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Teiki Mathieu Baillan surfing a self-made Alaia surfboard in Lances Left, Mentawaï, Indonesia. Photo by C. Naslain, 2009.

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 Playa guanico

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drive to tonosi from las tablas , and head past the police station on your left, continue over the tonosi bridge and past a big restaurant on your left with a thatched roof now continue on the worst road in the world for about 20 mins and you will see a sign with an iguana, take a left down the second worst road in the world and head for the beach you will arrive at a little cntina with a big roof and and a small bar that is too small to stand up under.

English (Translate this text in English): drive to tonosi from las tablas , and head past the police station on your left, continue over the tonosi bridge and past a big restaurant on your left with a thatched roof now continue on the worst road in the world for about 20 mins and you will see a sign with an iguana, take a left down the second worst road in the world and head for the beach you will arrive at a little cntina with a big roof and and a small bar that is too small to stand up under.

English (Translate this text in English): drive to tonosi from las tablas , and head past the police station on your left, continue over the tonosi bridge and past a big restaurant on your left with a thatched roof now continue on the worst road in the world for about 20 mins and you will see a sign with an iguana, take a left down the second worst road in the world and head for the beach you will arrive at a little cntina with a big roof and and a small bar that is too small to stand up under.

English (Translate this text in English): drive to tonosi from las tablas , and head past the police station on your left, continue over the tonosi bridge and past a big restaurant on your left with a thatched roof now continue on the worst road in the world for about 20 mins and you will see a sign with an iguana, take a left down the second worst road in the world and head for the beach you will arrive at a little cntina with a big roof and and a small bar that is too small to stand up under.

DistanceSurf trip

WalkInstant access (< 5min)

Easy to find?OK

Public access?Public access

Special access4x4

 Surf Spot Characteristics

Alternative name guanicos

Surf Spot Quality

Wave qualitySloppy

ExperienceBeginners wave

FrequencyRegular

Wave

TypeBeach-break

DirectionRight and left

BottomSandy with rock

Power

Normal lengthShort (< 50m)

Good day lengthNormal (50 to 150m)

Tide, Swell and Wind

Good swell direction

Good wind direction

Swell sizeStarts working at Less than 1m / 3ft and holds up to 3m+ / 10ft+

Best tide positionAll tides

Best tide movementRising and falling tides

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in front is the beach break with numerous peaks that work at all tides, far right there is a point break which fires a sucky wave when all else is too big best at a lower tide though!
carry on up the beach to the left and you will find at mid to high tides, multiple reef breaks which give a real punchy feel, here the beach becomes a lot prettier, some people are making real nice thatched cabins on stilts, but when i was there they hadnt finished them yet! (feb-mar 2003)
there are other breaks i was told about but youd have to find them for yourself!
its a cool place beacause playa venao, cambutal and guanico is all quite close to each other so its a good place to be when there is waves.
check it out

English (Translate this text in English): in front is the beach break with numerous peaks that work at all tides, far right there is a point break which fires a sucky wave when all else is too big best at a lower tide though!<br />carry on up the beach to the left and you will find at mid to high tides, multiple reef breaks which give a real punchy feel, here the beach becomes a lot prettier, some people are making real nice thatched cabins on stilts, but when i was there they hadnt finished them yet! (feb-mar 2003)<br />there are other breaks i was told about but youd have to find them for yourself!<br />its a cool place beacause playa venao, cambutal and guanico is all quite close to each other so its a good place to be when there is waves.<br />check it out

English (Translate this text in English): in front is the beach break with numerous peaks that work at all tides, far right there is a point break which fires a sucky wave when all else is too big best at a lower tide though!&lt;br &#47;&gt;carry on up the beach to the left and you will find at mid to high tides, multiple reef breaks which give a real punchy feel, here the beach becomes a lot prettier, some people are making real nice thatched cabins on stilts, but when i was there they hadnt finished them yet! (feb-mar 2003)&lt;br &#47;&gt;there are other breaks i was told about but youd have to find them for yourself!&lt;br &#47;&gt;its a cool place beacause playa venao, cambutal and guanico is all quite close to each other so its a good place to be when there is waves.&lt;br &#47;&gt;check it out

English (Translate this text in English): in front is the beach break with numerous peaks that work at all tides, far right there is a point break which fires a sucky wave when all else is too big best at a lower tide though!&amp;lt;br &amp;#47;&amp;gt;carry on up the beach to the left and you will find at mid to high tides, multiple reef breaks which give a real punchy feel, here the beach becomes a lot prettier, some people are making real nice thatched cabins on stilts, but when i was there they hadnt finished them yet! (feb-mar 2003)&amp;lt;br &amp;#47;&amp;gt;there are other breaks i was told about but youd have to find them for yourself!&amp;lt;br &amp;#47;&amp;gt;its a cool place beacause playa venao, cambutal and guanico is all quite close to each other so its a good place to be when there is waves.&amp;lt;br &amp;#47;&amp;gt;check it out

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By Anonymous , 15-10-2009

croc city - just went to guanico, okay waves but left when i saw a 15ft croc cruising the shorebreak, definately not a wave worth risking. no crocs in cambutal though, so i went and stayed there.

By Anonymous , 24-07-2008

Cervesa - Cervasa wave.sleepy and boring. bring a long board...don't bother. Go directly to Santa Cat.

By Anonymous , 06-12-2007

Steve - Just finished a three day road trip to Guanico. The roads look kinda like DaNang, but the surf is terrific. Sets were 10' (some bigger) and held up that size. The lobster lunch was terrific at the beach-front fonda, and local surfer Luis was friendly, informative, and helpful. Definitely worth the trip!! Any questions, e-mail me.

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