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changes to June - Mexico Boating Guide
Mexico Boating Guide
UPDATES ~ June 2010
These cumulative changes & corrections as of June 2010 are keyed to pages in your
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Pg. 11: DaNardMarine.com makes excellent dinghy
marina
wheels for RIBs. GSM phones with sim cards are very useful.
office
ATT covers from US border to San Quintín, in Turtle Bay,
Asuncion Bay, Mag Bay, Los Cabos region and La Paz. Cell
phones often start with extra digit 2. Diesel & gas are a little
more than half US price. Exchange $1 = 12.7 pesos as of June
8’
14’
2010. H1N1 flu is under control. USCG and Mexican Navy
shoal
32° 03.3'N
anti-smuggler patrols increase off Pacific Mexico, searching 116° 53.3'W
boats for hidden guns & money southbound, drugs & people
northbound. I recommend clearing into Mexico at Ensenada.
One quarter nautical mile
Pg. 15-16: You can get your TIP online at www.
Puerto
banjercito.com.mx In left column under Importacion Temporal
de Vehiculos, click Tramites, then English. Serial numbers are
Salina
required for TIP at importation time. Fishing “boat permit” no
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longer required, but fishing licenses are, if you have a hook.
Pg. 22: LNG terminal plan dropped. But avoid several
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fish pens off the SW side of South Coronado Island. They are lighted but
hard to see at night, but no excuses for “accidentally”
fishing inside them, say Ensenada owners.
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Pg. 23: Anti smuggling efforts focused on
Popotla, so be extra cautious in this area. For current
marina entrance depth, hail Marina Puerto Salina
on VHF 16 or call (866) 365-2562 or local (646) 1554186. Add new chartlet, above right, to your book.
Pg. 24: Ensenada harbor: construction started
Port Captain &
at future marina site on chartlet (right), anchoring
CIS office
still prohibited overnight, ask Port Captain on VHF.
Pg. 25-26: Harbor’s SE breakwater
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Quarry
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lengthened twice; new approach waypoint is
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31°50.463' N x 116° 37.532'W. Approach to CVM
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new contact (646) 173-4141, www.ecpvmarina.com 9.1
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Fuel by tanker truck as of June 2010. Baja Naval 2
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now called Gran Peninsula boat yard, handles larger
"6"
yachts than Baja Naval 1. See new chart this page.
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Pg. 32: Roca El Islote is missing from DMA
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fu arin
chart 21140, and missing from some nav software
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"4"
that uses the scanned version of that chart. Roca
El Islote (a.k.a. Roca Soledad) lies 1.27 n.m. west
of the southern tip of Punta Santo Tomás. Winter
kelp beds may foul and obscure safe passage east of
8
8.5
"2"
9.1
Roca El Islote.
One half nautical mile
Pg. 37: Chart: the island close north of
Soundings in meters
Sacramento Reef is Isla San Geronimo. (Isla San
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Martín is farther N.)
31° 50.5'N
Pg. 45: June 2010: This and other Fonatur
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marinas are for sale. Until completion of Marina Rosalillita, yatistas are safer to anchor outside breakwaters and
enter by dinghy. Bldgs & Travelift are in, road paved, docks built but ashore, basin not being dredged.
Pg. 50: Pangueros from both Anabel’s fuel barge or Enrique’s fuel pier compete for your promise to buy fuel
from their source, are paid only a tiny commission. To avoid meter over-reading on big pier, get it in writing first.
If you can prove you’ve been ripped off, ask them to make it right. If that doesn’t work, ask the local Naval Marine
Commander to adjudicate the case. Or complain to Tourist Police in Mexico City (55) 5250-0123.
Pg. 53: Left column: GPS waypoint 2 miles SE of Isla Asunción is 27°05' N, 114°16' W.
