Thanks Suze. Yes, Medano Beach is swimable. When we went, there were people in the water as well as personal water crafts. Also, when we did the city tour, the guide told us there are actually 5 swimable beaches, but only Medano in Cabo San Lucas. I can't remember the names of the other ones or the locations.

Here's a pic of Medano Beach:

http://kvrlvnphotogallery.shutterfly.com/pictures/211

My only issue is that there were tons of boats and personal watercrafts there. The air smelled like gasoline. I was not interested in getting into the water there, and we didn't.

Our guide took us to the beach next to the Desire Resort in Los Cabos for pictures. It is a very gorgeous beach, but not swimable there. Too bad.

I know the Hilton on 'the corridor' is one.

Actually, Fodors has an article on this very subject and it's on this site. Here's the link:

http://www.tripadvisor.com/Travel-g1...Los.Cabos.html

Ooops. Not Fodors. Trip Advisor. Sorry. They really need an edit button here.

"There is no nightlife in Akumal and little of it in Tulum though. Some restaurants in the town of Tulum will have live music playing at dinner time but I think that is about it."

not true there is some night life on the beach too but only some. Tulum properties are most all eco chic palapa type places with a lot of europeans and one of the best beaches in the world. Coz is ok but you are isolated from mainland stuff. Use youtube and gmaps to help plan, a pic is worth a thousand words.

I'd be interested in knowing what places in Akumal have nightlife on the beach. I visited some friends staying there and we did not see any, and they had not heard of any. But they were renting a place further down the beach, not at the couple of resorts.

Ditto for Tulum, what places on the beach have live nusic or other nightlife? I have bene to restaurants that play CD music but where is there live music or other nightlife there, on the beach?

La Zebra and Mezzanine are the two that come to mind for Tulum.