For those planning a marine experience, we'll share several extreme water sports ideas. Essentially, we present the best water sports offering maximum fun and refreshment combined with delightful sunshine. Whether you visit Acapulco, Puerto Vallarta, Huatulco or Cancún, you can enjoy these extreme sports:
- Surfing: Whether you're a beginner or experienced, this excellent water sport provides tremendous fun and a special connection with the sea.
Learn to glide on a board propelled by ocean waves. You'll experience speed and joy while mastering this natural phenomenon's power and rhythm. Plus, surfing suits children (from age 5) to adults and seniors. It requires reasonable fitness and some enthusiasm to catch the waves.
Learning involves a 2-hour complete course with a certified instructor and extensive practice. Before entering the water, your instructor will demonstrate essential positions and provide detailed tips on land.
That's right! Before tackling the unstable seawater, you'll practice positions on solid ground. Once mastered, let the practice begin! Your instructor will offer personalised advice to improve your technique based on your progress.
Depending on your destination, surf conditions vary. We recommend Pacific beaches for all levels, while the Gulf or Caribbean suit beginners best.
- Jet Skis: For motorised sea fun, jet skis offer superb navigation vessels combining agility with pure enjoyment.
These turbine-powered vehicles respond instantly to throttle commands, creating spectacular aquatic entertainment.
No prior experience or licence is needed. They're simple to operate with just an ignition button and throttle lever (note: no braking system). Available for 1-3 riders, each features a safety lanyard that cuts power if the rider falls.
Perfect for exploring coastlines and accessing small coves inaccessible to boats, offering complete freedom.
Available at most commercially developed beaches.
- Windsurfing: Experience true speed adventures with windsurfing – essentially a personal sailboat for navigating during peak wind hours with tremendous manoeuvrability.
The windsurf board resembles a surfboard attached to a sail with 360° rotation, allowing navigation according to wind currents. Advanced practitioners can tackle large waves and perform acrobatics.
Beginners require a preliminary course covering sail assembly and operational principles. The trickiest part is learning the sail recovery technique from water. Certified instructors teach how to "read" wind patterns for optimal navigation.
This delivers intense adventure thrills as you sail at high speeds across seascapes.
- Scuba Diving: The ultimate marine activity for encountering the underwater world. Diving reveals astonishing diversity among marine life and subaquatic landscapes.
- This activity requires intensive preparation, including oxygen tanks and decompression equipment. Diving gear demands specialised training through theoretical and practical pool sessions. Marine exploration requires strict adherence to safety protocols and underwater communication. Mastering specialist equipment ensures comfortable progression beneath the waves.
Once trained, you'll experience unforgettable moments discovering fish, corals, cetaceans, shipwrecks, caves and sand valleys.
Mexico offers paradise destinations like the Riviera Maya reefs, Baja California Sur, or Oaxacan coasts.
- Whale Watching: Seasonal encounters with Earth's largest animals create spectacular natural displays.
Annually, blue and humpback whales migrate along Mexico's Pacific coast toward Alaskan waters. Between October-April, witness their aquatic acrobatics.
Organised whale watching tours offer budget-friendly group excursions, some featuring hydrophones for hearing whale communications or glass-bottom boats for underwater viewing.
Alternatively, charter a private boat for intimate encounters with family/friends, enjoying personalised service during this marine wildlife spectacle.
We recommend Baja California Sur, where whales linger in the Sea of Cortez to mate or calve.
We guarantee tremendous joy and excitement from these water sports, creating unforgettable memories of an extreme summer!
