Cayo Soldado

Cayo Soldado: coast and water

3240 m at 342°: Pasa El Almácigo (channel); 7400 m at 243°: Punta La Harina (point); 10440 m at 348°: Arrecife Largo (reef); 12400 m at 326°: Punta Coco (point); 15150 m at 323°: Punta Colorada (point); 16290 m at 315°: Laguna Larga (lagoon); 17530 m at 320°: Punta Raza (point); 18130 m at 318°: Punta Caimanera (point).

Cayo Soldado: islands

5290 m at 66°: Cayo Ramón (islet); 11120 m at 87°: Cayo Los Paisajes (islet); 11260 m at 249°: Cayo Largo El Coco (island); 12110 m at 62°: Cayo Paredón Grande (island); 12490 m at 328°: Cayuelo Coco (island); 14120 m at 198°: Cayo Alto (island); 18100 m at 296°: Cayo Coco Island (island); 18330 m at 259°: Cayo Rabihorcado (island); 18570 m at 93°: Cayo Antón Grande (island); 19810 m at 223°: Cayos del Canal Nuevo (island group); 20260 m at 261°: Cayo Sombrero (island); 20710 m at 195°: Cayo Judas (island).

Cayo Soldado: inland

11980 m at 154°: Alto de Juan Sáez (hill); 11990 m at 292°: Vaciadero (locality); 14300 m at 324°: Bluebay Cayo coco (hotel); 14840 m at 323°: Sol Club Cayo Coco (hotel); 15510 m at 262°: La Silla (locality); 16250 m at 320°: Tryp Cayo Coco (hotel).

Cayo Soldado: distances

39220 m at 159°: Playa la Mula; 40330 m at 192°: Bolivia; 50300 m at 151°: Playa Guaney; 7060 m at 300°: Jardines Del Rey Airport ; 142770 m at 133°: Port of Nuevitas (port); 44230 m at 293°: Marina Marlin Cayo Guillermo (marina).

Protected: 26320 m at 283°: Reserva Ecológica de Cayo Coco.

Cayo Soldado: close by

120 m at 7°: Cayo Salado (cay); 150 m at 235°: Fishing spot (fishing); 160 m at 229°: Fishing spot (fishing); 2390 m at 62°: Cayo Aura (cay); 2430 m at 62°: Cayos Las Auras (cay); 3530 m at 359°: Cayo Queche (cay); 4920 m at 80°: Cayo del Medio (cay); 5280 m at 66°: Cayo Ramón (cay); 7250 m at 246°: Cayo Pancho la Vega (cay); 7900 m at 47°: Cayo Paredón de Lado (cay); 7910 m at 46°: Cayo Paredón del Medio (cay); 7920 m at 73°: Cayo Los Santos (cay).

Cayo Soldado: on and around

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

11620 m at 299°: Transtur Cayo Coco (stations & terminals); 12070 m at 314°: Transgaviota Ciego - Camagüey (stations & terminals); 12730 m at 324°: Delfinario Cayo Coco (en construcción) (attractions); 13060 m at 324°: Marina Gaviota Bautista (marinas); 13270 m at 152°: Alto de Juan Sáez (peaks & volcanoes); 13400 m at 75°: Paredón pesca (marinas); 14650 m at 324°: Teatro (theatres & arts); 14810 m at 322°: Rocarena Climbing Center (attractions); 14810 m at 322°: Sport Court (stadiums & sport).

Cayo Soldado: marine life records

201 records of 92 species within 10 km, 1994 to 2025: 116 fish, 47 seabirds and shorebirds, 10 molluscs, 8 corals, 5 echinoderms, 4 other, 3 marine mammals, 3 sharks and rays, 2 seagrass and algae, 2 crustaceans, 1 sponges. That is 64.0 records per 100 km².

Most recorded: Ocyurus chrysurus, 12 (fish); Dendrocygna arborea, 7 (seabirds and shorebirds); Sterna maxima, 7 (seabirds and shorebirds); Fregata magnificens, 6 (seabirds and shorebirds); Lutjanus apodus, 6 (fish); Abudefduf saxatilis, 6 (fish); Thalassoma bifasciatum, 5 (fish); Haemulon sciurus, 5 (fish); Sphoeroides testudineus, 5 (fish); Platalea ajaja, 4 (seabirds and shorebirds); Sparisoma rubripinne, 4 (fish); Gorgonia ventalina, 4 (corals).

Months with records, marine mammals: Feb 2, Sep 1; seabirds and shorebirds: Feb 4, Mar 8, May 1, Jul 1.

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

Cayo Soldado: notes

Land only where a guide allows it.

Getting to Cayo Soldado

• Navigation: the lighthouse Faro Cayo Paredón Grande stands about 12 km away.