Mexico: Sandwatch activities started 2015
Sandwatch activities started in: 2015
Coordination of Sandwatch in Mexico: The Guardarenas Mexico group resumed Sandwatch activities in 2025 in collaboration with the Oaxacan Center for Innovation (OAXIN), a civil organization. Guardarenas Mexico was established in 2015 and monitored beaches along the Pacific coast of Oaxaca. They were joined by the Clean Beaches Committee of San Pedro, Mixtepec.
Status of Sandwatch in Mexico: Active
Activities and Highlights: Updates
Activities and Highlights:
Sandwatch resumes in Oaxaca, Mexico
2025: The Sandwatch Mexico programme began activities in 2017 recording the changes in beaches over time. This monitoring was conducted at two beaches: Coral and Bacocho, both located in Puerto Escondido, San Pedro Mixtepec, Oaxaca.
This year, after a pause, we will resume activities. Currently, the program collaborates directly with the Oaxacan Center for Innovation (OAXIN), a civil organization that works with different communities on solutions to different design challenges.
We want this new beginning to serve to join efforts with other organizations that are constantly fighting to make visible the socio-environmental problems in Puerto Escondido, which have grown in the last two years.
Sandwatch se reanuda en Oaxaca, México
2025: El programa Guardarenas México inició actividades en el 2017 registrando los cambios que presentan las playas a través del tiempo. Estos monitoreos se realizaron en dos playas: Coral y Bacocho, ambas ubicadas en Puerto Escondido, San Pedro Mixtepec, Oaxaca.
Este año y después de una pausa, retomaremos actividades. Actualmente, el programa colabora directamente con el Centro Oaxaqueño de Innovación OAXIN, una organización civil que trabaja con diferentes comunidades en las soluciones a distintos desafíos de diseño.
Queremos que este nuevo inicio sirva para sumar esfuerzos a las demás organizaciones que luchan constantemente por visibilizar los problemas socioambientales con los que cuenta Puerto Escondido, mismo que han crecido en los dos último años.
2025: The Sandwatch Mexico programme began activities in 2017 recording the changes in beaches over time. This monitoring was conducted at two beaches: Coral and Bacocho, both located in Puerto Escondido, San Pedro Mixtepec, Oaxaca.
This year, after a pause, we will resume activities. Currently, the program collaborates directly with the Oaxacan Center for Innovation (OAXIN), a civil organization that works with different communities on solutions to different design challenges.
We want this new beginning to serve to join efforts with other organizations that are constantly fighting to make visible the socio-environmental problems in Puerto Escondido, which have grown in the last two years.
Sandwatch se reanuda en Oaxaca, México
2025: El programa Guardarenas México inició actividades en el 2017 registrando los cambios que presentan las playas a través del tiempo. Estos monitoreos se realizaron en dos playas: Coral y Bacocho, ambas ubicadas en Puerto Escondido, San Pedro Mixtepec, Oaxaca.
Este año y después de una pausa, retomaremos actividades. Actualmente, el programa colabora directamente con el Centro Oaxaqueño de Innovación OAXIN, una organización civil que trabaja con diferentes comunidades en las soluciones a distintos desafíos de diseño.
Queremos que este nuevo inicio sirva para sumar esfuerzos a las demás organizaciones que luchan constantemente por visibilizar los problemas socioambientales con los que cuenta Puerto Escondido, mismo que han crecido en los dos último años.
Photos from the beaches that currently being monitored

Guardarenas Mexico confirm their commitment to continue Sandwatch with four schools in 2017-2018.
June 2017: Guardarenas Mexico agreed with the Directors of four schools, Juan Rulfo, Benjamín Bloom, Calmecac y Conalep in Puerto Escondido, Oaxaca, to continue Sandwatch during the 2018-2018 school year. The group are also holding talks with other municipalities to further expand Sandwatch. Read their press release re: Appointing first Ambassador
June 2017: Guardarenas Mexico agreed with the Directors of four schools, Juan Rulfo, Benjamín Bloom, Calmecac y Conalep in Puerto Escondido, Oaxaca, to continue Sandwatch during the 2018-2018 school year. The group are also holding talks with other municipalities to further expand Sandwatch. Read their press release re: Appointing first Ambassador

Guardarenas Mexico present their monitoring results
May 2017: Guardarenas Mexico present their report on the Sandwatch beach monitoring work at an event for school principals and teachers, students and their parents. See their Power Point presentation (5.7 Mb)and view their results. The data have also been entered on the Sandwatch International Database. See the photos from the event.
May 2017: Guardarenas Mexico present their report on the Sandwatch beach monitoring work at an event for school principals and teachers, students and their parents. See their Power Point presentation (5.7 Mb)and view their results. The data have also been entered on the Sandwatch International Database. See the photos from the event.

