Playa Santa Cruz

Bahías de Huatulco


Santa Cruz Huatulco's small beach is easily accessible but often crowded, and its looks are marred by the cruise-ship pier – especially when one of the floating skyscrapers is in dock. It has several beach restaurants of the kind where staff stand outside with menus trying to pull people in.


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Nearby Bahías de Huatulco attractions

1. Corredor Turístico

0.41 MILES

One of Huatulco's more recent developments is a wide terraced walkway that leads from Crucecita to the Santa Cruz harbor. The path then carries on west…

2. Playa La Entrega

0.66 MILES

La Entrega lies toward the outer edge of Bahía de Santa Cruz, a five-minute motorboat trip or 2.5km walk/drive along a bendy road from Santa Cruz. This…

3. Bahía Chahué

0.75 MILES

The beach here, 1km east of Santa Cruz Huatulco, is wide with soft sand, but offers little in the way of shade, plus the surf can be surprisingly strong…

5. Bahía El Órgano

1.38 MILES

Just east of Bahía Maguey, this lush 250m beach has calm waters good for snorkeling, and no crowds because there's no vehicle access and no restaurants…

6. Bahía Maguey

1.93 MILES

Three kilometers west of Santa Cruz and easily walkable along a roadside pavement, Maguey’s fine 400m beach curves around a calm bay between forested…

7. Bahía Tangolunda

2.78 MILES

Tangolunda, 5km east of Santa Cruz Huatulco, is the site of most of the major top-end hotel developments. The long, wide, spotlessly clean beach is…

8. Bahía Cacaluta

2.85 MILES

Cacaluta is a 1km-long slice of paradise that's protected by an island, backed by dunes and usually deliciously deserted. The Mexican road-trip movie Y Tú…

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