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Santa Maria Beach

Hwy 1 Km 11 | or Hotel Twin Dolphin Parking Area, Cabo San Lucas 23410, Mexico
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Type: Beaches
Activities: Snorkelling, Scuba diving
Description: A pristine white sand beach offering spectacular snorkeling.
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Seattle
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5 of 5 stars Reviewed 14 May 2013 NEW

A lot of the tour boats have unfortunately found this beautiful, normally quiet beach and cove...but if you get there before lunch to do your snorkeling, you won't be disappointed. We've gone for the past two years and loved it both times. If you're driving, it's easy access with signage on the highway. You'll need to bring all your supplies... More

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San Carlos, California
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5 of 5 stars Reviewed 12 May 2013

This is perfect for a day of relax, snorkeling, and a lot of sun. The landscape are great and a lot of fishes are visible close to the beach. Let's go there early in the morning because around noon a lot of boat come in and ruin the natural beauty

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Beverly Hills, California
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5 of 5 stars Reviewed 17 April 2013

Absolutely incredible! We always visit this spectacular location. We stay for around an hour which for us is perfect. Sometimes we come by taxi, and also by boat - see our Cabomagic review - and enjoy both arrivals. Recommend 'water' shoes for walking on hot sand and to protect feet in the water too from rocks.

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Montana
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5 of 5 stars Reviewed 17 April 2013

1st trip to this beach snorkeling, different underwater features than Chelleno and every bit as good. recommend trips to both if you can.

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Seattle, Washington
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5 of 5 stars Reviewed 13 April 2013

the bay was spectacular. spent a great afternoon at this beach. easy access from the highway. parked right in front of the beach as others had recommended. rented a few umbrellas and felt we had the beach to ourselves. my 3 kids (8, 10, 14yrs) had fun snorkeling. we found more fish on the south side (far right) side of... More

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5 of 5 stars Reviewed 13 April 2013

i was only at the beach a short time, however the water was fairly calm and swimable, there was a lot of fish you could snorkel and see. Very Beautiful

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5 of 5 stars Reviewed 12 April 2013

This beach has very clear water to snorkel in . The beach is little pebbles , not sand . It can be busy with boat tours .

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5 of 5 stars Reviewed 11 April 2013

The beach gor a little crowded close to mid day...several party boats pull into the bay and dump tourists.

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Cleveland
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5 of 5 stars Reviewed 7 April 2013

gorgeous small beach with some rocks for snorkeling on the protected side. Nice fish. But the bay is spectacular ----and a big new resort just broke ground there, but thankfully it is still open and public for now.

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Regina, Canada
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5 of 5 stars Reviewed 7 April 2013

Our family of 6 recently took the Pezgato catamaran to Santa Maria Beach. We saw many whales along the way. The beach was beautiful and had many fish for us to see as we went snorkling. The Pezgato had great staff. The lunch was perfect for a day on the water!

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