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From the beaches of Puerto Peñasco, Mexico

E s all about the beaches and the sea in Puerto Peñasco. Sandy beaches, rocky beaches, beaches for swimming, shelling or just wandering around. There is windsurfing, fishing, sailing, water skiing, and ponds to explore when the tide is low. With miles of beaches lines available from northwest to southeast of the city, what they want from a beach you can find here.

Please note that all beaches in Mexico are, by law, open to the public. Along the beaches of Puerto Peñasco rarely rescue teams are available except that water is generally very safe for swimming, take the necessary precautions. The best swimming is from May to October, and usually too cold for swimming during the winter months. And remember, all vehicles are prohibited on the beaches of Puerto Peñasco.

You will find many references to the beaches of the region in the West "or" This "because of the way corners of the earth as you go south. For example, Playa Encanto Playa La Jolla and could be described as" Playa del Este ", while Sandy Beach is a beach "West." I find it a bit confusing, but then if you confused, too, I will describe the tracks from north to south, as ultimately do. At right, a satellite view of Google Earth that shows the general layout of the land.

I'll start this description the beaches of Puerto Penasco at the northern end of Pelican Beach and south to Playa de San Jorge.

Pelican Sea: From the north of the town are the beaches in front of the Laguna del Mar and Laguna Shores development, which are located along the curve of Cholla Bay. These two developments share an immaculate planned estuary teeming with wildlife – Bring your binoculars and cameras! (Future plans for this area also includes the Laguna del Sol and Marina communities real.) Part of the great Estero La Cholla (picture on the top of this blog), we encourage you to help keep this estuary as clean and pristine as it is today. You know: "Take photos and a hidden track. "Pelican Beach (so called because the numbers of brown pelicans that hang in the area) is located near the bottom edge of the Lake March is a good place to go crab or clams. The stretch of beach southwest corners until you reach the tip protruding from the land where the community is the Cholla. From Route Home North of the city, will clear the Laguna Shores / Lake in March

La Cholla (sometimes written as La Choya): La Cholla establishing foreign-dominated enclave in the anterior. Located at the end of a small peninsula that juts like a finger in the sea Cortez at the southern end of Cholla Bay and Laguna Sea, there is little in the way of sandy beaches here. Probably the best is called Tucson Beach. Though small, Tucson Beach offers calm water for wading and swimming when the tide is in. Also allows easy launch and recovery boat if you happen to live or rent in the region and have a boat.

This peninsula is often called Pelican Point. Its coasts rocks are part of a submerged reef 15 miles, and when the tide goes waaaay out! It is an advantage, however, for anyone who loves to explore the ponds, due to prevailing winds onshore and shallow water is excellent for kite sailing. It is also an ideal place to fish for Red Snapper, whitefish, halibut, grouper Gold and Black sea bass! Do not count on it.

Sandy beach (Sandy Beach): On the southern edge of the The peninsula begins scanning Cholla miles along Sandy Beach. The construction along its edges (Sandy Beach Resorts)'s the first thing you see when approaching the city, check out the high-rise condominiums 10-15 miles. There are many activities available in this range beautiful, including swimming, snorkeling, diving, water skiing, paragliding water skiing, surfing, fishing, clams, or simply bask in the sun. The beach is crescent-shaped dune kilometers of fine sand that runs interior calm. At its southern end, attached to Playa Bonita and the two areas share many attributes.

Bonita Beach / Playa Bonita Playa Hermosa / Playa Hermosa sweeps the bottom of Sandy Beach in a great arc south to the Cliff Sol resort area of the city and the main beach of the region. Technically, an extension of Sandy Beach, this beautiful stretch of beach is popular with locals and visitors with easy access in most of its length. When the tide is low, algae, rocks and pools are exposed. This provides an ideal opportunity to explore the basins of the variety of strange and wonderful marine creatures that live there. The Children of all ages love, but watch what you touch.

At the north end of this range, is the well established hotels Playa Bonita and Laos Anchor End South March, as already mentioned, is the Peñasco del Sol (formerly Plaza Las Glorias). A short distance from the soil of the Tor are many shops and restaurants so it is a destination popular. In a busy day, parking in the vicinity of any where it can be difficult. It is also true of the rocky surface of the beach around most of the city begins.

Mirador Beach: Located at the corner of Malecón Puerto Viejo is the closest beach to the older parts of town Rocky Point. Composed of two sandy and rocky shores, it is only three blocks south of Peñasco del Sol Besides the advantage of an excellent beach and the tide higher where the group of the tide is low, this area is the home of many attractions to favorite night, as Manny, Pink Cadillac and pithaya Baja Cantina. Mirador is spring Break countries, the center of action in the event of a crowd of young each spring. The beautification process Mirador area is underway with the development of mixed use high-end planned in the region.

Las Conchas Las Conchas is straight stretches along six miles of beautiful beaches with cliffs and dunes sand under high scoring its length. Located on the northwest coast Morua in the Estuary, the beach is sandy and shallow for the most part you can walk held in many places even when the tide is not excluded. Ideal for fishing and shelling (and stargazing at night).

Playa La Jolla: Located the development area of East Beach, about 15 minutes south of the city by car and separated from Conchas' Beach The next to the mouth of the estuary Morúa. Playa La Jolla is the ideal place for sunbathing, walking, collecting shells and enjoying the scenery and serenity. Although about of the city, it is not unusual to find almost alone in this beautiful beach. The beach is wide, open sand and rock.

Playa Encanto: the Playa de La Jolla, which essentially shares the same beach in La Jolla, and you know that this beach is. Both are excellent for the bombing, to bring a plastic bag to store his treasure in.

North Beach: North Beach is the area's development has been controversial for a decade, and the controversy continues today. You can learn more about real estate debacles through Google, but in our case, let me say that the beaches are outstanding. Playa Dorada and Playa Miramar beaches or two developments in this field.

Playa Dorada Playa Dorada almost a minute to 30 in the city. Like most beaches area, which is wide, sandy and covered with shells – some of them HUGE. If you like secluded beaches and quiet, you can not go wrong with Playa Dorada.

Beach Miramar: Miramar on the beach, just below Playa Dorada and distribution of all attributes of the latter.

Mayan Palace: Situated on the estuary of the La Pinta, 24 km along the Cliff – Caborca Highway (an order of 30-40 minutes), the development of a wide use around 2 miles pristine beaches. Located along the Estuary La Pinta, this place is a haven for marine creatures and birds ecological and excellent shelling. In the south-east of the beach, one mile the station, many creatures of the sea is at low tide, with large companies shell hand. The sand is also perfect for building sand castles.

Playa de San Jorge: The Far Side of the bay of the new Mayan Palace Resort, where the corners of the earth farther south, is the estuary of San Jorge, beaches that rival those of its neighbor. Although there is some development in the region, if it does throughout the Playa de San Jorge isolation can be sure, if that's what you want. Bring if the same shade, water and plenty of sunscreen. Do not forget your binoculars (for bird watching and creature) and chamber. That is what beaches are everything.

And there you have it. Enjoy the beaches of Puerto Peñasco, Mexico!

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La Huerita is the author of the popular blog Rocky Point Tides, with daily news, opinions, information, photos, recipes and anything else that comes to mind about Puerto Penasco/Rocky Point, Mexico.

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