Citorah PickBeach · Isla Mujeres

Playa Norte

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The best beach in the region, and it is not in Cancun at all. Playa Norte sits on the north tip of Isla Mujeres, a small island 20 minutes off the coast. The water is genuinely turquoise, waist-deep for a hundred metres out, warm, and there is no surf because the island itself blocks the Caribbean swell.

From Best Beaches in and near Cancun 2026: An Honest Guide, under “Playa Norte, Isla Mujeres”.

The catch

Sundays are Mexico City tourists and it fills up.

Good to know

Getting there
take the Ultramar ferry from Puerto Juarez, downtown, not from the Hotel Zone piers.
Getting there
From the Isla Mujeres ferry terminal, Playa Norte is a 15-minute walk or a 50 MXN golf-cart taxi.

As the guide had it on 1 Jul 2026. Check prices and hours with the place itself before you go.

Where it is

See it on the Cancún map

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Nearby

All of Isla Mujeres

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