🐢 Baby sea turtle season (late July–November, peak now)
This is the headline event of the late summer, and the reason a lot of families choose these exact weeks. Sea turtle nesting season in Los Cabos runs from late July through November, with peak nesting in August and September and hatchlings beginning to emerge around September.
Several local conservation programs run guided baby turtle release experiences, where you help newly hatched turtles make their first walk to the sea at sunset. It's gentle, low-key, and genuinely unforgettable, especially for kids. Nesting happens on beaches around San José del Cabo, the East Cape, and the Pacific side. Ask Monica and we'll point you to the current programs and timing.
🇲🇽 Mexican Independence Day (September 15–16)
If you want to see the real, joyful, loud version of Cabo, this is the week. On the night of September 15, locals gather for "El Grito" (the Cry of Independence), followed by fireworks, live music, and fiestas that roll into September 16, Independence Day itself.
The marina and downtown fill with color, street food, mariachi, and green-white-and-red everywhere. It's one of the most authentic and festive times of year to be in town, and it happens right in the middle of low season, so you get the celebration without the peak-season crowds or prices.
⛪ Feast of the Assumption (August 15)
A quieter, more traditional celebration. On August 15, the Feast of the Assumption brings processions with music and floats through town, and many restaurants put on feast-style dinners late into the evening. It's a lovely, local, low-tourist glimpse of Cabo's culture, and an easy excuse for a special dinner out.
🎣 Sport fishing season is heating up
Cabo is one of the world's great sport fishing destinations, and late summer is when the season builds. Tournament action runs through the wider Los Cabos and East Cape region in late July and August, and it leads toward the famous Bisbee's Los Cabos Offshore and Bisbee's Black & Blue tournaments in October, the "Super Bowl of fishing."
Even if you're not competing, marlin, dorado, and tuna fishing is strong through this stretch, and charters are easier to book and better priced than in peak months. Monica can line up a boat for you. Exact tournament dates are set each year, so confirm with the organizers if you're planning around a specific event.
🌊 The best beach days of the year
Here's the part nobody advertises: the ocean is at its warmest of the entire year in August and September. That makes it the best window for swimming and snorkeling at the swimmable beaches (Chileno, Santa María), and for sunset cruises on calm evenings.
Add in the near-empty beaches, and you get a version of Cabo most visitors never experience: warm water, room to breathe, and sunsets you don't have to share. A few of our favorite low-season days:
- Snorkeling at Chileno Beach when the water's warm and clear
- A water taxi to El Arco and Lover's Beach from the Marina
- A sunset cruise on a calm evening (low season = better rates)
- Long, quiet mornings on our Pacific beach, sunrise walks and shell hunting
☔ The honest part: weather
We won't pretend otherwise. August and September are the hottest, most humid months, and they fall within Baja's rainy and hurricane season. But here's the reality most people don't know: the rain usually comes as short afternoon or evening storms, not all-day washouts, and plenty of days stay sunny start to finish.
It's worth watching the forecast, and travel insurance is never a bad idea this time of year. But brief storms rarely ruin a trip, and the trade-off is real: the lowest prices and smallest crowds of the entire year. For a lot of travelers, that's a very good deal.
Why the Pacific side is the move in low season
When it's hot, quiet matters more, not less. Terrasol sits on the Pacific side, on a private, secluded stretch of beach between Playa Grande and Grand Solmar, on the same Pacific beach as the Waldorf Astoria Los Cabos Pedregal. You're a ten-minute walk to the Marina and all the Independence Day action, but you come home to calm, cool sunsets, and the sound of the surf instead of a crowded resort strip.
Two pools handle the swimming (the Pacific surf here is beautiful but not for swimming), the beach is yours for sunset walks, and every condo has a full kitchen and a balcony built for exactly this kind of slow, warm, unhurried trip.
The short version
August and September in Cabo: baby turtles, Independence Day fireworks, warm water, fishing season, empty beaches, and the lowest rates of the year. Bring sunscreen, watch the forecast, and come for the quiet, warm, half-price version of Cabo most people never see.