My wife and I are considering taking our 2 boys (ages 13 and 17) on a vacation before school starts) We are considering Mexico but are concerned about the hot weather in August. You can only spend so much time in the water. Are considering the Playa Del Carmen area or Ixtapa area. If anyone has any comments on these areas or Mexico in August, we would appreciate your thoughts. <BR>P.S. We're open to other suggestions for our one week vacation.

Any coastal area of Mexico will be VERY hot and humid in August with the exception of Northwest Baja California.

What should I expect in Ensenada, August 10-14?

Ensenada has vitually the same climate as San Diego California. The weather should be pretty nice in August. Ensenada is a nice city. If you go there, make sure that you visit the 'Bufadora'. It is very well know and well publicised.

Don't have experience to share but... <BR>My wife, and two girls are going to Cabo 7/25 through 8/4. Some responses to your inquiry suggest that you should be prepared for hot humid weather. While this may be true ON AVERAGE I just downloaded a 3 day weather forecast 7/23-7/25 predicting showers all three days and temps of 86-90 day and 81 evening. Generally, Cabo only receives 5-6 days of rain IN SEPTEMBER and none in July/August. Go figure. I think I'd rather be in Cabo than in Texas right now, FWIW. The saving grace is that Ixtapa or any costal area does have the Pacific Ocean in which to cool off <scuba,snorkel> - if the resort pools don't appeal. Have a good time.

Yes, Mexico's coasts are hot and humid in the summer, but then again, I believe that Washington DC could give any Mexican Resort a run for their heat prostrated peso. <BR> <BR>It's hot. So what? Go into the water and cool off. Hotel rooms have great air conditioners. Just think of the Mexicans that service the hotels. Where they live there are no air conditioners, and they end up cooking and washing clothes in that heat and humidity. <BR> <BR>It does rain in Cabo San Lucas in August and it's not unusual nor rare. The normal daytime temperature reaches about 95 nights around 75 - humidity around sixty to seventy percent. July brings the hottest temperatures to Cabo (around 105F) and September brings the highest humidity and chance of hurricanes. Yet, when the humidity increases the temperature sags ten to fifteen degrees. I lived in CSL for several years. Year-round. With air conditioning for sleeping comfort, and a temperate ocean for swimming, it isn't bad at all.