Playa Zipolite is a beach community located in the San Pedro Pochutla Municipality on the southern coast of Oaxaca State in Mexico, between Huatulco and Puerto Escondido.
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Zipolite is a nearly pristine beach about forty meters wide and two km long, with medium grain, gold colored sand. The water is clear with tones of blue and green. It stretches from a small isolate cove called Playa del Amor on the east side to the new age Shambala retreat on the west end, which is partially sheltered by rocks. Behind this, sea cliffs rise. The beach is lined by palm trees and rustic cabins, hotel rooms and hammocks, with a few more sophisticated lodgings on the west end. Zipolite is part of the Riviera Oaxaqueño, which includes the nearby beaches of Puerto Angel, San Agustinillo, and Mazunte.
The origin of the name Zipolite has been lost over time. Translated from Zapotec, it means “beach of the dead.” Some versions have that referring to dangerous underwater currents just offshore. Locals say the Zapotecs offered the bodies of their dead to the sea, and it is the consequence for why the beach was unoccupied until alternative foreigners started arriving here in 1969. Other versions has it coming from the Nahuatl word sipolitlan or zipotli, meaning “bumpy place” or “place of continuous bumps or hills”.
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