Cayo Queche

Cayo Queche: coast and water

1340 m at 50°: Pasa Quebrada el Queche (channel); 7000 m at 343°: Arrecife Largo (reef); 7260 m at 227°: Ensenada del Jato (cove); 9210 m at 313°: Ensenada de Bautista (cove); 10850 m at 78°: Faro Diego Velazquez (lighthouse); 11480 m at 220°: Boca de los Paredones (channel); 12590 m at 307°: Laguna la Colorada (lagoon); 14970 m at 311°: Punta Raza (point).

Cayo Queche: islands

5100 m at 106°: Cayo Ramón (islet); 7720 m at 99°: Cayo Los Santos (islet); 9620 m at 317°: Cayuelo Coco (island); 11540 m at 105°: Cayo Los Paisajes (islet); 13050 m at 97°: Cayo Elías (islet); 14830 m at 261°: Cayos Las Cayamas (island group); 17890 m at 179°: Cayo Mojarra (island); 21020 m at 252°: Cayo Sombrero (island); 23340 m at 278°: Cayo Coco (islet); 23760 m at 211°: Cayo La Higuereta (island); 24130 m at 113°: Cayo Antón Chico (island); 25050 m at 229°: Cayo Juan Griego (island).

Cayo Queche: inland

11570 m at 314°: Bluebay Cayo coco (hotel); 11630 m at 253°: La Bandera (locality); 12160 m at 313°: Sol Club Cayo Coco (hotel); 12400 m at 311°: Emperador Laguna Villas and Resort (hotel); 12970 m at 311°: Iberostar Mojito (hotel); 13480 m at 294°: Cayo Coco (settlement).

Cayo Queche: distances

42560 m at 161°: Playa la Mula; 43780 m at 191°: Bolivia; 53450 m at 153°: Playa Guaney; 6080 m at 270°: Jardines Del Rey Airport ; 145250 m at 134°: Port of Nuevitas (port); 42910 m at 289°: Marina Marlin Cayo Guillermo (marina).

Protected: 25680 m at 276°: Reserva Ecológica de Cayo Coco.

Cayo Queche: close by

3250 m at 137°: Cayos Las Auras (cay); 3260 m at 138°: Cayo Aura (cay); 3420 m at 179°: Cayo Salado (cay); 3530 m at 179°: Cayo Soldado (cay); 3620 m at 181°: Fishing spot (fishing); 3640 m at 181°: Fishing spot (fishing); 5100 m at 106°: Cayo Ramón (cay); 5610 m at 119°: Cayo del Medio (cay); 6100 m at 72°: Cayo Paredón del Medio (cay); 6110 m at 72°: Cayo Paredón de Lado (cay); 7000 m at 343°: Arrecife Largo (reef); 7720 m at 99°: Cayo Los Santos (cay).

Cayo Queche: on and around

Within 15 km: 8 coral reefs, 4 factories & works, 3 attractions, 3 banks & exchange, 2 stations & terminals, 2 fuel stations, 2 marinas, 2 theatres & arts, 2 stadiums & sport, 1 clinics & polyclinics.

9890 m at 299°: Transgaviota Ciego - Camagüey (stations & terminals); 10040 m at 313°: Delfinario Cayo Coco (en construcción) (attractions); 10280 m at 282°: Transtur Cayo Coco (stations & terminals); 10370 m at 313°: Marina Gaviota Bautista (marinas); 11950 m at 314°: Teatro (theatres & arts); 12160 m at 312°: Sport Court (stadiums & sport); 12180 m at 312°: Rocarena Climbing Center (attractions); 13010 m at 90°: Paredón pesca (marinas); 13850 m at 310°: Fitness Center (stadiums & sport).

Cayo Queche: marine life records

825 records of 174 species within 10 km, 1939 to 2026: 297 fish, 296 seabirds and shorebirds, 128 corals, 43 molluscs, 26 crustaceans, 12 echinoderms, 9 seagrass and algae, 7 other, 3 marine mammals, 3 sharks and rays, 1 sponges. That is 262.6 records per 100 km².

Most recorded: Arenaria interpres, 39 (seabirds and shorebirds); Pelecanus occidentalis, 38 (seabirds and shorebirds); Sterna maxima, 33 (seabirds and shorebirds); Millepora complanata, 33 (corals); Pluvialis squatarola, 32 (seabirds and shorebirds); Dendrocygna arborea, 24 (seabirds and shorebirds); Charadrius melodus, 24 (seabirds and shorebirds); Acanthurus bahianus, 20 (fish); Acanthurus coeruleus, 19 (fish); Calidris alba, 19 (seabirds and shorebirds); Ocyurus chrysurus, 18 (fish); Haemulon flavolineatum, 17 (fish).

Months with records, marine mammals: Feb 2, Sep 1; seabirds and shorebirds: Jan 8, Feb 60, Mar 30, Apr 1, May 2, Jul 1, Nov 3.

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

Cayo Queche: notes

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

Getting to Cayo Queche

• Navigation: the lighthouse Faro Cayo Paredón Grande stands about 11 km away.