Sandwatch Program at the San Pedro Mixtepec Clean Beaches Committee, Oaxaca, México
Oaxaca, Mexico joined Sandwatch in February 2016, starting its activities in Bacocho and Coral Beach located in the municipality of San Pedro Mixtepec, Oaxaca. This Program is included as part of the Work Program of the Clean Beaches Committee linked to the Certification of Bacocho Beach according to the national standard NMX-AA-120-SCFI. - Click here for full details
Oaxaca, Mexico joined Sandwatch in February 2016, starting its activities in Bacocho and Coral Beach located in the municipality of San Pedro Mixtepec, Oaxaca. This Program is included as part of the Work Program of the Clean Beaches Committee linked to the Certification of Bacocho Beach according to the national standard NMX-AA-120-SCFI. - Click here for full details

Guardarenas Mexico starts monitoring the Oxaco beaches
After contacting The Sandwatch Foundation (Guardarenas) via the University of Puerto
Rico Sea Grant College Program in Mayaguez, Puerto Rico, a new group called Guardarenas Mexico started monitoring beaches along the Oaxaca Pacific coast of Mexico as part of their programme to combat climate change.
- click here to learn more
After contacting The Sandwatch Foundation (Guardarenas) via the University of Puerto
Rico Sea Grant College Program in Mayaguez, Puerto Rico, a new group called Guardarenas Mexico started monitoring beaches along the Oaxaca Pacific coast of Mexico as part of their programme to combat climate change.
- click here to learn more
Sandwatch in Mexico
On 30 April, 2015 GOPLMSMP, announced on their official website of the social network Facebook (www.facebook.com/playaslimpiassanpedromixt) on the presence of Great Swell predicted size for the dates 02 and 03 May 2015, with the possibility of the presence of the phenomenon Swell. This phenomenon was mentioned this in the predicted date, beating expectations on the magnitude of it, which lasted three days on the coast of Puerto Escondido, leaving a lot of damage in particular in Zicatela beach and taking effect large waves on the other beaches in this town. Based on the route taken by the GO and observations the following results were obtained....please click here to see the full report and photos!
El día 30 de abril del presente año, esta GOPLMSMP, dio a conocer en su página oficial de la red social Facebook (www.facebook.com/playaslimpiassanpedromixt), sobre la presencia de Oleaje de Gran tamaño pronosticado para las fechas 02 y 03 de mayo del 2015, con la posibilidad de tener la presencia del fenómeno Mar de Fondo. Este fenómeno mencionado se vio presente en la fecha pronosticada, superando las expectativas sobre la magnitud del mismo, el cual tuvo una duración de 3
días en la costa de Puerto Escondido, dejando una gran cantidad de daños en particular en playa Zicatela y teniendo efecto de oleaje de gran tamaño en las demás playas de esta localidad. Con base en el recorrido realizado por parte de la GO se obtuvieron los siguientes resultados y observaciones...Haga clic aquí para leer nuestro informe (abajo) en español
On 30 April, 2015 GOPLMSMP, announced on their official website of the social network Facebook (www.facebook.com/playaslimpiassanpedromixt) on the presence of Great Swell predicted size for the dates 02 and 03 May 2015, with the possibility of the presence of the phenomenon Swell. This phenomenon was mentioned this in the predicted date, beating expectations on the magnitude of it, which lasted three days on the coast of Puerto Escondido, leaving a lot of damage in particular in Zicatela beach and taking effect large waves on the other beaches in this town. Based on the route taken by the GO and observations the following results were obtained....please click here to see the full report and photos!
El día 30 de abril del presente año, esta GOPLMSMP, dio a conocer en su página oficial de la red social Facebook (www.facebook.com/playaslimpiassanpedromixt), sobre la presencia de Oleaje de Gran tamaño pronosticado para las fechas 02 y 03 de mayo del 2015, con la posibilidad de tener la presencia del fenómeno Mar de Fondo. Este fenómeno mencionado se vio presente en la fecha pronosticada, superando las expectativas sobre la magnitud del mismo, el cual tuvo una duración de 3
días en la costa de Puerto Escondido, dejando una gran cantidad de daños en particular en playa Zicatela y teniendo efecto de oleaje de gran tamaño en las demás playas de esta localidad. Con base en el recorrido realizado por parte de la GO se obtuvieron los siguientes resultados y observaciones...Haga clic aquí para leer nuestro informe (abajo) en español