Calm lagoon
Behind the reef.
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Tumon Bay is a bay on Guam's west coast opening onto the Philippine Sea, about 6.4 km in a straight line north-east of the capital, Hagåtña. It is bounded by Two Lovers Point to the north and Ypao Point to the south, off Tumon, the island's tourist centre. The whole bay lies within the Tumon Bay Marine Preserve, one of five marine preserves on Guam, covering about 4.5 square kilometres over a length of roughly three kilometres. A wide coral reef separates the calm lagoon from the open ocean, its platform up to about 440 m wide. Historians think Ferdinand Magellan anchored in this bay or nearby Agana Bay in 1521, the island's first encounter with Europeans. Today people come to swim in its clear shallow water, snorkel among corals and colourful fish, paddle, and watch the sun set over the sea. The beach is public and free. The water inside the reef is calm, but do not go beyond it into the open ocean; fishing is restricted in the preserve, and sunset is one of the best times here.
Behind the reef.
Corals and fish.
Over the Philippine Sea.
Tamuning, Guam
Yes inside the reef, not beyond it.
Yes.