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Teiki Mathieu Baillan surfing a self-made Alaya surfboard in Macaroni, Mentawaï, Indonesia. Photo by C. Naslain, 2009.

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 Guanos Reef

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From hotel Camino Real in the hotel zone of Cancun, there’s a little outer reef full of seagulls, you need to swim out for like 50m, to the other side of the seagull infested island where you’ll observe the waves.

English (Translate this text in English): From hotel Camino Real in the hotel zone of Cancun, there’s a little outer reef full of seagulls, you need to swim out for like 50m, to the other side of the seagull infested island where you’ll observe the waves.

English (Translate this text in English): From hotel Camino Real in the hotel zone of Cancun, there’s a little outer reef full of seagulls, you need to swim out for like 50m, to the other side of the seagull infested island where you’ll observe the waves.

English (Translate this text in English): From hotel Camino Real in the hotel zone of Cancun, there’s a little outer reef full of seagulls, you need to swim out for like 50m, to the other side of the seagull infested island where you’ll observe the waves.

DistanceIn the city

WalkShort walk (5-15 mn)

Easy to find?Easy to find

Public access?Private access

Special accessDon't know

 Surf Spot Characteristics

Alternative name Shitwrecks

Surf Spot Quality

Wave qualitySloppy

ExperiencePros or kamikaze only...

FrequencyRegular

Wave

TypeReef-rocky

DirectionRight

BottomReef (coral, sharp rocks etc..)

PowerHollow, Fast

Normal lengthShort (< 50m)

Good day lengthShort (< 50m)

Tide, Swell and Wind

Good swell directionNorth, NorthWest

Good wind direction

Swell sizeStarts working at Less than 1m / 3ft and holds up to 2m+ / 6ft+

Best tide positionHigh tide only

Best tide movementRising and falling tides

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Week crowdEmpty

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Dangers

- Rips / undertow
- Rocks
- Sharks

 Additional Information

Be careful, it’s very shallow and gnarly, with luck you won’t ding your board. It’s a good break if there are no waves in Cancun. Don’t step on the coral.
Don’t pass the reef because there are sharks below.

English (Translate this text in English): Be careful, it’s very shallow and gnarly, with luck you won’t ding your board. It’s a good break if there are no waves in Cancun. Don’t step on the coral.<br />Don’t pass the reef because there are sharks below.

English (Translate this text in English): Be careful, it’s very shallow and gnarly, with luck you won’t ding your board. It’s a good break if there are no waves in Cancun. Don’t step on the coral.&lt;br &#47;&gt;Don’t pass the reef because there are sharks below.

English (Translate this text in English): Be careful, it’s very shallow and gnarly, with luck you won’t ding your board. It’s a good break if there are no waves in Cancun. Don’t step on the coral.&amp;lt;br &amp;#47;&amp;gt;Don’t pass the reef because there are sharks below.

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You need balls.

English (Translate this text in English): You need balls.

English (Translate this text in English): You need balls.

English (Translate this text in English): You need balls.

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By Kibistek , 26-07-2006

Gnarly man, ouch, gnarly! - When nothing else is breaking or too shit this place is worhtwhile the paddle, even if it's to have a look at the guls, urchins and reefsharks. If you have reef boots take them! If you have a reefmask, take it! Hahahaha...

By El Pastas , 04-02-2005

Narly!!!! - Man this is not like charnel!!!! when the wave gets narly you dont want too now its... its.. narly man

By anonymous , 26-01-2005

Is this Punta Cancun - If this is Punta Cancun, I have surfed this wave and its a mini shark island deal only surfable a high tide. Low tide is exposed reef or finger tips touch reef when you paddle. Then it drops off very very deep. The biggest I surfed it was 4 ft. cause you need reef booties and mine got stolen at nearby Choc Mol. If you can surf, its got two sections of reef almost the size of the roof of a VW Van. The first section can be a mellower take off to barrel then the last section turns square and round as it bends on the reef into a small channel. On very high tide you can take off deep on the first section and hit the lip on the last section or pull in to a bending barrel. Here's the catch. If you straiten out you will clear the nearly exposed reef w/your fins(just barely). But if you fall hitting the lip or get rolled pulling into that last section, You will hit reef!!!...But its knd of spongie on top, just don't penetrait too deep into the reef because after the sponge part its like a razor. Very fun sport, but if you can't make a late free fall take off on nearly dry reef, don't try it. You'll get rag dolled onto the last sections urchins table.

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