Autumn Travel Guide to Honghai Bay, Shanwei (2025 Edition)

🎫 Ticket Prices:
🔹 Honghai Bay Tourist Area ticket: 16 RMB/person, half price 8 RMB for seniors/students/children, free for seniors over 65 and children under 1.2 meters.
🔹 Zhelang Peninsula core area opening hours: 05:00-18:30, Nanhai Guanyin Scenic Area: 8:00-18:30.

📸 Best Shooting Times
▫️ Two-Color Sea Highway: Shoot against the light from 4-6 PM, the golden-edged waves are stunning.
▫️ Zhelang Peninsula: After 4 PM, shoot the "Yin-Yang Sea" silhouette; reef area is great for close-ups of waves crashing.
▫️ Windmill Island: One hour after sunrise or one hour before sunset, white windmills and glass sea in the same frame.

🔥 Must-Visit Spots:
1️⃣ Zhelang Wonder: China's only "left wave, right calm" two-color sea, ticket 16 RMB.

2️⃣ Windmill Island Causeway: Rent an electric scooter for 30 RMB/hour to circle the island; at low tide, a shell path appears on the beach.

3️⃣ Nanhai Guanyin Temple: Cliffside ancient temple + 10-meter-high Guanyin statue, best shots from the square looking up.

4️⃣ Jinding Bay Glass Sea: Few people, clear water, best for drone photography.

🍤 Food Tips
✅ Ermalu must-eats: Thin pancake with sugar scallion (5 RMB), sea urchin fried rice (38 RMB).

✅ Fisherman’s Wharf Seafood Restaurant: Freshly caught salt and pepper mantis shrimp (128 RMB/jin).

▫️ Local recommendation: Shuiguailiao Market 5 RMB vegetable tea + 10 RMB pork rib dumplings.

🚦 Transportation Suggestions:
🚙 2.5 hours drive from Shenzhen, navigate to "Honghai Bay Tourist Area," parking 10 RMB/day.
🚅 Take high-speed rail to Shanwei Station, then taxi 30 minutes (80 RMB).

💡 Practical Tips

✔️ Wear white/bright long dresses, bring a reflector for fill light.

✔️ Wear non-slip shoes in reef areas, leave one hour before high tide.

✔️ Water temperature around 25°C in September-October, suitable for snorkeling/jet skiing (150 RMB/session).