10 Beaches near San Blas, Nayarit: Map & Photos

10 beaches · within 60 km

There are 10 beaches within 60 km of San Blas in a straight line, an hour or a little more by road. The closest is Playa El Borrego, 2 km away; the farthest, Playa Punta Raza, is 58 km. They are all listed under San Blas, a Pueblo Mágico that makes a good base.

The dry season, November to April, brings the calmest seas. From June to October expect afternoon storms, and on the Caribbean coast, sargassum in some years.

Best months, when most of these towns are dry with comfortable afternoons: Mar, Apr, May, Dec.

The Beaches 10

Playa El Borrego · Beach · 2 km from San Blas · Nayarit
San Blas's town beach: almost 3 km of soft sand at the end of Calle Azueta, with seafood palapas, beginner surf and sunsets.
Bahía de Matanchén · Beach · 5 km from San Blas
A wide bay south of San Blas with calm swimming beaches, seafood palapas, and the famous long wave at Las Islitas.
Playa Platanitos · Beach · 21 km from San Blas
A fishing village beach south of Santa Cruz de Miramar with grilled-fish ramadas, a river-mouth surf break and a sea turtle camp.
Playa de las Tortugas · Beach · 23 km from San Blas · Nayarit
A long, nearly empty turtle-nesting beach just south of Platanitos, with coconut palms, surf, a mangrove estuary and a Conanp turtle camp.
Playa Boca de Chila · Beach · 38 km from San Blas · Nayarit
A long, empty beach of pale sand at the mouth of the Chila river, with mangroves, water birds and a sea-turtle camp, west of Zacualpan.
Playa Las Cuevas · Beach · 45 km from San Blas · Nayarit
A little-visited surf beach about 2.5 km south of Chacala, under the volcanic hill of Cerro de las Cuevas; strong waves and almost no one around.
Playa El Naranjo · Beach · 51 km from San Blas · Nayarit
Long, empty beach north of La Peñita at the far end of Jaltemba Bay, with a sea-turtle camp where you can camp and help release hatchlings.
Playa del Toro · Beach · 56 km from San Blas · Nayarit
A tiny cove of golden sand under a cliff-top lookout on the Punta Raza headland, about an hour's jungle walk from Los Ayala.
Playa del Beso · Beach · 57 km from San Blas · Nayarit
A small cove among rocks just past Los Ayala, also called Playa Frideras, reached by a 15-minute jungle path or along the shore at low tide.
Playa Punta Raza · Beach · 58 km from San Blas · Nayarit
A wild beach of about 3 km below the Punta Raza headland, reached on foot from El Monteón; strong surf, a turtle camp and no services.