Playa Revolcadero
Puerto Marqués
Revolcadero is the late-morning weekend hangout of Acapulco's beautiful people. In Acapulco Diamante on the ocean 10 kilometers (6 miles) southeast of Acapulco Bay,...
- Public beach
- Other
- Water sport & adventure
Playa Condesa
La Condesa
With a LGBTQ area, La Condesa Beach is one of the most popular and crowded in Acapulco. With soft sand and gentle waves, the 655-meter (nearly half mile) stretch...
- Public beach
- Various
- Water sport & adventure
- Water fun
- Outdoor Adventure
- Motor sport or tour
Isla de la Roqueta
Roqueta is the rocky lump of an island reached after a 10-minute boat ride from the Caleta/Caletilla beach in Old Acapulco. It has two beaches of its own. The main...
- Public beach
- Hiking
- Excursions
- Eco Tourism
- Zoo
- Water sport & adventure
- Water fun
- Outdoor Adventure
Barra Vieja Beach
Barra Vieja
The beach at Barra Vieja, about an hour's drive south of Acapulco, is a lovely secluded beach where you can relax in a hammock, eat great inexpensive ceviche...
- Public beach
Pie de la Cuesta
Pie de la Cuesta
Northwest of the city on the Pacific on the other side of the bay, Pie de la Cuesta has a long palm-sheltered beach where the surf comes pounding in. Better to stay...
- Public beach
- Outdoor Adventure
- Fun & games
- Excursions
Playa Bonfil
Costera Benito Juárez
Bonfil Beach, only five minutes from Acapulco International Airport, may be the best in the area for surfing. Surf-forecast.com lists it as "very consistent." Far...
- Public beach
- Water fun
- Water sport & adventure
- Outdoor Adventure
- Eco Tourism
Playa Hornitos
Club Deportivo
Hornitos, in front of Las Hamacas Hotel, is a popular, centrally located beach with gentle-to-moderate waves, fine sand, water sport activities and generally safe
- Public beach
- Water sport & adventure
- Water fun
- Outdoor Adventure
Playa Hornos
Hornos
Hornos, near a stretch of high-rise hotels, is the main tourist beach, offering all kinds of water-fun rentals, including Banana Boat rides. It has fine sand and...
- Public beach
- Water sport & adventure
- Water fun
- Outdoor Adventure
- Fun & games
Playa Icacos
Costa Azul
Icacos Beach is a busy beach, especially during spring break. On the northeast side of the bay, the 2-mile stretch of moderate waves is in a tourist area of luxury...
- Public beach
- Water sport & adventure
- Water fun
- Outdoor Adventure
- Fun & games
Playa La Angosta
Fraccionamiento La Playa
La Angosta is a pocket-size beach on a small Pacific cove not far from La Quebrada of cliff-diver fame. It translates "Narrow Beach," so named because it's squeezed...
- Public beach
- Water fun
- Hiking
Playa Majahua
Granjas del Marqués
Majahua Beach is a small, quiet beach on the southern end of Puerto Marqués Bay in the tourist area known as Acapulco Diamante, Only 150 meters ((under 500 feet)...
- Public beach
- Various
Playa Manzanillo
Península de Las Playas
Once a popular beach, Manzanillo is now neglected with abandoned boats littering the sand, but it still has gentle waves and slope and seafood stalls. Although...
- Public beach
Playas Caleta & Caletilla
Peninsula de las Playas
Caleta and Caletilla - really one beach separated by a hiccup of a rock outcropping - are the first beaches on the western side of the Acapulco. This where the rich...
- Public beach
- Eco Tourism
- Outdoor Adventure
- Fun & games
- Water fun
- Water sport & adventure
Tamarindos
Club Deportivo
On the northeast side of the bay, Tamarindos is a spacious palm-scaped beach where there is plenty of room to play volleyball or soccer (football). Spirited...
- Public beach
- Various
- Water sport & adventure
- Water fun
- Outdoor Adventure
- Fun & games
Tlacopanocha
Old Acapulco
There's lots to see around the small beach of Tlacopanocha at the end of the Malecón (town pier) and across from the Maritime Terminal. It's small - only about 100...
- Public beach
- Various
- Water fun
