Cays & islands · Ciego de Ávila
Cayo Ramón
Cayo Ramón is a cay at 22°26′56″N 78°13′18″W in Ciego de Ávila province.
Cayo Ramón: coast and water
4490 m at 300°: Pasa Quebrada el Queche (channel); 5890 m at 280°: Pasa El Almácigo (channel); 10690 m at 319°: Arrecife Largo (reef); 12670 m at 244°: Punta La Harina (point); 14320 m at 305°: Punta Coco (point); 16770 m at 306°: Playa Colorada (beach); 17460 m at 118°: Punta Cayo La Aguada (point); 18730 m at 305°: Playa Larga (beach).
Cayo Ramón: islands
1300 m at 179°: Cayo del Medio (islet); 2740 m at 85°: Cayo Los Santos (islet); 2860 m at 250°: Cayos Las Auras (island); 5100 m at 286°: Cayo Queche (island); 5280 m at 246°: Cayo Soldado (islet); 15540 m at 209°: Cayo Guinea (island); 19070 m at 114°: Cayo Antón Chico (island); 19560 m at 267°: Cayos Las Cayamas (island group); 21900 m at 285°: Cayo Coco Island (island); 23090 m at 246°: Cayo Largo La Salina (island); 25400 m at 258°: Cayo Sombrero (island); 25570 m at 222°: Cayo La Higuereta (island).
Cayo Ramón: inland
6820 m at 56°: Paredon Grande (airfield); 16150 m at 263°: La Bandera (locality); 16600 m at 305°: Melia Cayo Coco (hotel); 16840 m at 305°: Sol Cayo Coco (hotel); 17730 m at 304°: Iberostar Mojito (hotel); 18540 m at 292°: Cayo Coco (settlement).
Cayo Ramón: distances
39830 m at 167°: Playa la Mula; 43620 m at 198°: Bolivia; 50090 m at 157°: Playa Guaney; 11070 m at 277°: Jardines Del Rey Airport ; 140760 m at 135°: Port of Nuevitas (port); 48000 m at 288°: Marina Marlin Cayo Guillermo (marina).
Protected: 30710 m at 277°: Reserva Ecológica de Cayo Coco.
Cayo Ramón: close by
1300 m at 179°: Cayo del Medio (cay); 2730 m at 85°: Cayo Los Santos (cay); 2860 m at 250°: Cayos Las Auras (cay); 2900 m at 250°: Cayo Aura (cay); 3430 m at 15°: Cayo Paredón de Lado (cay); 3450 m at 15°: Cayo Paredón del Medio (cay); 5100 m at 286°: Cayo Queche (cay); 5220 m at 247°: Cayo Salado (cay); 5280 m at 246°: Cayo Soldado (cay); 5420 m at 78°: Cayo Paredón (cay); 5420 m at 246°: Fishing spot (fishing); 5430 m at 246°: Fishing spot (fishing).
Cayo Ramón: on and around
Within 15 km: 7 coral reefs, 2 factories & works, 2 attractions, 1 marinas, 1 peaks & volcanoes, 1 clinics & polyclinics, 1 stations & terminals.
8220 m at 81°: Paredón pesca (marinas); 13920 m at 174°: Alto de Juan Sáez (peaks & volcanoes); 14780 m at 304°: Delfinario Cayo Coco (en construcción) (attractions); 14900 m at 295°: Transgaviota Ciego - Camagüey (stations & terminals).
Cayo Ramón: marine life records
402 records of 125 species within 10 km, 1939 to 2025: 214 fish, 80 seabirds and shorebirds, 59 corals, 15 molluscs, 12 crustaceans, 8 echinoderms, 4 other, 3 marine mammals, 3 seagrass and algae, 2 sponges, 2 sharks and rays. That is 128.0 records per 100 km².
Most recorded: Acropora palmata, 17 (corals); Millepora complanata, 16 (corals); Porites astreoides, 15 (corals); Lutjanus apodus, 14 (fish); Ocyurus chrysurus, 14 (fish); Sterna maxima, 11 (seabirds and shorebirds); Haemulon sciurus, 10 (fish); Acanthurus coeruleus, 10 (fish); Microspathodon chrysurus, 9 (fish); Acanthurus bahianus, 8 (fish); Tringa semipalmata, 8 (seabirds and shorebirds); Sparisoma viride, 8 (fish).
Months with records, marine mammals: Feb 2, Sep 1; seabirds and shorebirds: Jan 1, Feb 6, Mar 9, May 1, Jul 1, Nov 1.
Records show where people have surveyed, not how many animals there are.
Cayo Ramón: notes
Some cays belong to resorts and are closed to day visitors.
Getting to Cayo Ramón
- Navigation: the lighthouse Faro Cayo Paredón Grande stands about 6.8 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.