South America · Illustrated record
Playa Mancora
Mancora · Peru
The short version, from the cited sources
Mancora sits on the far-northern Peruvian coast where tropical water meets the desert shore, giving Peru its one persistently warm, sunny beach town. A dependable left point break made it the country's surf capital, whale-watching boats run in the austral winter humpback season, and the town's single strip hums with the backpacker circuit. The desert-and-warm-sea combination is rare on the Pacific coast of South America.
- Country
- Peru (PE)
- Region
- South America
- Sand
- Golden
- Water
- Warm pacific water with year-round surf
- Administrative area
- Mancora
- Timezone
- Not available from source
- Source family
- Beach Atlas editorial record
- Source updated
- Snapshot date only
Names in the record
Playa Mancora
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- Access and accessibility
- Facilities and lifeguards
- Seasonality and crowd pattern
- Current hazards and restrictions
- Live weather, tide and water-quality feeds
Source position
-4.10800, -81.04500
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