkeling y buceo (reef); 19230 m at 323°: Cayo Alcatraz (cay); 20160 m at 205°: Cayo Arenoso (cay); 20630 m at 291°: Cayo Blanco (cay); 21650 m at 233°: Cabecería de Cayo Blanco (reef).

Cayo Piedras: on and around

Within 15 km: 31 guest houses & hostels, 4 attractions, 2 schools, 2 banks & exchange, 2 stores & supermarkets, 2 stations & terminals, 1 theatres & arts, 1 garages & car services, 1 fuel stations, 1 clinics & polyclinics.

160 m at 293°: Delfinario (attractions); 13640 m at 19°: The Whirlpool (attractions); 13880 m at 27°: Sendero (attractions); 13910 m at 27°: Cueva El Brinco (attractions); 14360 m at 38°: Anfiteatro (theatres & arts); 14370 m at 38°: Nuestra Casa (guest houses & hostels); 14690 m at 38°: Casa Tony (guest houses & hostels); 14750 m at 38°: Hostal Marisel (guest houses & hostels); 14860 m at 37°: Onmibus Nacionales (stations & terminals); 14880 m at 38°: Paradas a Cienfuegos (stations & terminals).

Cayo Piedras: marine life records

144 records of 43 species within 10 km, 2017 to 2025: 108 sponges, 31 corals, 2 fish, 2 other, 1 crustaceans. That is 45.8 records per 100 km².

Most recorded: Demospongiae, 29 (sponges); Agelas sceptrum, 17 (sponges); Stichopathes, 16 (corals); Spirastrella, 10 (sponges); Agelas citrina, 5 (sponges); Xestospongia, 5 (sponges); Agelas cervicornis, 4 (sponges); Spirastrellidae, 4 (sponges); Petrosiidae, 4 (sponges); Plumapathes, 3 (corals); Niphates arenata, 3 (sponges); Agelas, 3 (sponges).

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

Cayo Piedras: notes

Some cays belong to resorts and are closed to day visitors.

Getting to Cayo Piedras

• Navigation: the lighthouse Faro Cayo Piedras del Sur stands about 0.9 km away.
• Navigation: the lighthouse Faro de Playa Girón stands about 14 km away.