Bahia de Tembo is a beach on a secluded bay on the

Pacific The Pacific Ocean is the largest and deepest of Earth's five oceanic divisions. It extends from the Arctic Ocean in the north to the Southern Ocean (or, depending on definition, to Antarctica) in the south, and is bounded by the continen ...

coast in

Oaxaca Oaxaca ( , also , , from nci, Huāxyacac ), officially the Free and Sovereign State of Oaxaca ( es, Estado Libre y Soberano de Oaxaca), is one of the 32 states that compose the political divisions of Mexico, Federative Entities of Mexico. It is ...

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(). It can be accessed via an unsurfaced road that exits highway 200 roughly 5 km south of the

San Pedro Pochutla San Pedro Pochutla is a city and municipality located in the south of Oaxaca state, Mexico next to the Pacific Ocean. It is an important commercial, transportation and administrative hub for the Pochutla District in the east of the Costa Region. ...

junction. There are currently no facilities or full-time residents at Bahia de Tembo, but fishermen from Pochutla and nearby

Puerto Ángel Puerto Ángel (English: "Angel Port").Is a small coastal town in the Mexican state of Oaxaca located in the municipality of San Pedro Pochutla. It, along with San Agustinillo and Playa Zipolite are known as the "Riviera Oaxaqueña". It is located ...

can occasionally be found fishing for sardines and agujon at the surfline.

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s lay their eggs on this beach and are frequently seen offshore. The surf and currents in the bay can be very dangerous when the tide is changing, and there have been reports of drownings in the local waters.

References

External links

* Otro Ahogado en Playas Oaxaqueñas (Spanish

Beaches of Oaxaca {{Oaxaca-geo-stub