Photo: Kyle Pearce, Sunset at Playa Zicatela (Some rights reserved)
Puerto Escondido is a picturesque retreat on Oaxaca’s Pacific Coast. A 19th-century shipping point for coffee plantations and later ‘discovered’ by surfers in the 1970s, Puerto Escondido is a relatively new town. The town’s official founding dates to 1928 when it took its names from rocks in the harbor known to sailors as ‘Punta Escondida.’
Puerto Escondido es un pintoresco refugio en la costa del Pacífico de Oaxaca. Puerto Escondido, un punto de embarque de plantaciones de café del siglo XIX y “descubierto” más tarde por surfistas en la década de 1970, es una ciudad relativamente nueva. La fundación oficial de la ciudad data de 1928, cuando tomó su nombre de las rocas del puerto conocidas por los marineros como “Punta Escondida”.
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Beaches, Surfing and Swimming
Carrizalillo and Manzanillo Beaches are ideal for swimming and snorkeling. Surfers favor Zicatela Beach where the waves can reach six meters (18+ feet). An international surfing tournament is held each year between August and November.
Bird Watching
Bird watchers and nature lovers should visit the local parks. Just 16 kilometers // 10 miles north of town is Laguna Manialtepec. Further north – 74 kilometers (46 miles) – is Chacahua Lagoons National Park.
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Fishing
Puerto Escondido is one of the best-located places along the Mexican Pacific Coast for sport fishing. Trips can be arranged via small fishing boats (pangas) skippered by knowledgeable captains of the Cooperativa de Pesca Deportiva, Avenida National Marina. Pangas (small boats) accommodate up to four people and most trips depart at dawn and return mid-day.
Markets
Mercado Zicatela
Location
Puerto Escondido is 254 kilometers // 158 miles south of Oaxaca City and north of Puerto Angel and 107 kilometers // 66 miles north of Huatulco.
Headlines
Puerto Escondido busca ser un destino sostenible y sustentable – Noticias
Hotels
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Elsewhere on the Web
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Nearby: Meridiano Gallery
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