Mexico / Baja California Sur
Playa El Tecolote
Playa El Tecolote is a 216 m-long sandy beach facing north-north-west, 21.6 km north of La Paz (Baja California Sur, Mexico). The sea averages 29.1 °C in September, its warmest month, and 20.6 °C in February; it is 21 °C or warmer in March–January.
Average sea surface temperature by month. Current month outlined.
Reference
Tecolote Beach is an isolated beach community located in the municipality of La Paz in the state of Baja California Sur, it is 25 km from the city of La Paz, past Puerto Balandra, on State Highway 11. It is one of the most extensive of the beaches in this area with fine, white sand gentle waves and little undertow.
Wikidata item Q7692772 · classified as human settlement.
Month by month
October at Playa El Tecolote
Beach-day index 9.6/10 · Mexico median 8.4
| Measure | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sea °C | 21.0 °C | 20.6 °C | 21.0 °C | 21.9 °C | 23.4 °C | 24.6 °C | 27.0 °C | 28.8 °C | 29.1 °C | 28.7 °C | 26.4 °C | 23.3 °C |
| High °C | 21° | 21° | 22° | 24° | 27° | 30° | 31° | 31° | 31° | 29° | 26° | 22° |
| Low °C | 19° | 18° | 19° | 20° | 22° | 25° | 27° | 29° | 28° | 27° | 24° | 20° |
| Rain mm | 9 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 24 | 53 | 112 | 26 | 17 | 13 |
| Cloud % | 42 | 38 | 32 | 34 | 21 | 18 | 40 | 43 | 36 | 24 | 31 | 41 |
| Wind m/s | 4.4 | 4.2 | 3.9 | 3.7 | 3.5 | 3.4 | 3.3 | 3.2 | 3.4 | 3.5 | 4.0 | 4.6 |
| Daylight h | 10.8 | 11.3 | 12.0 | 12.7 | 13.3 | 13.6 | 13.5 | 13.0 | 12.3 | 11.6 | 11.0 | 10.6 |
| Record high/low | 24°/15° | 27°/11° | 29°/15° | 31°/17° | 32°/18° | 34°/19° | 35°/23° | 35°/25° | 33°/24° | 33°/22° | 31°/19° | 26°/16° |
| Beach index | 7.0 | 7.0 | 7.9 | 9.1 | 9.8 | 9.8 | 9.4 | 9.1 | 8.7 | 9.6 | 9.6 | 8.2 |
Long-term monthly averages: air from NASA POWER (2001–2020), sea from NOAA OISST (1991–2020); records are the extremes of 2001–2020. How the index works.
When to go
The beach-day index peaks in May–July and October–November; May scores 9.8/10 with highs of 27 °C, sea at 23.4 °C and 0 mm of rain.
In May that is 1.1 points above the median of the 345 beaches in Mexico covered by this atlas.
At its warmest the water here is 0.6 °C cooler than the Mexico median for September (29.7 °C).
Across the year the sea averages 24.7 °C, warmer than 76% of the coastal beaches in the atlas.
September is the wettest month (112 mm) and April the driest (0 mm); the yearly total is about 270 mm.
Daylight runs from 10.6 hours in December to 13.6 hours in June; in mid-May the sun rises at 05:38 and sets at 18:56 local time.
Orientation, sun and shore
The shore faces north-north-west (345°). Open water fills about 44% of the horizon close by, which makes it an open stretch of shore.
The sun sets over the sea in March–September; in mid-June it goes down at 19:10 local time on a bearing of 296°.
Sunrise is over the sea in June.
The opposite shore is only about 5.0 km away to the north-north-west, which keeps the water sheltered from big waves.
About 1 km offshore the sea is roughly 34 m deep and 33 m at 3 km. Behind the beach the ground is about 33 m above sea level 500 m inland and 28 m at 1.5 km.
Within 1 km, the land is 71% bare ground, sand or rock and 29% shrubland (satellite land-cover map, 2021): open dunes, sand or rock. Water makes up 46% of that circle.
- Bare 71%
- Shrub 29%
Land cover: ESA WorldCover 2021 (10 m). Orientation from OpenStreetMap land polygons sampled in 36 directions; depths and heights from the GEBCO 2020 grid (about 450 m cells), indicative only.
OpenStreetMap shows no lifeguard station within 1 km. Seasonal lifeguard posts are often unmapped, so check on site.
Photos
From above
Facilities within 1 km
- 3Restaurants, cafés & bars
- –Public toilets
- –Showers
- 1Car parks
- –Lifeguard stations
- 1Bus stops (1.5 km)
Food and drink mapped within 1 km: 2 restaurants and 1 bar.
Counted within 1 km of the beach (bus stops 1.5 km) from OpenStreetMap features and Overture Maps places, release of 2026-10. Unmapped does not mean absent.
Around the beach
Nature
- Cerro el Tecolote peak 800 m S
Getting there
| Airport | Code | Distance | Direction |
|---|---|---|---|
| Manuel Márquez de León International Airport La Paz | LAP | 29.7 km | south |
| Los Cabos International Airport San José del Cabo | SJD | 145 km | south-east |
| Cabo San Lucas International Airport Cabo San Lucas | CSW | 159 km | south |
Straight-line distances from the beach; road distance is usually 20–40% longer.
Local transport: 1 bus stop within 1.5 km and 1 mapped car park within 1 km.
No town of 1,000+ people lies within 10 km; within 30 km there are 3 (about 257K).
When people look it up
The EN Wikipedia article was read 883 times in the 12 months to August 2026. Interest peaks in November (112 views), 2.2× the quietest month.
Map and nearby beaches
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Data on this page
- Air temperature, rain, cloud, wind, humidity: NASA POWER climatology 2001–2020, 0.5° grid.
- Sea temperature: NOAA OISST v2.1 monthly normals 1991–2020, nearest ocean cell 7.3 km away.
- Beach outline, surface, rules and public facilities: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), feature w166134610; restaurants, cafés, bars and lodging: Overture Maps places (CDLA-Permissive-2.0).
- Water body, status and length: Wikidata (CC0).
- Towns and time zone: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Airports: OurAirports (public domain). Sunrise and sunset: NOAA solar equations.
- Photos: Wikimedia Commons, author and licence under each image.
- Satellite view: Copernicus Sentinel-2 (ESA), scene S2B_12RWN_20210913_1_L2A.
- Orientation: OpenStreetMap land polygons (ODbL). Depth and terrain: GEBCO 2020 grid.
- Settlements: GeoNames places with 1,000+ inhabitants.
- Land cover: ESA WorldCover 2021, 10 m (CC BY 4.0).
- Search popularity: about 18.1K Google searches a month for the name (KeywordTool, October 2026).
Data compiled 2026-10-13. Something wrong? Report a data error.