42 Beaches near Sayulita, Nayarit: Map & Photos

42 beaches · within 60 km

There are 42 beaches within 60 km of Sayulita in a straight line, an hour or a little more by road. The closest is Playa Las Cuevas, 2 km away; the farthest, Playa Platanitos, 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 42

Playa Las Cuevas · Beach · 2 km from Sayulita · Nayarit
A small cove of white sand and weathered boulders north of Sayulita, reached by a jungle path, with a rock arch to Playa Malpaso at low tide.
Playa Patzcuarito · Beach · 2 km from Sayulita · Nayarit
A tiny wild beach of dark sand southwest of Sayulita, reached by scrambling over the rocks from Carricitos; few people and big sunsets.
Playa Malpaso · Beach · 3 km from Sayulita · Nayarit
A wild, mile-long beach between Sayulita and San Pancho, reached on foot by a jungle trail; strong rip currents make swimming dangerous.
Playa Pátzcuaro · Beach · 3 km from Sayulita · Nayarit
A quiet, unsigned local favorite on the open coast just southwest of Sayulita, reached by a dirt track and a creek off the Punta de Mita road.
Litibú · Beach · 9 km from Sayulita · Nayarit
A long sandy bay on the north side of the Punta de Mita peninsula, next to Higuera Blanca, with a Greg Norman golf course and beach resorts.
Playa de Barro · Beach · 9 km from Sayulita · Nayarit
A remote jungle-backed beach north of San Pancho with a small natural mud bath and rock pools, reached by a long hike or a rough 4x4 road.
Punta Monterrey · Beach · 10 km from Sayulita · Nayarit
A secluded, jungle-backed point and beach between San Pancho and Lo de Marcos, reached by a dirt road; camping is not allowed.
Playa Careyeros · Beach · 11 km from Sayulita · Nayarit
A quiet, almost undeveloped beach between Punta de Mita and Higuera Blanca, with clear turquoise water and a rough, poorly signed dirt road in.
Playa Las Minitas · Beach · 12 km from Sayulita · Nayarit
A small, secluded beach southwest of Lo de Marcos at the end of the Camino a Las Minitas, between the main beach and Playa Los Venados.
Playa Los Venados · Beach · 12 km from Sayulita · Nayarit
A small, quiet bay just south of Lo de Marcos where big waves break into curtains of spray and the south end is calm, with a lookout on the hill.
Playa La Lancha · Beach · 13 km from Sayulita · Nayarit
A wild sand beach and point break east of Punta de Mita, reached on foot: lefts and rights for longboarders, best on winter swells.
Playa Destiladeras · Beach · 14 km from Sayulita · Nayarit
A long, wide sweep of fine pale sand on the road to Punta de Mita, with seafood palapas, shallow water and waves for surfing and boogie boarding.
Playa El Anclote · Beach · 14 km from Sayulita · Nayarit
Punta de Mita's town beach: long, gentle waves for beginner surfers, a row of seafood palapas and the pangas that run to the Marietas.
Playa La Manzanilla · Beach · 15 km from Sayulita · Nayarit
La Cruz de Huanacaxtle's family beach: a mile-long crescent of grey sand with calm, shallow water and palapa restaurants on the sand.
Playa Punta Raza · Beach · 21 km from Sayulita · 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.
Playa del Amor · Beach · 22 km from Sayulita · Nayarit
The Hidden Beach of the Marietas: a patch of sand inside an open hollow in the rock, reached by swimming through a short sea tunnel.
Playa del Beso · Beach · 23 km from Sayulita · 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 del Toro · Beach · 23 km from Sayulita · 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.
Boca de Tomates · Beach · 28 km from Sayulita · Jalisco
A beach of seafood ramadas behind Puerto Vallarta's airport, by the Ameca river mouth: come for pescado sarandeado, not a swim, as crocodiles live here.
Playa El Naranjo · Beach · 32 km from Sayulita · 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 de Oro · Beach · 32 km from Sayulita · Jalisco
