Los Cabos has a wide range of excellent beaches in which to choose. The northwest side on the Pacific coast offers rugged shoreline and impressive surf breaks, the East Cape is a world unto itself with miles of unexplored and unspoiled stretches of warm Gulf of California beaches. The corridor has the best of both with amazing villas, resorts and golf courses and the occasional bay with safe swimming options. The king of the tourist beaches is right in the heart of Cabo on a beach called Playa Medano. Ironically this busy beach has had the least change over the past 3 years. The area from the Marina to Club Cascadas is world famous for parties and water activities. It has great protection from the Land’s End peninsula and is a favorite for swimming, is easy for launching small pangas, larger para-sailing boats and jet skis. Dive boats and the new fly board boats start from here as well as the Marina. Kayak rentals and SUP venders are happy to get you started or bring your own. Best to begin your adventure early as these paddle sports are best enjoyed before the winds pick up and the drunken jet skiers become an issue.
Medano, a multi-use beach can get crowded especially during major Holidays but that is a draw if you like people watching. Speaking of people watching the famous Mango Deck keeps expanding and is by far the largest restaurant bar in Los Cabos with the reputation of adults on tequila behaving wildly. The Office On The Beach Restaurant and Bar is still giving great service and tasty food next door. Billigans Island, the New Cachet Beach Club, Omega Sports Bar and Restaurant, The Sand Bar, SUR Beach House and at the end of this row Tabasco Beach make up a nice selection of options for all ages. This is the happening place to be. Venders roam the beach with their knowing smiles and bargain deals mingling with the activity peddlers and timeshare tour operators to make this a fun and festive experience. After a few adult beverages and tasty tacos you may want to apply some more sunscreen or you may just wake up with a lobster complexion, dry tongue and a terrible brain burden. Don’t despair, The Office makes the best chicken chilaquiles and red beer so you can can beat the headache and start the day all over again.Then there are the various resorts that cropped up over the decades. Only a few new ones to report like the all-inclusive Breathless adjacent to the Marina and the new One Resort and Residences under construction next to Hacienda Beach Club Residences. As you venture eastward past Cascadas Resort the beach has a bigger surf break and is not as good for swimming or launching boats. The beach is still very nice to walk and or stumble back to the Villas Resorts and on to the Riu group further east. But not before you reach the arroyo between the resorts, that is where the tent city of massages and locals hang. This has easy parking and a wide assortment of venders. Recently annihilated after the tropical storm Lidia wreaked such havoc but nicely cleaned up by Locals and Gringos alike. Didn’t know such damage could come from a storm that was not a hurricane. Most of the tents and small venders shacks were wiped out but are already rebounding in time for high season. From there up the beach returns to quiet along a huge section of undeveloped beach front land tied up in court over ownership disputes. Wow what a dramatic change from the crazy party beach in Cabo San Lucas. This section has many local fishermen, rocky bluffs, alcoves and private little bays. We have walked the whole thing and it is further than it appears. If you are adventurous you can make it all the way to the end of the bay ending at the new Cape Hotel where the expert surfing beach called Monuments is located. As Cabo expands up the Pacific and around the east side up from San Jose Del Cabo, there will always be the ever happy and exuberant Medano Beach in Cabo San Lucas, the heart and soul of your Cabo Beach vacation.
