Cayo Largo

Cayo Largo: coast and water

2480 m at 335°: Punta Gancho (point); 5190 m at 66°: Playa Los Cocos (beach); 12300 m at 249°: Arrecifes Los Ballenatos (reef); 12430 m at 50°: Punta Iguanita (point); 21050 m at 255°: Bajo Los Ballenatos (shoal); 31450 m at 11°: Herradura de la Sagua (shoal); 35740 m at 277°: Canalizo Rosario (channel); 44860 m at 347°: Canal Diego Pérez (channel); 45780 m at 20°: Las Lavanderas (reef); 47080 m at 82°: Cabeza del Este de los Jardinillos (shoal); 48000 m at 7°: Punta de Espeque (point); 50320 m at 272°: Laguna Ciego (lagoon).

Cayo Largo: islands

8590 m at 282°: Cayo Piedra (island); 12270 m at 273°: Cayería Los Majáes (island group); 16690 m at 252°: Cayos Los Ballenatos (island group); 22800 m at 91°: Cayo Inglés (island); 33450 m at 86°: Cayos de Dios (island group); 33540 m at 87°: Cayo Oro (island).

Cayo Largo: inland

1310 m at 257°: Sol Club Cayo Largo (hotel); 2390 m at 218°: Ole Playa Blanca (hotel); 2420 m at 215°: playa blanca (hotel); 2420 m at 215°: Gran Caribe Playa Blanca (hotel); 5330 m at 240°: Hotel Ole Playa Blanca (hotel); 8310 m at 271°: Combinado (hamlet); 9300 m at 272°: Marina Cayo Largo (settlement); 58070 m at 21°: La Salina (locality).

Cayo Largo: distances

3880 m at 240°: Cayo Largo del Sur; 8510 m at 244°: Paradise Beach; 64590 m at 26°: Playa Los Cocos; 6430 m at 263°: Vilo Acuña International Airport ; 122620 m at 61°: Port of Cienfuegos (port); 9220 m at 264°: Marina Marlin Cayo Largo (marina).

Cayo Largo: close by

0 m at 0°: Cayo Largo (cay); 0 m at 0°: Cayo Largo (reef); 4360 m at 53°: Cayos Los Pájaros (island group); 8200 m at 270°: Diving Center (reef); 8580 m at 282°: Cayo Piedra (cay); 8600 m at 280°: Cayo Iguana (cay); 11840 m at 247°: Cayo Hijo de los Ballenatos (cay); 12270 m at 273°: Cayería Los Majáes (island group); 12300 m at 249°: Arrecifes Los Ballenatos (reef); 15650 m at 272°: Cayos Alcatraces (cay); 16690 m at 252°: Cayo los Ballenatos (cay); 16700 m at 253°: Cayos Los Ballenatos (island group).

Cayo Largo: on and around

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

4280 m at 234°: Vivero el cocodrilo (attractions); 7980 m at 273°: Parque Uneca (urban parks & plazas); 8260 m at 269°: Marina Cayo Largo (marinas); 8360 m at 270°: Pesca deportiva (attractions); 8370 m at 270°: Museo Cayo Largo (museums); 8370 m at 270°: Club House (attractions); 8520 m at 272°: Transporte público y otros. Catamaranes (stations & terminals); 8920 m at 258°: Dolphinarium (attractions); 9710 m at 268°: Iguanas (attractions); 11110 m at 251°: Arrecife de coral (attractions).

Cayo Largo: marine life records

525 records of 252 species within 10 km, 1948 to 2026: 133 molluscs, 102 sponges, 101 fish, 70 seabirds and shorebirds, 45 corals, 24 crustaceans, 23 echinoderms, 12 seagrass and algae, 9 other, 6 sharks and rays. That is 167.1 records per 100 km².

Most recorded: Demospongiae, 26 (sponges); Oreaster reticulatus, 18 (echinoderms); Pelecanus occidentalis, 13 (seabirds and shorebirds); Arenaria interpres, 12 (seabirds and shorebirds); Stichopathes, 12 (corals); Aliger gigas, 10 (molluscs); Calidris alba, 9 (seabirds and shorebirds); Sterna maxima, 9 (seabirds and shorebirds); Antipatharia, 7 (corals); Coenobita clypeatus, 6 (crustaceans); Agelas citrina, 6 (sponges); Agelas sceptrum, 6 (sponges).

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

Cayo Largo: notes

Protected areas can have their own fishing rules.

Getting to Cayo Largo

• By boat: the route Surgidero de Batabanó - Cayo Largo del Sur is mapped. Schedules and operators change, so confirm locally before travelling.
• By boat: the route Nueva Gerona - Cayo Largo is mapped. Schedules and operators change, so confirm locally before travelling.