Cayo Puerco

Cayo Puerco: coast and water

2600 m at 332°: Punta Socuchito (point); 3130 m at 227°: Punta Venado (point); 3210 m at 44°: Hacienda las Salinas (estuary); 4330 m at 344°: Punta Desgraciada (point); 5750 m at 44°: Punta Jarro (point); 5850 m at 17°: Punta Blanca (point); 6560 m at 120°: Hacienda Yamacia (estuary); 7210 m at 337°: Punta Mojacasabe (point); 7290 m at 338°: Punta Guincho (point); 8240 m at 292°: Laguna La Güira (lagoon); 9140 m at 329°: Bahía Guincho (bay); 11020 m at 165°: Hacienda Chaparra (estuary); 11200 m at 282°: Bahía Escobar (cove); 13350 m at 307°: Punta Piedra (point); 13700 m at 256°: Hacienda Maniabón (estuary); 14410 m at 96°: Hacienda San José de las Nuevas (estuary).

Cayo Puerco: islands

1900 m at 269°: Cayo Juan Claro (island); 3740 m at 94°: Cayo Largo (island); 4210 m at 109°: La Sarina (island); 4310 m at 99°: Cayo Totí (island); 7600 m at 335°: Cayo Guincho (island); 14950 m at 305°: Cayo Burro (island).

Cayo Puerco: inland

3700 m at 340°: Playa Las Bocas (settlement); 4280 m at 107°: Arroyo Colorado (stream); 4390 m at 222°: Puerto Padre (airfield); 5280 m at 199°: Río Santo Domingo (stream); 5870 m at 104°: Río Zanja (stream); 6870 m at 177°: La Trocha (settlement); 7280 m at 201°: Loma Blanca (settlement); 8340 m at 208°: Velazco Diecisiete (settlement); 8380 m at 214°: Antonio Guiteras (sugar mill); 8810 m at 149°: Jesús Menéndez (town); 9180 m at 209°: Río Delicias (stream); 9570 m at 163°: Paso Pata (settlement).

Cayo Puerco: distances

4910 m at 175°: Playa Santo Domingo; 5520 m at 189°: Playa Boca de Río; 8650 m at 148°: Jesús Menéndez; 50680 m at 238°: Hermanos Ameijeiras Airport ; 84350 m at 295°: Port of Nuevitas (port); 154430 m at 154°: Marina Marlin Santiago de Cuba (marina).

Protected: 30680 m at 97°: Reserva Ecológica Caletones.

Cayo Puerco: close by

1900 m at 269°: Cayo Juan Claro (cay); 3740 m at 94°: Cayo Largo (cay); 4210 m at 109°: La Sarina (cay); 4310 m at 99°: Cayo Totí (cay); 7600 m at 335°: Cayo Guincho (cay); 14930 m at 305°: Cayo Barro (cay); 14950 m at 305°: Cayo Burro (cay); 17490 m at 290°: Cayo La Iguana (cay).

Cayo Puerco: on and around

Within 15 km: 58 guest houses & hostels, 26 schools, 20 salt works, 19 stores & supermarkets, 17 places of worship, 16 garages & car services, 14 government & embassies, 12 factories & works, 12 clinics & polyclinics, 7 pharmacies.

2620 m at 248°: Campamento de pioneros (camp sites); 3710 m at 340°: Villa Juliett (guest houses & hostels); 3810 m at 341°: Casa de Renta (guest houses & hostels); 3870 m at 340°: Casa de Playa Los Bruzones (guest houses & hostels); 3940 m at 340°: Embarque Ferry (stations & terminals); 3960 m at 341°: Paladar El Estafador (cuban cuisine & lechón); 6280 m at 21°: Campismo Playa Corella (camp sites); 7030 m at 218°: Escultura a Antonio Guiteras Holmes (attractions); 7920 m at 211°: Delicias (stations & terminals); 8500 m at 155°: Transporte Escolar (stations & terminals); 8540 m at 248°: Parque de Los Delfines (urban parks & plazas); 8610 m at 248°: Anfiteatro (theatres & arts); 8620 m at 248°: Parque de la Independencia (urban parks & plazas).

Cayo Puerco: marine life records

68 records of 54 species within 10 km, 1928 to 2021: 62 molluscs, 2 fish, 2 crustaceans, 1 corals, 1 seabirds and shorebirds. That is 21.6 records per 100 km².

Most recorded: Acanthopleura granulata, 4 (molluscs); Nerita versicolor, 4 (molluscs); Lampanella minima, 3 (molluscs); Caecidae, 2 (molluscs); Nerita tessellata, 2 (molluscs); Truncatella pulchella, 2 (molluscs); Haminoea elegans, 2 (molluscs); Lucinidae, 2 (molluscs); Stylommatophora, 2 (molluscs); Meioceras nitidum, 1 (molluscs); Nerita peloronta, 1 (molluscs); Cenchritis muricatus, 1 (molluscs).

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

Cayo Puerco: notes

A cay can lie inside a protected area.

Getting to Cayo Puerco

• Navigation: the lighthouse El faro stands about 5.4 km away.