Patanemo

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About

If you are planing to go there, try to avoid doing it during the week, because is to lonely and you take the risk of being robbed. If you have a 4x4 car you can drive all the way to the spot; if not, make sure you park it close to the "kioskos", close all the windows and activate all the alarms

Location

Access

From Valencia: Take the highway to Puerto Cabello (~ 45 Km). Once you get to puerto Cabello, stay in the highway and follow the signs ( Ganango - Patanemo). It takes about 20 minutes (15 Km) from Puerto cabello to Patanemo. The beach has a couple of point breaks, to get to the coral-reef point you have to walk all the way to the West of the bay. The point right in the beack is not too good, it is a sandy bottom but the waves break in one bar, and you usually have to deal with a bunch of swimers.

Getting there
Walk
Short walk (5-15 min)
Public access
Yes
4x4 required
Unknown
Boat required
Unknown
Wave characteristics
Type
Reef (coral)
Direction
Right and left
Bottom
Reef (coral, sharp rocks etc.)
Power
Ordinary, Fun
Frequency
Don't know
Normal length
Short (<50m)
Good day length
Normal (50 to 150m)
Ideal conditions
Wind direction
North, NorthWest
Swell direction
North, NorthWest
Swell size
Don't know - Don't know
Tide
Low and mid tide
Tide movement
Rising tide
Crowd
Week
Empty
Weekend
Crowded

Dangers

Urchins, Rocks

Videos

None

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