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Ziggy Beach

📍 Km 7.5 Carretera Tulum-Boca Paila, Tulum Beach, Quintana Roo, Mexico

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4.6/ 5.0

★★★★★

Quick Facts

Location: Mexico, Tulum
Category: Beach & Island
Duration: 2-3 hours
Opening Hours: Daily 7:00-22:30; the 7:00 opening is the earliest on the strip, midday hottest and busiest, live music roughly 19:30-21:30.
Ticket Price: No cover and no separate lounger fee, but a per-person minimum of roughly 50-75 US dollars, generally not applied to children, spent on food and drink.
Address: Km 7.5 Carretera Tulum-Boca Paila, Tulum Beach, Quintana Roo, Mexico
Coordinates: 20.1800, -87.4250

Introduction

Ziggy Beach, formally Ziggy's Beach Club, lies in the Tulum hotel zone, Quintana Roo, Mexico, at kilometre 7.5 of the Carretera Tulum-Boca Paila, about ten minutes by road from Tulum town centre. Positioning: this is the beach club on this stretch known for being quiet, in sharp contrast to the DJ-driven clubs nearby. Sources return to the same word for it, calm: no loud music, no scene to perform, loungers facing the sea and service attentive enough to remember names. It suits couples who want to read, families who want to hear each other, and anyone who needs a recovery day after a big night. Grounds and facilities: wooden loungers, double day beds, rope hammocks and palm-thatch shade sit straight on the sand, with no large structures and no swimming pool. The sea and the beach are the whole programme. Towels are complimentary and staff keep the beach groomed through the day. It is child friendly, with sand toys provided and staff watching children as closely as cocktails, though there is no children's pool. Food and drink: Mexican and Caribbean coastal cooking, with passionfruit and coconut ceviche, beer-battered fish tacos, rum-spiked coconut and the Ziggy burger among the recurring recommendations, and reviews generally rating the food above beach-club standard. The cocktail list has real range, covering spritzes, mojitos, margaritas and creative builds. Music and evenings: acoustic sets run through the afternoon, with live music roughly 19:30-21:30. Each day of the week has a separately charged theme, from cocktail tasting and tequila with mariachi through salsa and Caribbean seafood to Mexican wine and mezcal tastings. Two practical notes to finish on. There is no cover and no separate lounger fee, but there is a per-person minimum of roughly 50 to 75 US dollars, generally not applied to children. And the 7:00 opening is the earliest on the strip, letting early risers own the sand for hours before the midday wave, while the 22:30 close means the beach can become dinner without moving.

✨ Highlights

Quiet is the pitch

Other clubs on the strip compete on volume; this one competes on the absence of it, with music kept at conversation level.

Earliest opening at 7:00

The first club on the strip to open, letting early risers own the sand for hours before the midday wave arrives.

Day beds, hammocks, palm shade

Wooden loungers, double day beds and rope hammocks sit straight on the sand, with no large structures and no pool.

Free towels, groomed sand

Towels are complimentary and staff keep raking the beach all day, so the sand is clean when you come out of the water.

Child friendly

Sand toys provided and staff watch children closely, though there is no children's pool: sea and sand are the whole programme.

Seven themed nights

Cocktail, tequila with mariachi, salsa and Caribbean seafood, Mexican wine, barefoot dancing, Latin rhythms and mezcal tastings, all charged separately.

🛈 Practical Info

→Duration：2-3 hours; a whole afternoon works too, and the beach can become dinner without moving

→Worth it?：Yes if you want sand where you can read without a DJ, and it is the only club here opening at 7:00; not for pool time or a big night out

→Watch out：Book day beds ahead in season; the minimum reads as lunch plus drinks, not as an extra ticket; themed nights vary and are charged separately, so ask what is on; no pool, so parents of small children wanting water will be disappointed

→Opening Hours：Daily 7:00-22:30; the 7:00 opening is the earliest on the strip, midday hottest and busiest, live music roughly 19:30-21:30.

→Ticket Information：No cover and no separate lounger fee, but a per-person minimum of roughly 50-75 US dollars, generally not applied to children, spent on food and drink.

→Transportation：About 10 minutes by road south of Tulum town centre; most town hotels have no beach, so take a taxi or drive; walking is not realistic.

💡 Tips

• No cover and no separate lounger fee, but a per-person minimum of roughly 50-75 US dollars, generally not applied to children; normal lunch-plus-drinks spending usually clears it.

• Daily 7:00-22:30, the earliest opening on the strip; early risers own the sand for hours before the midday wave.

• Book day beds ahead in high season, since the quiet reputation now draws its own crowd.

• Live music runs roughly 19:30-21:30, and each day has a different separately charged theme from cocktail and tequila tastings to salsa and mezcal.

• There is no swimming pool: sea and sand are the whole programme, so parents of small children wanting water will be disappointed.

• Towels are complimentary, sand toys are free, and child supervision is attentive, making it one of the most family-friendly clubs on the strip.

• Only minutes from the free cenote at Kapen Ha, so a morning cenote and an afternoon day bed here is the easiest full day on this stretch.

• The dry season, November to April, brings the steadiest beach weather; early morning and late afternoon are the most comfortable times of day.

FAQ

What are the opening hours of Ziggy Beach?

Daily 7:00-22:30; the 7:00 opening is the earliest on the strip, midday hottest and busiest, live music roughly 19:30-21:30.

How much is the admission for Ziggy Beach?

No cover and no separate lounger fee, but a per-person minimum of roughly 50-75 US dollars, generally not applied to children, spent on food and drink.

Any practical tips for visiting Ziggy Beach?

No cover and no separate lounger fee, but a per-person minimum of roughly 50-75 US dollars, generally not applied to children; normal lunch-plus-drinks spending usually clears it. Daily 7:00-22:30, the earliest opening on the strip; early risers own the sand for hours before the midday wave.