Santa Marianita is a small fishing village about 20 minutes south of the city of Manta. This is a 300 meters wide, 4km long sandy beach, with plenty of space for learning, launching and landing, and a sometimes surfable shorebreak with waves from 1 to 1.5-2 meters high for intermediate and expert riders. A couple of restaurants can be found near the launching area where riders gather. The beach is never crowed.
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• From Guayaquil or Quito: you can either take a bus (10 hours from Quito, 3 hours from guayaquil) to the city of Manta (3rd biggest city in Ecuador, so many buses go there). Or fly into Manta from Quito (35 minutes flight).
• From Manta: Once in Manta, the easiest choice is a taxi that can take you to Santa Marianita beach.
If you rent a car in Manta, then from the airport go to the the Barbasquillo neighbourhood, south of the center of Manta. From there take the road that goes to San Mateo, a fishing village 5 minutes further south from Manta along a coastal road. To go to San Mateo there's a fork in the road where you have to take a right. As you enter San Mateo take the first street to the left, a very steep street that goes to a bridge and then steeply up again. Then go left and follow the road along the hills until you see signs with the name Playa Bonita or Santa Marianita (the village next to Playa Bonita).
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[70% >= 4bf]
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the city of Manta has all the night life, restaurants, etc etc
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