Hello everyone!
While I am torn between some inland places in Mexico and beach towns, since I love sun and love to swim in warm ocean waters, I wanted to ask this question.
My only exposure to Mexico was going to Zihuatanejo this past June. Zihuatanejo had few beaches around but the main downtown beach was not so great. Overall I have seen the following issues. Restaurants will put their lounge chairs all the way to the water and you have to buy something or pay a fee to lay there. I prefer to put my towel down right on the sand and was having hard time finding a spot so I was forced to buy a drink or a meal. It is OK while I am on vacation but I would like to move to Mexico permanently and live a very, very frugal life to stretch my savings. I also went to 2 beaches outside of town, Barra de Potosi and Trancones, both of them were non-swimmable, the wind and the waves are terrible. I could walk there and play with the waves, but not swim. So, I am asking if anyone knows of a place in Mexico where there are public, not crowded and swimmable beaches year around. May be I am asking too much. I am trying to look through Airbnb and booking and it seems like all the nice, clean and SWIMMABLE beaches are taking up by some luxury resorts. I would like to live somewhere where I can have free access to a beach year around with calm and clear waters. Please help me out, my head is spinning. I was thinking about some inland places with a nice weather first, but I grew up on the Black Sea and love, love, love ocean and swimming. I cannot swim in cold waters so Baja is out of question. Water needs to be not lower than 80F.
Thank you,
Inna