Vanessa Hudgens Secretly Weds Pro Baseball Star Cole Tucker in Romantic Tulum Ceremony

Vanes­sa Hud­gens has sur­prised fans by secret­ly mar­ry­ing her base­ball play­er beau Cole Tuck­er in an inti­mate cer­e­mo­ny in Tulum, Mexico. 

Sources con­firm to PEOPLE that the loved-up cou­ple tied the knot this past week­end on the beach­es of the trop­i­cal par­adise known for its stun­ning sunsets.

In an exclu­sive pho­to obtained by PEOPLE, the 34-year-old High School Musi­cal actress is seen pos­ing alone on the shore­line in a sim­ple white dress short­ly after say­ing “I do”. Fur­ther adding to the elope­ment claims, friends of the bride like Monique Cole­man shared Insta­gram videos cap­tur­ing the beau­ti­ful beach back­drop where the nup­tials report­ed­ly took place.

The low-key wed­ding is a far cry from the lav­ish affair the actress men­tioned strug­gling to plan just months ago. How­ev­er, the 27-year-old Pitts­burgh Pirate proved his will­ing­ness to go along with what­ev­er Hud­gens want­ed by whisk­ing her away to Mex­i­co for their sur­prise “I dos”.

Since meet­ing through an unex­pect­ed Zoom call in 2020, the smit­ten pair have proud­ly shown their deep con­nec­tion on social media with loved-up pho­tos, from roman­tic Valen­tine’s posts to cel­e­brat­ing major mile­stones like the actress’ bach­e­lorette week­end in Aspen last fall.

So while fans had to find out about the celebri­ty wed­ding sec­ond­hand, it’s clear Hud­gens and Tuck­er’s mag­net­ic attrac­tion led to this per­fect beach­side moment. With their secret Mex­i­can mar­riage now revealed, all that’s left is to wish the new­ly­weds a life­time of sun­shine, sal­sa, and sun­set views together.