Fake Beach Police · Case 006
Cabo Beaches: The Famous One Is Not in Cabo, and the Swimmable One Is 45 Minutes Away
Playa Balandra tops Mexico's lists and sits outside La Paz, not Cabo San Lucas. Near Cabo, the beach you can actually swim at is Cerritos.
October 2026 · 3 min
Fake Beach Police · Case 005
Best Beaches in Bali: Four Lists, About Thirty Beaches, None on All Four
We laid four published best-of lists side by side. Five beaches appear on three of them. Lonely Planet's list shares nothing with two of the others.
October 2026 · 3 min
Fake Beach Police · Case 002
Clearest Water Beaches: Five Lists, Ten Beaches, One Measurement
We pulled the ten places that five published lists name most often for the clearest water. Nine have no measurement of clarity anywhere. Two are not beaches.
October 2026 · 4 min
Fake Beach Police · Case 003
The Biggest Wave Ever Surfed: The Record Changed in 2020 and Some Guides Never Noticed
The record is 26.2 metres, set at Nazaré in October 2020. A travel guide still online in 2026 gives the 2017 wave. So did we, until this month.
October 2026 · 3 min
Fake Beach Police · Case 004
Bali Beach Entrance Fees in 2026: What 12 Beaches Actually Charge
Most are free with a small parking charge. One popular beach costs IDR 25,000, and pages all over the internet still say 10,000.
October 2026 · 3 min
Fake Beach Police · Case 001
Three Travel Lists Are Still Sending You to a Beach That Closed in 2022
Navagio is on three published lists of the clearest water on Earth. Nobody has been allowed to swim in it since 2022.
October 2026 · 4 min