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It is an amazing beach near town and you can venture out100 yds and still be up to your waiste in the water.
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Date of experience: April 2021
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The beach is really nice... but unfortunately during the day some boats are coming from Cancun and they party all day long from the boats. All the jetski and the loud music break the charm of that beach. Worst of it... they don't leave a cent of money on the island... real shame... …
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Date of experience: April 2021
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Love this place. Family friendly but Adult fun. Beautiful spot, lots of food and drink options. Close to town but fairly secluded.
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Date of experience: April 2021
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The beach is always wonderful here, in April the water is fairly cool unlike when visiting in the months of July or August. I highly recommend bringing along a dry bag large enough for your belongings so you can just walk from the beach into the water without worrying about leaving your belongings behind. …
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Date of experience: April 2021
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I have been to Playa Norte probably 20 times or more in my life since the mid 90’s. It is an absolutely beautiful beach with shallow, turquoise waters, flour-like white sand and little to no seaweed. It has always been more crowded over the past couple of years but this year was substantially worse. By far, the worst part is that there are now a large number of boats and yachts that come to the beach and drop anchor just past the swimming barrier. This is the first time that I have seen this, maybe a newer thing since Covid? Not sure. A lot of them blast music so people on the beach and swimmers are forced to listen to several different boat’s music all at once, not fun. Also, the boats really ruin the view for the beach goers. Still a beautiful beach, but something needs to be done about this issue, especially the noise. I counted around 20 boats on weekdays and close to 50 on Friday and Saturday.…
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Date of experience: March 2021
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