Playa Medano
Cabo San Lucas, Baja California Sur, Mexico
Playa Medano is the main swimming beach in Cabo San Lucas, Baja California Sur, Mexico, a long, calm stretch of Sea of Cortez sand lined with beach clubs, restaurants and hotels. Jet skis, parasailing and kayaks rent right on the beach. It is the busiest beach in town, especially on weekends and during spring break.
Calm water and every service a visitor needs, though it is the most crowded beach in Cabo and loud with vendors and boats.
How we score beachesHead toward the quieter stretch near the hotels if the marina end feels too busy. Weekday mornings are calmest.
The beach is public and free to enter. Parking is on nearby streets and in paid lots, and it fills up on weekends.
The sand is flat and wide, with restaurants and club decks along the back. Soft sand slows strollers and wheelchairs.
Calm swimming water holds most of the year, with a mild winter and crowds peaking around spring break. Hurricane season runs roughly June through November.
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