Playa Los Cerritos
ONLY IF YOU'RE ALREADY THERE

Mexico · El Pescadero, Baja California Sur · #9 of Mexico's ten by fame

Playa Los Cerritos

One of the few Pacific beaches at the tip of Baja where you can swim.

How we rated it: nothing lifts it and nothing sinks it. Photo: Adam Jones · CC BY-SA 2.0

The hang

Cerritos is about 40 to 45 km northwest of Cabo San Lucas on Highway 19, around 45 minutes by car, and one of the few swimmable beaches on the Pacific side of the tip of Baja. The rips and waves are not as strong as on other beaches nearby, and one part is usually calm enough to swim. It is one of the most developed beaches in the area, with a bar and restaurant, and the vendors are not pushy. Bring pesos: ATMs are scarce in El Pescadero. The polygon we measured, which also carries the name San Pedrito, is 4,062 metres long.

The real intel

Best months · warmest sea
September (29.6 °C), then August and October. Coolest: February (19.3 °C). One year of data, 2025.
Best months · emptiest
No crowd data. It still feels relatively quiet.
Getting there
About 40 to 45 km northwest of Cabo San Lucas via Highway 19, around 45 minutes by car.
The catch nobody tells you
Bring cash: ATMs are scarce in El Pescadero.

The year at Playa Los Cerritos

Warmest sea in September. Fewest wet days in February, March, April and November. Pick your fight.

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
Sea (°C)
21
19.3
20
20
20.9
22.1
26.7
29.1
29.6
28.3
26.7
25.2
Air (°C)
19.3
19.6
19.6
20.4
21.4
22.9
27.1
28.5
28
26
24.8
22.7
Sun (h/day)
10.5
10.9
11.5
12.3
12.4
12.9
12.5
11.4
10
10.7
10.1
9.1
Rain (days)
1
0
0
0
1
1
2
8
16
4
0
2

One year of data, 2025, from Open-Meteo at this beach's coordinates. A rain day is 1 mm or more. The red bar is the month to aim for in each row.

The neighbours

1 beach within 6 km, as the gull flies.

  1. 4.9 kmPlaya Las Palmas748 m of beach, measured. Not rated yet.

Straight-line distances from the mapped beach shapes (OpenStreetMap). Roads are longer, and in Bali they are much longer.

The crowd

Relatively quiet, and the vendors do not push.

The facts · we measured

Length
4,062 m
Mean width
72.8 m
Area
295,693 m²
Warmest sea (2025)
29.6 °C in Sep
Coldest sea (2025)
19.3 °C in Feb
Sea by month, °C
Jan 21.0 · Feb 19.3 · Mar 20.0 · Apr 20.0 · May 20.9 · Jun 22.1 · Jul 26.7 · Aug 29.1 · Sep 29.6 · Oct 28.3 · Nov 26.7 · Dec 25.2

Questions people ask

Can you swim at Cerritos Beach?

Yes. It is one of the few swimmable beaches on the Pacific side of the tip of Baja; one part is usually calm enough to swim.

How far is Cerritos Beach from Cabo San Lucas?

About 40 to 45 km northwest on Highway 19, around 45 minutes by car.

Sources

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