Cayo Toro

Cayo Toro: coast and water

2040 m at 6°: Punta del Perro (point); 5370 m at 92°: Canalizo Ginebra (channel); 9490 m at 321°: Playa El Paso (beach); 10210 m at 322°: Punta Rasa (point); 11350 m at 320°: Punta Playuelas (point); 11800 m at 270°: Lagunato de Mortero (lagoon); 13650 m at 87°: Ensenada Puerto Coco (bay); 14270 m at 90°: Playa La Jaula (beach).

Cayo Toro: islands

1540 m at 346°: Cayo del Perro (island); 8080 m at 187°: Cayo Salina (islet); 8430 m at 169°: Cayo Partido (island); 9200 m at 205°: Cayo La Manuy (island); 9760 m at 60°: Cayo Jaula (island); 9810 m at 344°: Cayo Felipe de Barlovento (island); 11260 m at 111°: Cayo Coco (islet); 12040 m at 266°: Cayo Jutía (island); 12190 m at 336°: Cayo Felipe de Sotavento (island); 12520 m at 282°: Cayo Mortero (island); 13970 m at 276°: Cayos los Derramaderos (islet); 17660 m at 99°: Cayo Coco Island (island).

Cayo Toro: inland

8480 m at 100°: Colonial Hotel (hotel); 8480 m at 100°: Colonial Cayo Coco (hotel); 8950 m at 99°: Tryp Cayo Coco (hotel); 9040 m at 320°: Sol Cayo Guillermo (hotel); 10450 m at 317°: Gran Caribe villa cojimar (hotel); 13050 m at 316°: Iberostar Origin Playa Pilar (hotel).

Cayo Toro: distances

31520 m at 221°: Kilo 9; 42710 m at 224°: El Asiento; 44310 m at 189°: Las Charcas; 28510 m at 105°: Jardines Del Rey Airport ; 175420 m at 128°: Port of Nuevitas (port); 9560 m at 313°: Marina Marlin Cayo Guillermo (marina).

Protected: 9380 m at 120°: Reserva Ecológica de Cayo Coco.

Cayo Toro: close by

1540 m at 346°: Cayo del Perro (cay); 1890 m at 314°: Cayo Agua (cay); 4470 m at 314°: Cayos de Mangle Colorado (island group); 5740 m at 283°: Cayos Piedra de la Caridad (island group); 6720 m at 313°: Boat Adventure (fishing); 7740 m at 7°: Cayuelo del Perro (cay); 8030 m at 271°: Cayo Botella (cay); 8040 m at 186°: Cayo Botella (cay); 8080 m at 187°: Cayo Salina (cay); 8440 m at 169°: Cayo Partido (cay); 8950 m at 294°: Cayo Valle Cobo (cay); 9200 m at 205°: Cayo La Manuy (cay).

Cayo Toro: on and around

Within 15 km: 3 attractions, 2 trails & viewpoints, 2 banks & exchange, 1 marinas, 1 stadiums & sport, 1 surfing & kiteboarding, 1 parks & reserves, 1 camp sites, 1 historic & heritage, 1 theatres & arts.

6640 m at 314°: Marina Marlin Cayo Guillermo (marinas); 6750 m at 313°: Delfinario (attractions); 7190 m at 314°: flamingo (attractions); 8110 m at 319°: Bowling (stadiums & sport); 8860 m at 98°: Parque El Bagá (attractions); 9380 m at 120°: Reserva Ecológica de Cayo Coco (parks & reserves); 10930 m at 91°: Campismo Popular Cayo Coco (camp sites); 10950 m at 91°: El Indio (historic & heritage); 14130 m at 90°: Teatro de Animación (theatres & arts); 14480 m at 90°: Arenas Blancas (cuban cuisine & lechón).

Cayo Toro: marine life records

457 records of 124 species within 10 km, 1928 to 2026: 239 seabirds and shorebirds, 71 crustaceans, 52 fish, 44 molluscs, 13 echinoderms, 13 seagrass and algae, 9 marine mammals, 5 other, 5 corals, 4 turtles, 2 sharks and rays. That is 145.5 records per 100 km².

Most recorded: Himantopus mexicanus, 39 (seabirds and shorebirds); Pelecanus occidentalis, 25 (seabirds and shorebirds); Egretta tricolor, 22 (seabirds and shorebirds); Egretta rufescens, 19 (seabirds and shorebirds); Platalea ajaja, 18 (seabirds and shorebirds); Fregata magnificens, 15 (seabirds and shorebirds); Cardisoma guanhumi, 15 (crustaceans); Acanthopleura granulata, 14 (molluscs); Arenaria interpres, 12 (seabirds and shorebirds); Sterna maxima, 10 (seabirds and shorebirds); Dendrocygna arborea, 10 (seabirds and shorebirds); Coenobita clypeatus, 9 (crustaceans).

Months with records, marine mammals: Feb 5, Sep 4; seabirds and shorebirds: Jan 2, Feb 13, Mar 25, Apr 2, May 5, Jul 3, Sep 4, Nov 1, Dec 1.

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

Cayo Toro: notes

A cay can lie inside a protected area.

Getting to Cayo Toro

• Navigation: the lighthouse Faro de Cayo Jaula stands about 9.7 km away.