Anchorage· Papanoa· Mexico
Papanoa (Puerto Vicente Guerrero) Anchorage
17° 16.3′ N · 101° 3.5′ W · approximate
A small fishing and shrimping harbor behind a short breakwater about 35 nm southeast of Zihuatanejo: the only real overnight shelter on the long run to Acapulco, with cantinas on the beach and pelicans and frigatebirds riding the shrimpers' booms.
Practical
Approximate: set just offshore of the OSM position for Puerto Vicente Guerrero (17.2731, -101.0556); use a current chart. The Mexican Navy publishes a large-scale harbor chart, SEMAR SM522.1 'Puerto Vicente Guerrero, Gro.' (1:4,000). Cruiser reviews (noforeignland) call it well protected and calm for an overnight stop, with a rocky bottom and dining reachable by dinghy. Roads Less Traveled used the breakwater's shelter overnight in 2012 and 2013 and noted 'not much there' besides a palapa bar that stayed loud into the small hours. Leave after the fishing fleet goes out at dawn. Acapulco is another 75 nm, so plan a pre-dawn start. Depths not recorded in sources: sound your way in.
Best for
Breaking up the Zihuatanejo-Acapulco run
Nearby
- Laguna de Potosí (Barra de Potosí)26.7 NM away
- Barra de Potosí Enramadas (Beach Restaurants)27.2 NM away
- Barra de Potosí Anchorage (Punta Potosí)27.8 NM away
- Playa Blanca (Barra de Potosí)29.2 NM away
- Los Morros de Potosí (Zihuatanejo)30.9 NM away
- Faro Punta Garrobo (Zihuatanejo)35.2 NM away
- Carlo Scuba (Playa Las Gatas)35.3 NM away
- Playa La Ropa (Zihuatanejo)35.3 NM away
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