Los Cabos, a destination that today has become a favorite with tourists, both Cabo San Lucas and the Los Cabos area have excellent beaches covering 80 km of the last stretch of the Sea of Cortez and are one of the main and most beautiful attractions of this Baja California tourist destination. The incomparable beauty of its beaches, both secluded and with characteristics that make them all unique, beaches of the Cabo area are excellent day trip locations where you can practice all kinds of watersports or just relax and enjoy the sun and a peaceful day.
The area from San Jose del Cabo to Cabo San Lucas offers twenty varied main beaches to explore. The most famous are Playa Costa Azul, a haven for surfers, Playa Palmilla, the favorite spot for amateur photographers, Santa Maria Bay, with its protected cove and marine sanctuary, Playa El Chileno, known for its good swimming and snorkeling conditions, Playa El Medano, the water sports center of Cabo San Lucas, and Lover's Beach, accessible only by boat and near the famous arch, where the Sea of Cortez meets the Pacific Ocean. Whether you swim, hang out at the beach or practice some sport or activity that gets your adrenaline pumping, Cabo San Lucas has it all.
Playa El Arco
(The Arch Beach) located on the tip of the Baja California Sur peninsula is the most representative natural attraction of Los Cabos & specifically of Cabo San Lucas, recently declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO. It's a rock formation in the shape of an arch that has naturally formed out of the edge of the cape by wave erosion during many thousand years. On this Los Cabos beach, located specifically in Cabo San Lucas each four years something quite interesting happens, a new beach called "De los enamorados" (Lover's beach) is formed by some special tide and wave conditions and then disappears into the sea again. There are some boat cruises you can take which depart from the Cabo Marina or Medano Beach to visit and photograph the area and the arch and cape.
Playa El Medano
Medano Beach is the most famous beach in Cabo San Lucas. It is located about 1.5 miles from the main drag and in Cabo San Lucas bay, you can reach it easily walking from the Marina.From here you can see the famous Arch, a site quite representative of Cabo San Lucas. Enjoy fine white sands, gentle waves and blue waters. This beach looks like a very big swimming pool, two or three times a week you'll see cruiseships arrive in it. In this area you'll find a variety of water service providers, including boat cruises that will take you to the Arch or to Lover's Beach. You can also rent and ride jet-ski, enjoy a parasail ride around the bay, diving, and as if this were not enough you can take a helicopter ride. Watch the Cabo San Lucas Web Cam located on Cabo Médano Beach.
Playa Palmilla
Playa Palmilla beach in Cabos is one of the busiest and most popular beaches in the area, it's located on Km 27.5 of Highway Number 1 in San Jose del Cabo, has beautiful white sands and clear waters, ideal for a family trip to the beach with recreational areas. At Palmilla you can practice a number of sports, including scubadiving, snorkeling and fishing in its waters which offer quite a few different marine species.
Playa Bahía El Chileno
Bahía El Chileno beach (The Chilean Bay Beach) located on Km 14.5 of the Tourist Corridor between San José del Cabo and Cabo San Lucas is a popular beach because of the calm waters and great comfort and relaxation offered by the shadow of the numerous palm trees that grow there. Access to the beach is very well indicated. The parking space here is quite wide and the best part is that it's a public beach. You should not pay anything to enjoy all the benefits of these areas. On this beach you'll find clear and calm waters, ideal for swimming and snorkeling. The beach offers showers for your convenience. You'll also find stores there that can rent equipment and boat rides for short trips and tours.
Cascadas de Arena
Cascadas de Arena (Sand Waterfalls), the waters here host a wide variety of marine life, one of the most visited by experienced scuba divers and snorkelers. If you are not an expert, please find a guide that is experienced.
Waterfall Arena is one of the sites chosen by more experienced divers in Los Cabos, it's a site with wide variety of marine species, it's a complicated site and why it is recommended that all tourists swim accompanied by an expert guide who knows the place. Besides being a scuba diving and snorkeling site, it has large spaces where you can enjoy a pleasant day with your family or friends practicing different sports or just resting from the exhausting daily routine in Cabo San Lucas.
Playa Acapulquito
Acapulquito beach is located on Km 28 of the main road in San Jose del Cabo, this is a fine sand beach with clear and transparent waters, waves of the area are quite strong so it is recommended to exercise caution if you enjoy a swim in the sea. Acapulquito is undoubtedly an ideal beach for adventure sports such as surfing.
Playa Las Mañanitas
Las Mañanitas (The little mornings) beach is located after the tourist corridor on the San Jose del Cabo side. It's a beach that features spectacular white sand and is also very wide, it offers some large upscale hotels to spend the night and rest. You will find all the services you need to have a good time on this beach, restaurants, water service providers and others that will make you feel at home.
Playa Costa Azul
Costa Azul Beach (Blue Coast beach) is considered the best beach in Los Cabos for surfing, it's located about 2 miles south of the hotel zone in San Jose del Cabo. Most surfers visit this beach during the summer where the waves are incredibly high, this beach also offers are kinds of services and facilities that will make your day at this beach a pleasant and confortable experience.
Los Cabos, a destination that today has become a favorite with tourists, both Cabo San Lucas and the Los Cabos area have excellent beaches covering 80 km of the last stretch of the Sea of Cortez and are one of the main and most beautiful attractions of this Baja California tourist destination. The incomparable beauty of its beaches, both secluded and with characteristics that make them all unique, beaches of the Cabo area are excellent day trip locations where you can practice all kinds of watersports or just relax and enjoy the sun and a peaceful day.
