All the Punta del Este beaches are public. They have transparent, crystalline waters, that are excellent for bathes, some beaches have quiet waters and others have big waves, as well as some have thin white sands and others, thick golden sands. We will make now a brief description of the characteristics of Punta del Este beaches starting at the bridge over the Portero Brook. The first one is "Chihuahua", famous for the practice of naturism. The following one is "Solanas" which brings an excellent landscape and striking sunsets, is a beach with quiet waters, ideal for kids. Punta Ballena protects this beach fro the East winds.-

At the East side of Punta Ballena, there is a long and large shore that reaches the Peninsula, known as Playa Mansa which changes its depth and sand thickness in different sites. The names the different beaches have are the same names of the Inns placed along the coast. They are family beaches, with few waves, shortdepth, good for kid bathes,from "Stop 25" tothe Peninsula, specially. Getting to the Peninsula, going along the Ramble that surrounds it, you will reach, south, the "El Emir" beach. This is a small but excellent beach, with a numerous attendance, surfers mainly, with shake waters and big waves.

- Going always east by the Ramble, we get to the "Brava" shore, starting at the "Stop 1", that is from the Peninsula and from a rocky area, and finishing at the Maldonado Brook mouth. These beaches have strong waves and they take its names from the Inns, too.

After this, following the Maldonado Brook coast, in direction to the "Puente Ondulante", is a quiet and peaceful beach, "El Placer". After having crossed the waving bridge "Puente Ondulante", we find the Maldonado Brook north shore beach, with quiet waters, ideal for nautical activities. Having reached "La Barra, surrounded by rocky ground is a little and pleasant beach known as "Posta del Cangrejo".
Following Route 10 east, we find many beaches with less important resorts, which sands, waters and fishing are striking. From La Barra, the first one is "Montoya", a deep beach of transparent waters with high waves - ideal for surfers - where youth meet in a surrounding of real charm. After "Montoya", there is "Manantiales" separated from the former by a group of rocks that forms an excellent fishery for the white "corvine", This beach can be dangerous in occasions, because the permanent violence of its waves. Following "Manantiales", there is "Las Dunas", identified by the Hotel with the same name. It is not too visited and that makes of it a very quiet beach. It has thick sands and big waves. Another rocky area separates it from the "Bikini" beach, a beach that is nowadays very visited and is at the top of the youth preference. Here you can see top models and people from the Jet set of Punta del Este.
After another rocky zone, appears "Terrazas de Manatiales", with the building complex with the same name. Here you may find well-known VIP looking for some quietness.
This beach longs until a little amounts of rocks that marks the beginning of "El Chorro" and "Punta Piedras" beaches that ends in a large rocky ground, divided by a very small but beautiful beach. Once the rock ground disappeared, the long "Balneario Buenos Aires" begins. It is no very popular and for that reason it is preferred by those who are looking for real peacefulness or by fishermen. It ends at the beginning of the exclusive Balneario "José Ignacio". This one is a very big beach whose principal characteristic is being really deep. The different excellent fisheries in this place give name to each zone.

Although all the shore is adequate for fishing, there are places with parking areas very near the coast. For this reason they are properly called fisheries, like: "Palitos", "El Barco", "El Pozo de los Tiburones", etc. Going east along the beach, we find the bridge over the Jose Ignacio Lagoon, after crossing it we reach "La Juanita" Resort, a deep beach good fishery for the Drumfish -black "corvine"- that finishes at the "José Ignacio" Resort.