Kilometer-long golden beach of Vallarta's northern hotel zone, between the cruise port and the Pitillal River, with three public accesses.
Playa Los Tules · Beach · 33 km from Sayulita · Jalisco
Hotel-zone beach of soft amber sand and gentle waves next to Playa de Oro, busy with parasailing, jet skis and banana boats.
Playa Las Glorias · Beach · 34 km from Sayulita · Jalisco
Hotel-zone beach of nearly a kilometer between Los Tules and Playa Tranquila, lined with resorts and condos, about 3 km north of the Malecón.
Playa Camarones · Beach · 35 km from Sayulita · Jalisco
Downtown beach of the 5 de Diciembre neighborhood, just north of the Malecón: named for shrimp fishermen, now loved by local families.
Playa Olas Altas · Beach · 36 km from Sayulita · Jalisco
Zona Romántica beach from the Cuale River mouth south to the Los Muertos pier: calmer than Los Muertos and a favorite with Mexican families.
Playa Rosita · Beach · 36 km from Sayulita · Jalisco
The narrow, stony beach below the Malecón, named after the 1948 Hotel Rosita; for sunsets and watching fishermen, not for swimming.
Playa Amapas · Beach · 37 km from Sayulita · Jalisco
Small rocky cove just past the south end of Los Muertos, reached over the El Púlpito rock; amber sand, green water, no lifeguards.
Playa Conchas Chinas · Beach · 37 km from Sayulita · Jalisco
A string of small rocky coves just south of the Zona Romántica, with shell sand, clear water, tide pools and snorkelling around the rocks.
Playa Las Cuevas · Beach · 37 km from Sayulita · 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 Los Muertos · Beach · 37 km from Sayulita · Jalisco
The busy town beach of the Zona Romántica: palapa restaurants, beach clubs, the sail-shaped pier for south-shore water taxis and the original seahorse statue.
Playa Las Estacas · Beach · 38 km from Sayulita · Jalisco
A sheltered cove just south of Conchas Chinas, fronted by the Hyatt Ziva resort; the sand is public, the land behind it is not.
Playa Palmares · Beach · 39 km from Sayulita · Jalisco
Puerto Vallarta's south-shore public beach: the first Blue Flag beach in Jalisco, with lifeguards, ramps, showers and a city beach club.
Playa Garza Blanca · Beach · 40 km from Sayulita · Jalisco
Calm south-shore cove below the Garza Blanca resort, sheltered by boulder breakwaters; clear water for swimming, snorkeling and paddleboarding.
Las Caletas · Beach · 41 km from Sayulita · Jalisco
John Huston's former jungle hideaway between Quimixto and Yelapa, now a boat-only beach visited on Vallarta Adventures day trips and evening shows.
Playa Caballo · Beach · 41 km from Sayulita · Jalisco
A quiet beach right next to Las Ánimas on the jungle coast trail from Boca de Tomatlán, home to a small hotel and beach club.
Playa Majahuitas · Beach · 41 km from Sayulita · Jalisco
A sheltered, boat-only cove of white sand and reef between Quimixto and Yelapa, the snorkel-and-lunch stop on many bay tours.
Playa Colomitos · Beach · 42 km from Sayulita · Jalisco
A tiny emerald cove in the jungle west of Boca de Tomatlán, reached on a 30 to 45 minute coastal trail or a short water-taxi ride.
Playa Isabel · Beach · 42 km from Sayulita · Jalisco
Small, calm, shady cove a short walk from Yelapa's pier, with clear water for snorkeling and far fewer people than the main beach.
Playa Las Ánimas · Beach · 42 km from Sayulita · Jalisco
A 600-meter beach of palapa restaurants on the south shore, the first water-taxi stop from Boca de Tomatlán and the end of the coastal hike.
Playa Boca de Chila · Beach · 44 km from Sayulita · 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 de las Tortugas · Beach · 56 km from Sayulita · 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 Platanitos · Beach · 58 km from Sayulita · Near 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.