Erendira Beach
Ejido Erendira, Baja California, Mexico
Erendira Beach lies at Ejido Erendira, about 100 km south of Ensenada in Baja California, Mexico, an isolated, undeveloped stretch of wide sand and rocky outcrops that form protected seawater pools. The Pacific can be rough and cold or calm. People come for free camping, surfing and fishing.
An empty beach with free camping and good fishing and surf, though it is remote with very few services.
How we score beachesBring everything you need, since services are minimal. The rocky pools are the best spot for a calm swim.
Free camping and parking on the sand, off a dirt road. A hostel and campsite in the ejido, reached by about 13 km of dirt and gravel, offers a paid alternative.
Access is by unpaved road to soft sand, with no palapas or paved paths.
The Pacific here is cool year round, usually in the mid to high teens Celsius, and morning fog is common in late spring and early summer. Winter brings the larger northwest swells.
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