Desert meets Pacific: an artists’ town, empty beaches and a reliable beginner wave at Cerritos.
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San José del Cabo beachfront stays
The old mission town of Los Cabos: an art district, an estuary and the corridor’s best surf.
- Fly into
- SJD · 20 min
- Surf
- Intermediate to advanced
- Best for
- Couples, surf weeks, slower Cabo
- Houses on the sand
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Where to stay in San José del Cabo
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Surf
The waves near San José del Cabo
Costa Azul (Zippers)
- Intermediate
- Advanced
The corridor’s best-known wave. Summer south swells.
La Roca
- Intermediate
Softer and less crowded than Zippers on the same swell.
Staying in San José del Cabo
San José is the quieter half of Los Cabos, twenty minutes from the airport. The historic centre has galleries and restaurants; the beaches toward Costa Azul have the most consistent summer surf on the cape.
For owners
Own a home on the sand? Keep more of every booking.
Vrbo now takes 12% from every host. We feature a small number of genuinely oceanfront homes, and build owners their own direct-booking site, so repeat guests book with you, not a platform.
- A feature here
- Photographed and written up after we visit, with the “On the sand” mark.
- Your own booking site
- Live prices and availability from the calendar you already use.
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- People already search for many villas by name. We make sure they find you first.