Cayos Las Auras

Cayos Las Auras: coast and water

2690 m at 242°: Canal de Paredón Grande (channel); 6250 m at 248°: Canalizo Perico Díaz (channel); 9830 m at 243°: Punta La Harina (point); 10090 m at 84°: Ensenada de Paredón (cove); 11520 m at 236°: Boca de los Paredones (channel); 12870 m at 315°: Punta Coco (point); 17140 m at 308°: Laguna Larga (lagoon); 17220 m at 312°: Playa Larga (beach).

Cayos Las Auras: islands

2730 m at 97°: Cayo del Medio (islet); 3250 m at 317°: Cayo Queche (island); 8970 m at 93°: Cayo Los Paisajes (islet); 9680 m at 245°: Cayo Pancho la Vega (island); 10790 m at 85°: Cayo Elías (islet); 13250 m at 196°: Cayo Puta (island); 13320 m at 164°: Cayo Alto de Juan Saez (island); 13520 m at 201°: Cayo Guinea (island); 14510 m at 199°: Cayo La Aguada (island); 15950 m at 204°: Cayo Alto (island); 20230 m at 245°: Cayo Largo La Salina (island); 22120 m at 225°: Cayos del Canal Nuevo (island group).

Cayos Las Auras: inland

7910 m at 303°: Casasa (locality); 12290 m at 165°: Alto de Juan Sáez (hill); 13380 m at 266°: La Bandera (locality); 13680 m at 284°: Vaciadero (locality); 15970 m at 312°: oasis playa coco (hotel); 17600 m at 312°: Hotel Colonial Cayo Coco (hotel).

Cayos Las Auras: distances

39600 m at 163°: Playa la Mula; 41940 m at 195°: Bolivia; 50320 m at 154°: Playa Guaney; 8610 m at 286°: Jardines Del Rey Airport ; 142000 m at 134°: Port of Nuevitas (port); 45790 m at 291°: Marina Marlin Cayo Guillermo (marina).

Protected: 28200 m at 280°: Reserva Ecológica de Cayo Coco.

Cayos Las Auras: close by

40 m at 221°: Cayo Aura (cay); 2360 m at 244°: Cayo Salado (cay); 2430 m at 242°: Cayo Soldado (cay); 2580 m at 242°: Fishing spot (fishing); 2580 m at 241°: Fishing spot (fishing); 2730 m at 97°: Cayo del Medio (cay); 2860 m at 70°: Cayo Ramón (cay); 3250 m at 317°: Cayo Queche (cay); 5550 m at 77°: Cayo Los Santos (cay); 5590 m at 40°: Cayo Paredón de Lado (cay); 5600 m at 40°: Cayo Paredón del Medio (cay); 8260 m at 75°: Cayo Paredón (cay).

Cayos Las Auras: on and around

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

11040 m at 78°: Paredón pesca (marinas); 13020 m at 304°: Transgaviota Ciego - Camagüey (stations & terminals); 13080 m at 290°: Transtur Cayo Coco (stations & terminals); 13280 m at 314°: Delfinario Cayo Coco (en construcción) (attractions); 13500 m at 163°: Alto de Juan Sáez (peaks & volcanoes); 13620 m at 314°: Marina Gaviota Bautista (marinas).

Cayos Las Auras: marine life records

356 records of 116 species within 10 km, 1994 to 2025: 165 seabirds and shorebirds, 125 fish, 22 molluscs, 12 crustaceans, 11 corals, 5 echinoderms, 5 seagrass and algae, 4 other, 3 marine mammals, 3 sharks and rays, 1 sponges. That is 113.3 records per 100 km².

Most recorded: Pluvialis squatarola, 22 (seabirds and shorebirds); Charadrius melodus, 20 (seabirds and shorebirds); Arenaria interpres, 18 (seabirds and shorebirds); Sterna maxima, 15 (seabirds and shorebirds); Charadrius semipalmatus, 15 (seabirds and shorebirds); Pelecanus occidentalis, 13 (seabirds and shorebirds); Ocyurus chrysurus, 12 (fish); Tringa semipalmata, 10 (seabirds and shorebirds); Fregata magnificens, 8 (seabirds and shorebirds); Lutjanus apodus, 7 (fish); Coenobita clypeatus, 7 (crustaceans); Gorgonia ventalina, 7 (corals).

Months with records, marine mammals: Feb 2, Sep 1; seabirds and shorebirds: Jan 9, Feb 41, Mar 25, May 2, Jul 1, Nov 4.

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

Cayos Las Auras: notes

Land only where a guide allows it.

Getting to Cayos Las Auras

• Navigation: the lighthouse Faro Cayo Paredón Grande stands about 9.6 km away.