Cabo San Lucas, Mexico

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Cabo San Lucas bay
Cabo San Lucas, the nearest town, 3 km away. Photo: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons

About Cabo San Lucas

Cabo San Lucas is a town in Baja California Sur, Mexico. From Cabo San Lucas you can reach 3 surf spots, 1 kite spot, 1 windsurf spot and 10 dive sites. The nearest is Los Cabos, a kite and windsurf spot 1.1 km from the centre. Overture lists 193 places to stay within 2 km of the centre.

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Staying in Cabo San Lucas

  • 193 places to stay within 2 km of the centre (Overture places)

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Where it is

Each place is ringed by its best day this week, a surf spot for experts: green on a good day. The dashed circle is 20 km from Cabo San Lucas.

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Surf within 20 km

The next 7 days. Each day's wave height, green on a good day for expert surfers. A spot that does not suit them is tagged with the level it suits and never goes green for them. The best of the spots that stay in Cabo San Lucas each day wears a ★ Best badge, only on a Good day. 1 spot stays in another town: within your drive, it counts for Cabo San Lucas too.

Wave height in feet, the wave energy in kJ under it.GoodUnder each day, the wind in knots: the arrow points where it blows to.

Surf spots within 20 km of Cabo San Lucas: Mon 19 Oct to Sun 25 Oct
SpotMon 19Tue 20Wed 21Thu 22Fri 23Sat 24Sun 25
El tule14 kmabout 25 min by car6 ft544 kJwind from the north-west, 1 knot, offshore, fair4 ft467 kJwind from the north-east, 1 knot, too small4 ft425 kJwind from the east-north-east, 2 knots, too small4 ft503 kJwind from the west, 6 knots, offshore, too small4 ft380 kJwind from the east-north-east, 2 knots, too small3 ft231 kJwind from the north-north-west, 4 knots, offshore, too small6 ft661 kJwind from the south-south-west, 5 knots, poor
All readings for El tule: score, swell, energy, wind and temperature each day
Forecast and score for expert surfers at El tule, each day
DayScore for expertsSwellEnergyWindTemp
Mon 19Oct47, fair6 ft9 scrumbling544kJwind from the north-west, 1 knot, offshore33°C
Tue 20Oct33, too small4 ft11 shollow467kJwind from the north-east, 1 knot33°C
Wed 21Oct28, too small4 ft12 shollow425kJwind from the east-north-east, 2 knots32°C
Thu 22Oct34, too small4 ft12 shollow503kJwind from the west, 6 knots, offshore33°C
Fri 23Oct28, too small4 ft12 shollow380kJwind from the east-north-east, 2 knots32°C
Sat 24Oct18, too small3 ft12 shollow231kJwind from the north-north-west, 4 knots, offshore30°C
Sun 25Oct35, poor6 ft10 shollow661kJwind from the south-south-west, 5 knots31°C
Monuments5.1 kmabout 10 min by car7 ft608 kJwind from the north-north-east, 0 knots, fair5 ft509 kJwind from the south-east, 1 knot, fair4 ft446 kJwind from the east-north-east, 2 knots, too small4 ft535 kJwind from the north-north-west, 5 knots, offshore, too small4 ft426 kJwind from the north-north-west, 4 knots, offshore, too small3 ft241 kJwind from the north-east, 5 knots, too small6 ft714 kJwind from the west-south-west, 6 knots, fair
All readings for Monuments: score, swell, energy, wind and temperature each day
Forecast and score for expert surfers at Monuments, each day
DayScore for expertsSwellEnergyWindTemp
Mon 19Oct45, fair7 ft9 scrumbling608kJwind from the north-north-east, 0 knots31°C
Tue 20Oct38, fair5 ft11 shollow509kJwind from the south-east, 1 knot30°C
Wed 21Oct28, too small4 ft12 shollow446kJwind from the east-north-east, 2 knots30°C
Thu 22Oct34, too small4 ft12 shollow535kJwind from the north-north-west, 5 knots, offshore31°C
Fri 23Oct32, too small4 ft12 shollow426kJwind from the north-north-west, 4 knots, offshore30°C
Sat 24Oct18, too small3 ft12 shollow241kJwind from the north-east, 5 knots29°C
Sun 25Oct39, fair6 ft10 shollow714kJwind from the west-south-west, 6 knots30°C
Lovers Shore Break3.1 kmabout 5 min by car7 ft608 kJwind from the north-north-east, 0 knots, offshore, fair5 ft509 kJwind from the south-east, 1 knot, fair4 ft446 kJwind from the east-north-east, 2 knots, too small4 ft535 kJwind from the north-north-west, 5 knots, offshore, too small4 ft426 kJwind from the north-north-west, 4 knots, offshore, too small3 ft241 kJwind from the north-east, 5 knots, too small6 ft714 kJwind from the west-south-west, 6 knots, fair
All readings for Lovers Shore Break: score, swell, energy, wind and temperature each day
Forecast and score for expert surfers at Lovers Shore Break, each day
DayScore for expertsSwellEnergyWindTemp
Mon 19Oct45, fair7 ft9 ssoft608kJwind from the north-north-east, 0 knots, offshore31°C
Tue 20Oct38, fair5 ft11 ssoft509kJwind from the south-east, 1 knot30°C
Wed 21Oct28, too small4 ft12 ssoft446kJwind from the east-north-east, 2 knots30°C
Thu 22Oct35, too small4 ft12 ssoft535kJwind from the north-north-west, 5 knots, offshore31°C
Fri 23Oct28, too small4 ft12 ssoft426kJwind from the north-north-west, 4 knots, offshore30°C
Sat 24Oct18, too small3 ft12 ssoft241kJwind from the north-east, 5 knots29°C
Sun 25Oct37, fair6 ft10 smushy714kJwind from the west-south-west, 6 knots30°C

Distances are in a straight line from the middle of Cabo San Lucas, to spots that land joins: none across a bay or on another island. A drive marked "about" is our estimate: the straight line times 1.8 minutes a km, measured on the drives we have routed (half of those come within 21% of the routed time).

Kite near Cabo San Lucas

Windsurf near Cabo San Lucas

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Places to eat near Cabo San Lucas

Within 2 km of the town centre, listed by how complete the listing is (website, opening hours, cuisine) and whether two sources name it. Not a judgement of the food: we have no reviews. Listings © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL) and Overture Maps Foundation. Credits