Cayo Sigua

Cayo Sigua: coast and water

1820 m at 268°: Faro Diego Velazquez (lighthouse); 5300 m at 155°: Punta El Barril (point); 11490 m at 262°: Pasa Quebrada el Queche (channel); 13630 m at 258°: Pasa El Almácigo (channel); 15130 m at 287°: Arrecife Largo (reef); 19070 m at 277°: Punta Almácigo (point); 19170 m at 248°: Ensenada del Jato (cove); 23100 m at 283°: Laguna la Colorada (lagoon).

Cayo Sigua: islands

1650 m at 260°: Cayo Paredón Grande (island); 3470 m at 220°: Cayo Paredón (islet); 3940 m at 172°: Cayo Elías (islet); 5450 m at 193°: Cayo Los Paisajes (islet); 6630 m at 266°: Cayo Paredón de Lado (island); 11050 m at 142°: Cayo Vaca (island); 13700 m at 244°: Cayo Soldado (islet); 22300 m at 218°: Cayo Puta (island); 22450 m at 132°: Cayo Mégano Chico (island); 22970 m at 221°: Cayo Guinea (island); 27680 m at 131°: Cayo Norte (island); 28700 m at 274°: Cayo Coco Island (island).

Cayo Sigua: inland

1890 m at 272°: Paredon Grande (airfield); 16850 m at 268°: Casasa (locality); 18050 m at 203°: Alto de Juan Sáez (hill); 21480 m at 285°: Bluebay Cayo coco (hotel); 21860 m at 285°: Melia Cayo Coco (hotel); 23740 m at 286°: Tryp Cayo Coco (hotel).

Cayo Sigua: distances

42590 m at 178°: Playa la Mula; 49880 m at 205°: Bolivia; 51360 m at 167°: Playa Guaney; 18660 m at 263°: Jardines Del Rey Airport ; 138360 m at 138°: Port of Nuevitas (port); 54270 m at 282°: Marina Marlin Cayo Guillermo (marina).

Protected: 37990 m at 270°: Reserva Ecológica de Cayo Coco.

Cayo Sigua: close by

70 m at 29°: Roca Paredón (cay); 1650 m at 259°: Cayo Paredón Grande (cay); 2210 m at 268°: Cayo Paredón Pelado (cay); 3470 m at 220°: Cayo Paredón (cay); 3940 m at 172°: Cayo Elías (cay); 5450 m at 193°: Cayo Los Paisajes (cay); 5970 m at 234°: Cayo Los Santos (cay); 6440 m at 162°: Cayo Mosca (cay); 6630 m at 266°: Cayo Paredón de Lado (cay); 6650 m at 266°: Cayo Paredón del Medio (cay); 8420 m at 243°: Cayo Ramón (cay); 9070 m at 236°: Cayo del Medio (cay).

Cayo Sigua: on and around

Within 15 km: 7 coral reefs, 1 marinas.

2550 m at 167°: Paredón pesca (marinas).

Cayo Sigua: marine life records

308 records of 115 species within 10 km, 1938 to 2025: 168 fish, 51 corals, 45 seabirds and shorebirds, 18 echinoderms, 11 crustaceans, 5 sharks and rays, 5 molluscs, 3 seagrass and algae, 1 sponges, 1 marine mammals. That is 98.0 records per 100 km².

Most recorded: Acropora palmata, 17 (corals); Millepora complanata, 16 (corals); Porites astreoides, 12 (corals); Lutjanus apodus, 10 (fish); Sterna maxima, 8 (seabirds and shorebirds); Acanthurus bahianus, 8 (fish); Haemulon sciurus, 7 (fish); Acanthurus coeruleus, 7 (fish); Haemulon plumierii, 7 (fish); Sparisoma viride, 7 (fish); Microspathodon chrysurus, 7 (fish); Coenobita clypeatus, 6 (crustaceans).

Months with records, sharks and rays: Apr 4; seabirds and shorebirds: Jan 1, Feb 4, Mar 2, Nov 1.

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

Cayo Sigua: notes

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

Getting to Cayo Sigua

• Navigation: the lighthouse Faro Cayo Paredón Grande stands about 1.8 km away.