Playa San Francisco
Cozumel, Quintana Roo, Mexico
Today at a glance
Best: 7 am to 9 am, sunset 6:18 pm9.6
15 km/h9 mph wind, Excellent
9.1
15 km/h9 mph wind, Excellent
8.5
16 km/h10 mph wind, Excellent
8.2
13 km/h8 mph wind, Great
7.5
16 km/h10 mph wind, Great
6.4
21 km/h13 mph wind, Good
6.0
19 km/h11 mph wind, Good
5.3
18 km/h11 mph wind, Fair
5.6
17 km/h11 mph wind, Good
5.3
19 km/h12 mph wind, Fair
5.2
18 km/h11 mph wind, Fair
5.8
17 km/h10 mph wind, Good
This page puts what matters first for today's conditions.
Best time to swim
Best: 7 am to 9 am. Beach score for daylight hours, with wind in km/hmph underneath.
- Air
- 26°C78°F
- Water
- 30°C85°F
- Wind
- 148 km/hmph NNW
- Gusts
- 2013 km/hmph
- Waves
- 0.5 m2 ft
- UV
- 0 low
- Tide
- rising
- Rain
- 0%
- Sunset
- 6:18 pm
Tide, next 24 hours
- High 7 am, 0.4 m1 ft
- Low 1 pm, 0.2 m<1 ft
- High 6 pm, 0.3 m1 ft
- Low 1 am, 0.1 m<1 ft
Tide is modeled, not measured. Rip current and water quality data are not available for this beach yet.
Beach info
Lifeguards, parking and facilities before you head down.
Facilities
- Parking1 within 500 m0.3 miNearest 180 m600 ft. Fee not listed
- Food and drink7 within 1 km0.6 miNearest 30 m100 ft
Getting there
- Nearest town
- 4.6 km2.8 miEl Cedral (village)
- Nearest airport
- 16 km10 miAeropuerto Internacional de Cozumel (CZM)
Nearby places
- Carlos and Charlie'sFood and drink30 m100 ft
- San Francisco BeachFood and drink50 m150 ft
- Paradise BeachFood and drink150 m480 ft
- Market CaféFood and drink530 m0.3 mi
- Playa Mia Grand Beach & Water ParkFood and drink700 m0.4 mi
Facilities from OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Check posted signs; details change. Data sources
Nearby beaches
- Playa Paradise0.2 km0.1 mi south away9.4 Excellent later
- Playa Mia0.7 km0.4 mi south away9.4 Excellent later
- Mr Sanchos1.2 km0.7 mi south away9.4 Excellent later
- Playa Palancar5.0 km3.1 mi south away9.4 Excellent later
- Playa Palancar Reef6.3 km3.9 mi south away9.4 Excellent later
Where to stay near the beach
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The days ahead
Best score each day, with the stretch to aim for.
- Sat8.0 GreatBest 7 am to 12 pmWind up to 27 km/h17 mph, rain 42%
- Sun7.9 GreatBest 11 am to 4 pmWind up to 24 km/h15 mph, rain 37%
- Mon8.4 GreatBest 7 am to 2 pmWind up to 19 km/h12 mph, rain 43%
- Tue8.7 ExcellentBest 7 am to 10 amWind up to 24 km/h15 mph, rain 44%
- Wed6.8 GoodBest 7 am to 7 pmWind up to 17 km/h10 mph, rain 31%
- Thu8.8 ExcellentBest 7 am to 10 amWind up to 14 km/h9 mph, rain 23%