Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco, October 13, 2026 – Schools and municipal offices are scheduled to reopen Tuesday as Puerto Vallarta restores services after Hurricane Simon, while beach restrictions remain in place.
For residents, the practical question is how much of a normal Tuesday they can count on. School runs, office visits and bus trips are returning, but conditions at the coast and around waterways still require caution.
Jalisco lifted restrictions on nonessential activities Monday as Simon moved away. The municipal reopening announcement describes a gradual restoration of services, while Civil Protection warns that rain and high surf could continue.
Beaches and the Pitillal River remain concerns
In its Monday update, the state Civil Protection Committee kept red flags in place along Jalisco’s coast and asked residents and visitors to stay out of the sea. The resumption of businesses and transport does not lift that restriction.
At the Pitillal River mouth, municipal emergency crews worked Monday to clear a storm-driven obstruction after strong surf blocked the outlet and raised the river’s level. The work aimed to restore flow toward the sea and reduce overflow and erosion risks nearby.
That concern goes beyond swimming conditions. A blocked outlet can cause river water to back up near developed areas. Officials urged people to avoid crossing streams and approaching the shoreline during heavy surf; give the outlet and any flooded crossing a wide berth today.
The early Tuesday forecast from timeanddate calls for an overcast morning, a high near 91 degrees Fahrenheit, or 33 Celsius, and possible isolated thunderstorms in the afternoon and evening. Factor that rain risk into school pickup and afternoon errands.
Schools, municipal offices and buses return
The Jalisco Education Secretariat’s return-to-class announcement applies Tuesday to all educational levels under its authority in the 22 municipalities affected by the preventive suspension, including Puerto Vallarta.
City Hall, the Unidad Municipal Administrativa office complex, commonly called the UMA, and municipal departments are also scheduled to resume administrative work today, according to the city’s reopening announcement. For families and residents with paperwork to handle, that puts school drop-off and government errands back on Tuesday’s agenda.
Local buses restarted Monday. In later announcements from Unibus PV and Autotransportes Medina, Unibus said its usual Puerto Vallarta routes were operating normally, while Medina described a gradual return of vehicles to routes connecting Vallarta with Bahía de Banderas.
Allow extra time for the morning commute and around schools at drop-off and pickup. If your journey crosses into Nayarit, Medina’s gradual restart matters most when planning a connection.
Keep water reserves while services recover
SEAPAL began restoring water supply Sunday afternoon after its preventive shutdown. Its public reminder to keep water stored accompanied the gradual reopening of distribution valves, with the utility warning that worsening weather could require another preventive interruption.
For households, keep those reserves available even if water has returned to the taps. Garbage collection is also restarting, the municipal announcement says, although it provides no neighborhood-by-neighborhood pickup timetable. Check your local collection arrangements before setting out accumulated rubbish.
Flights may resume, but two cruise calls are canceled
Puerto Vallarta International Airport is authorized to resume commercial operations today. Grupo Aeroportuario del Pacífico, its operator, says the airport reopened at 2:30 p.m. Monday exclusively for official aircraft, with the broader opening set for Tuesday.
In its airport reopening notice, GAP advises passengers to “check their flight’s status and schedule directly with their airline before traveling to the airport.” The permission to operate leaves each airline responsible for restoring its own timetable.
At the cruise terminal, Voyager of the Seas and Carnival Panorama have canceled their Tuesday calls, according to Tribuna de la Bahía. The Voyager cancellation was already announced; Monday’s reporting added Carnival Panorama. With both canceled, the port’s planned double arrival for today is off the calendar.
