Playa Sand Bar

Located in the popular tourist city of Cabo San Lucas, Playa Sand Bar – also called Sand Bar Beach – is a small beach area with light brown sand.  This beach is near the Cabo San Lucas Marina and it is managed by a popular private restaurant and beach bar named the Sand Bar.  This beach is a part of a larger beach area named Playa El Medano.

Although Playa Sand Bar Cabo does not have lifeguards or any other public amenities, the Sand Bar restaurant offers sun beds and beach chairs for its customers.  In addition, the restaurant also offers a restroom to its customers.

Playa Sand Bar offers many fun activities including sunbathing, beachcombing, fishing, swimming, paddleboarding, surfing, kitesurfing, windsurfing, skimboarding, volleyball, boogie boarding, bodysurfing, parasailing, boating, jet-skiing, surf-skiing, water-skiing, wakeboarding, kayaking, canoeing, and wildlife watching.

If you plan to swim or surf here, we recommend being careful because the deep water here is known to have unpredictable rip currents and dangerous waves.  In addition, jellyfish can also be found here during the summer, and these animals can inflict painful stings.  

If you like massages, The Sand Bar offers relaxing massage services on Playa Sand Bar to its customers.  If you like taking the Sand Bar Cabo San Lucas photos with amazing views, Playa Sand Bar offers Instagram-worthy views of the Sea of Cortez and the Cabo San Lucas shoreline, especially at sunset.

Playa Sand Bar does not offer wheelchair access for visitors with disabilities.

Getting to Playa Sand Bar is easy – this beach is located near the southern end of Calle Cormoranes.

There are free street parking spaces near the beach.  Once you park here, you can walk to The Sand Bar.  You can usually access Playa Sand Bar from the restaurant once you purchase food/drinks here.

The area around this beach also hosts many fun events including fireworks displays, live music concerts, festivals, and fun beach parties.

There are many attractions near Playa Sand Bar.  The Glass Factory Cabo is a glass-making workshop that offers a unique insight into the creation of glass objects. You can know more about this workshop through guided tours and you can also purchase glass objects from here.  Neptune’s Finger is a large and popular offshore rock formation that resembles a giant finger – this rock formation is a popular photography site and the water around it is also popular with scuba divers.  Iglesia de San Lucas is a church that was built in 1730 in Colonial Spanish architecture – you can also observe the interesting local religious practices, which are conducted in Spanish and offer an insight into the local culture.  If you like golf, Cabo San Lucas Country Club has an 18-hole golf course that offers a fun golfing experience, along with amazing views of the Cabo San Lucas shoreline.  If you are looking for another good and affordable attraction near the beach, Plaza Puerto Paraiso is a shopping mall that offers many interesting shopping stores and restaurants, along with a casino, a bowling alley, a video game arcade, and a waterfall.

If you get hungry, you can eat at The Sand Bar – it offers many delicious dishes for lunch and dinner including seafood, tacos, nachos, burgers, and steak.  In addition, it also offers excellent alcoholic beverages and relaxing massage services. In addition to the Sand Bar, you can find many other restaurants and Baja California Sur bars near Playa Sand Bar.  SUR Beach House is an upscale beach club and restaurant that offers many gourmet dishes with local Mexican and International culinary influences for breakfast, lunch, and dinner – it also offers live music performances.  The Office on the Beach has a relaxed ambience and a tropical-inspired decor and it offers amazing dishes including soups, steak, deep fried seafood, tacos, and salads - it also offers live music performances.  Bar Esquina is a restaurant and bar that offers a variety of delicious dishes for breakfast, lunch, and dinner including burgers, sandwiches, tuna, pasta, short rib, and grilled chicken – it also offers a joyful atmosphere, along with live music performances.  If you are looking for another good and affordable restaurant near the beach, El Jarro Cafe and Grill offers a variety of dishes for breakfast and lunch including eggs, sandwiches, quesadillas, burritos, and breaded chicken and fish.

If you are looking for a hotel near Playa Sand Bar, there are many great nearby options.  The 5-Star ME Cabo by Melia is another upscale hotel that offers many amenities including a beach club, a spa, gardens, a gym, a convenience store, a gift shop, a terrace, a pool, multiple bars, and a restaurant.  Another upscale hotel is the 5-Star Pueblo Bonito Blanco Los Cabos Beach Resort that offers many amenities including multiple restaurants and bars, a hot tub, a kids’ club (available between Tuesday and Sunday), a pool with a terrace, and access to a nearby spa and gym.  The 4-Star Bahia Hotel & Beach House is another upscale hotel that offers many amenities including a restaurant, a beach club, a pool, a terrace, a coffee shop, and a bar.  A more affordable hotel is the 3-Star Club Cascadas de Baja that offers many amenities including a spa, multiple pools, a clubhouse, a hot tub, a salon, a mini market, car rental services, a gym, and multiple restaurants.  If you are looking for another good and affordable nearby hotel, the 3-Star Seven Crown Express & Suites offers many amenities including a pool and a gym.