Mexico · Oaxaca · #6 of Mexico's ten by fame
Palm shade, simple restaurants, and a sea that keeps you honest.
How we rated it: nothing lifts it and nothing sinks it. The currents are in the catch. Photo: Adam Jones · CC BY-SA 2.0
Mazunte is a wide, open beach on the Oaxaca coast with palm trees for shade and a line of simple beachfront restaurants. You get there from Pochutla by taxi (about M$60), colectivo truck (M$15) or bus (M$10). Waves and currents can make it a tough place to swim, and currents are strong throughout the region, so watch the conditions. One visitor in April, the slow season, found the town quieter than usual. We measured 1,208 metres of sand.
Warmest sea in August. Fewest wet days in January and March. Pick your fight.
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.
6 beaches within 6 km, as the gull flies.
Straight-line distances from the mapped beach shapes (OpenStreetMap). Roads are longer, and in Bali they are much longer.
Quiet in the slow season.
From Pochutla: a special taxi is about M$60, a colectivo truck M$15 a person, a bus M$10.
With care. Waves and currents can make swimming tough, and currents are strong throughout the region.
