Is the ocean clean in Puerto Vallarta?

Puerto Vallarta is home to some of the most beautiful and unspoiled beaches in Mexico. Visitors can enjoy swimming in crystal clear waters and soft sandy beaches.



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The answer is a resounding yes! Here you'll find less seaweed than in other destinations because authorities clean the hotel beaches regularly. With its own water treatment facility, Puerto Vallarta has great water quality, making it a great place to swim once you get in the sea.

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You can walk all the way to Los Muertos and Old Town Vallarta along the beach. There is a a well-marked path that takes you up and over a cliff.

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Marama Beach has the clearest water in Mexico - Picture of El Dorado Maroma, Playa Maroma - Tripadvisor.

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If you want to go to a Mexican beach and be 100% confident that the water is pristine, your best bets are on the Pacific coast. Two of the top-10 (all tying with the same score) cleanest beaches in Mexico were in Campeche. One was in Quintana Roo, but far to the south.

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Puerto Vallarta located in the northern hemisphere, south of the northern tropic, at latitude 20 degrees. The swimming season in this location lasts all year round. Average annual water temperature on the coast in Puerto Vallarta is 80°F, by the seasons: in winter 75°F, in spring 76°F, in summer 85°F, in autumn 84°F.

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East Coast: Mexico's east coast, particularly the Caribbean Sea's turquoise waters in spots like Tulum, are the stuff beach vacation dreams are made of. The east coast also has a reputation for soft white sand and warm, calm waters.

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The Weddell Sea has been claimed by scientists to have the clearest waters of any ocean in the world. Described by a historian as “the most wretched and dismal region on earth”, due to the flash freezes that caught Shackleton's ship, its clarity is only belied by the sheer depth of the ocean below.

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If you want to go to a Mexican beach and be 100% confident that the water is pristine, your best bets are on the Pacific coast. Two of the top-10 (all tying with the same score) cleanest beaches in Mexico were in Campeche. One was in Quintana Roo, but far to the south.

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While exposed eastern shores are most likely to get hit by surges of sargassum, some beaches in Mexico have no sargassum. This includes Playa Norte on Isla Mujeres, Quintana Roo and Cozumel's western shore. They're generally seaweed-free. However, much depends on winds and ocean currents.

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