Punta Mita Journeys

Punta de Mita is a headland with breaks on three sides, so the wind and swell almost always favor one of them. Winter, roughly November to March, brings cleaner northwest groundswells and the better point season for stronger surfers; summer brings softer south swells that are kinder to beginners. El Anclote off the town beach is the gentle longboard wave and the home of lessons, with La Lancha, Burros, and El Faro for the step up.

We pair you with a guide who reads it each morning and puts you on the right wave for your level, with Sayulita a short drive north when you want a change of scene.

Punta Mita is built around two Jack Nicklaus Signature courses: Pacífico, home to the optional Tail of the Whale, a natural island green on a rock outcrop in the Pacific reached by amphibious cart at the right tide, and Bahía through the interior of the peninsula. Time it to the Punta Mita Gourmet & Golf classic in early November and the golf comes with celebrity chefs, winemakers, and tequila tastings; the January Invitational pairs amateurs with tour pros.

We arrange the tee times, the island-green crossing around the tide, and the dinners, so the only decision is which club to pull.

A Punta Mita villa, the calm water of Banderas Bay, and days that suit grandparents and grandchildren alike. Beginner surf for the teens, an island snorkel everyone can join, a boat day to a hidden cove, and the gentle, walkable charm of Sayulita up the road.

Everything is arranged around your group, the pace included, with dolphins in the bay year-round and humpbacks added in winter.

From early December to late March, humpback whales fill Banderas Bay to mate and calve, peaking in January and February, three to five hundred of them migrating down from Alaska. Add the Marietas Islands, a national park with the famous Hidden Beach inside a collapsed crater, and the giant mantas that gather from winter into summer, and the bay shows its wild side.

We time the whale mornings, secure the permitted Marietas landing around the tide, and add the quiet coves only a boat can reach.

Punta Mita is built for slowing down. Naviva sets adults-only tented suites with private plunge pools on a wild stretch of the peninsula; a temazcal ceremony draws on a pre-Hispanic tradition of heat and renewal; and the spas at the Four Seasons and St. Regis, Apuane and Remède, are among the finest in Mexico. The bay does the rest.

We build the days around stillness: treatments, a sunset sail, a private class, and as little else as you like.