Cayo Rico

Cayo Rico: coast and water

6750 m at 200°: Bajo Los Ballenatos (shoal); 11530 m at 113°: Punta Mal Tiempo (point); 13110 m at 234°: Cabezo de La Estopa (shoal); 17030 m at 85°: Punta Gancho (point); 17400 m at 99°: Punta La Segunda Curva (point); 19230 m at 275°: Punta Mogote (point); 26870 m at 270°: Ensenada Media Luna (cove); 28490 m at 76°: Punta Iguanita (point).

Cayo Rico: islands

5790 m at 93°: Cayería Los Majáes (island group); 17330 m at 281°: Cayo Rosarito (island); 23200 m at 271°: Cayo del Rosario (island); 26930 m at 269°: Cayo La Paloma (island); 28090 m at 271°: Cayo La Sigua (island); 29930 m at 282°: Cayo Pasaje (island); 37340 m at 270°: Cayo La Luz (island); 37930 m at 265°: Cayo Cantiles (island); 39190 m at 271°: Cayo Ciriales (island); 40740 m at 355°: Cayo Rabihorcado (island); 44700 m at 283°: Cayo Tablones (island); 46890 m at 360°: Cayo Bonito (island).

Cayo Rico: inland

9760 m at 94°: Combinado (hamlet); 12150 m at 97°: villa soledad (hotel); 13800 m at 105°: Villa Iguana (hotel); 14470 m at 102°: Cayo Largo del Sur (settlement); 16010 m at 103°: Cocodrilo (settlement); 16710 m at 100°: Villa Coral and Soledad (hotel).

Cayo Rico: distances

11380 m at 114°: Paradise Beach; 14970 m at 101°: Cayo Largo del Sur; 73610 m at 39°: Playa Los Cocos; 11790 m at 98°: Vilo Acuña International Airport ; 138320 m at 65°: Port of Cienfuegos (port); 9070 m at 102°: Marina Marlin Cayo Largo (marina).

Cayo Rico: close by

2420 m at 97°: Cayos Alcatraces (cay); 4330 m at 258°: Cayos Peraza (island group); 5790 m at 93°: Cayería Los Majáes (island group); 6300 m at 160°: Cayos Los Ballenatos (island group); 6320 m at 160°: Cayo los Ballenatos (cay); 8390 m at 129°: Arrecifes Los Ballenatos (reef); 8970 m at 127°: Cayo Hijo de los Ballenatos (cay); 9600 m at 86°: Cayo Iguana (cay); 9700 m at 85°: Cayo Piedra (cay); 9890 m at 96°: Diving Center (reef); 12740 m at 272°: Cayo Estopita (cay); 14000 m at 277°: Cayo Campo (cay).

Cayo Rico: on and around

Within 15 km: 6 attractions, 1 stations & terminals, 1 museums, 1 marinas, 1 cigars & tobacco, 1 urban parks & plazas, 1 power plants.

8440 m at 99°: Iguanas (attractions); 8810 m at 121°: Arrecife de coral (attractions); 9550 m at 94°: Transporte público y otros. Catamaranes (stations & terminals); 9690 m at 106°: Dolphinarium (attractions); 9710 m at 95°: Club House (attractions); 9710 m at 95°: Museo Cayo Largo (museums); 9720 m at 95°: Pesca deportiva (attractions); 9830 m at 96°: Marina Cayo Largo (marinas); 10080 m at 93°: Parque Uneca (urban parks & plazas); 14960 m at 103°: Vivero el cocodrilo (attractions).

Cayo Rico: marine life records

1543 records of 360 species within 10 km, 1997 to 2026: 538 fish, 437 molluscs, 402 corals, 111 sponges, 27 seabirds and shorebirds, 11 echinoderms, 6 other, 4 crustaceans, 4 sharks and rays, 3 seagrass and algae. That is 491.2 records per 100 km².

Most recorded: Acropora palmata, 79 (corals); Siderastrea siderea, 60 (corals); Porites astreoides, 57 (corals); Acanthurus coeruleus, 45 (fish); Sparisoma viride, 42 (fish); Scarus iseri, 40 (fish); Orbicella annularis, 39 (corals); Acanthurus bahianus, 35 (fish); Sparisoma aurofrenatum, 34 (fish); Agaricia agaricites, 31 (corals); Haemulon flavolineatum, 31 (fish); Orbicella faveolata, 30 (corals).

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

Cayo Rico: notes

Take your rubbish away and keep off the mangrove.