Las Animas Beach — Attraction in Jalisco

350 pesos per person for the boat drive was not worth it (no life jacket). The beach is dirty and packed with boats. You can smell the exhaust gases and the sand has oil stains. The water is polluted. At one end of the beach, you have a pit bull that lives in a yellow house. He roams free. I was walking on the beach when he run towards me. He chased me and my only escape was running to the ocean. He trapped me there, between the rocks, because the ocean was too strong for me to swim and get away from him. I was hidden in the rocks screaming for someone to call the dog. The dog knew I was there and he knew the ocean was too strong so he was just waiting, high alert, ready to attack. I was in his territory as he lives there. Finally, the woman of the yellow house called the dog in. It is a beautiful, strong dog, that was not trained no to attack people on the beach. This owner needs to be responsible. I know dogs and I am sure this one will attack.

350 pesos por persona por el viaje en bote no valió la pena (no hay chaleco salvavidas). La playa está sucia y llena de barcos. Se huele el olor a gases de escape y la arena está cubierta de manchas de petróleo. El agua está contaminada. En un extremo de la playa tienes un pitbull que vive en una casa amarilla. Él vaga libremente. Estaba caminando por la playa cuando él empezó a correr hacia mí. Mi única salida era correr hacia el océano. Me atrapó allí, entre las rocas, porque el océano era demasiado fuerte para que yo pudiera nadar y alejarme de él. Estaba escondido entre las rocas gritando para que alguien llamara al perro. El perro sabía que yo estaba allí y sabía que el océano era demasiado fuerte, así que solo estaba esperando, en alerta máxima, listo para atacar. Yo estaba en su territorio ya que él vive allí. Finalmente, la mujer de la casa amarilla llamó al perro.

350 pesos par personne pour le trajet en bateau n'en valaient pas la peine (pas de gilet de sauvetage). La plage est sale et remplie de bateaux. On sent l'odeur des gaz d'échappement et le sable est recouvert de taches d'huile. L'eau est polluée. À une extrémité de la plage, vous avez un pitbull qui vit dans une maison jaune. Il se déplace librement. Je marchais sur la plage quand il a commencé à courir vers moi. Ma seule issue était de courir vers l'océan. Il m'a piégé là, entre les rochers, parce que l'océan était trop fort pour que je puisse nager et m'éloigner de lui. J'étais caché dans les rochers, criant pour que quelqu'un appelle le chien. Le chien savait que j'étais là et il savait que l'océan était trop fort alors il attendait juste, en état d'alerte, prêt à attaquer. J'étais sur son territoire puisqu'il y habite. Finalement, la femme de la maison jaune a appelé le chien. Il n'a pas obéi immédiatement mais il a fini...

Las Animas beach was the endpoint for a coastal hike from Boca. The hike was beautiful but challenging in a few spots so arriving at Playa Las Animas was a welcome reward. The beach at midday Friday was filled with tourists, most having arrived in the many boats parked in front of the beach. The beach was a beautiful crescent of sand lined with restaurants and beach activity booths. The restaurants serve all manner of seafood and other items with hawkers trying to entice you into their respective establishments. As you are sitting beach side in your restaurant chair , more geegaw and tourist chotski sellers are coming by to sell you trinkets and desserts. FINAL TAKE: Playa Las Animas is beautiful and probably better very early or very late, before or after the tourist hordes. There are other equally beautiful but less tourist accessible beaches along the beautiful south of...

Angle of the beach is so extreme that a person can't even sit in a recliner without sliding off. Also makes the waves EXTREMELY aggressive, and rogue waves are common that will suddenly flood your space and take your bag out to sea.

All the water taxi services push people here because it's a short water taxi ride, big, and has lots of restaurants. But it really is one of the worst beaches in the area just based on quality (shore angle, submerged rocks, algae, coarse sand). And it's so busy that boat traffic goes through the swim zones and then park there!

Honestly... do you want to spend your Mexican vacation swimming in the 50-feet of space between two large passenger boats? Battling waves that are (honestly) too big for kids? There are MANY other beaches a little further south. Las Ánimas is a classic...