Pg. 58 - 62: Hurricane ‘09 damage repaired at Boca de Soledad, new entrance buoys set but may not be well
maintained, so try to hire a local panguero guide to get you inside and 5 miles down to Puerto Adolfo Lopez Mateos
(formerly called La Soledad). Contact bajafly@bajafly.com for guides. No problem anchoring at Bahia Santa Maria &
Man of War Cove, but Puerto San Carlos piers still removing debris as of June 2010; use caution with channel buoys.
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Pg. 69-71: Guest moorings removed from outer Bahia San Lucas, but seasonal commercial buoys set; land a
dink below Marina Cabo San Lucas office in north end. MCSL built new “Q” dock for megayachts next to its fuel
dock. 2010 Baja Ha Ha ends here. Marina del Rey (35 slips, fuel dock) just west of entrance into inner harbor; new
phone (624) 143-6523. Sea Preme Vessel Agency now run by ship’s agent Victor Barreda Jr. VHF 16, 22 and 88A.
Text on page 69 & 71 is transposed, sorry. Wal-Mart CSL is open. New domestic airport open just north of Cabo San
Lucas. Marina Puerto Los Cabos (90% full June 2010) has 30 new slips 70’ - 150’, their fuel dock is open in NE corner.
New bridge to SJC is open, so more services going in around PLC harbor. Marine Group Los Cabos haul-out yard is
open, has 150-ton Travelift, dry storage. Puerto Los Cabos breakwater is GPS 23° 03.364’ N, 109° 40.258’ W. New
shuttle bus service runs between CSL,
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Pg.
75-76:
Right
column:
Correction: GPS approach waypoint to
Cabo Los Frailes is 23°23’N, 109°24’W.
Pemex
Waypoint
shown on Los Frailes chartlet
tank farm
is correct. ... Organic Man visits Cabo
Punta !
Pulmo village with fresh produce.
Caballero’s, La Palapa, Nancy’s and
Prieta
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Tito’s have welcomed yatistas. Park
yard
rangers are vigilent to protect coral reefs.
office
Marina
fuel
Plan for huge new land development above
10
CostaBaja
Pulmo Reef Park is controversial; runoff
offshore mooring cans
could kill coral reefs.
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hotel
Pg. 77 - 79: A new interior marina is in
approach
construction at Buena Vista: look for new
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chart in MBG3. At Muertos Cove south
27
32
end, Gran Sueño is expanding. Big homes
1 shoal
dot
cliffs of Punta Perico. In Cerralvo
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La Paz
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Soundings in meters
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La Paz
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beach
club
Add this new La Paz chartlet to page 85.
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Channel, new nav light on N tip of Isla Cerralvo.
Pg. 84: Yacht-hauling ships pick up & drop off at
Singlar
s
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anchor just outside Bahia Falso near Pichilingue harbor.
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Pg. 85: New chartlet of La Paz Approach (previous
La Paz
page). Use caution rounding south side of Punta Prieta on
24° 08.5'N
110° 22.1'W
approach to La Paz Channel, as Port Captain re-routed
buoys. Marina CostaBaja can pilot you around these hazards
shoal
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and into their basin, if you give them enough advance notice
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and are coming for fuel or slip. FUBAR 2011 to end at
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Marina CostaBaja. Marina Cantamar (15 slips) is north side
of Pichilingue isthmus.
shoal
Pg. 89: Marina Singlar La Paz (Fidepaz) has 39 slips,
marina
3.6
&
Travelift, repair yard, dry storage, fuel dock, pool, free pilot
One nautical mile
boatyard
Sounds in meters
boat to lead you in. (New chartlet this page.) (612) 124-2153
or 2206. This busy marina is for sale June 2010.
Pg. 90: Free town maps & list of local services from Club Cruceros, new clubhouse entrance between
Marina de La Paz & Marina Don Jose. La Paz Bay Fest 2011 date not yet slated (usually Feb-March).
Pg. 100: Isla Coyote visited by many charter boats, so anchorage may be unavailable or crowded.
Pg. 106: Avoid the uncharted reefs around lighted Roca San Marcial by staying 2 miles outside of the
main Roca. In Agua Verde’s north corner, sunken schooner being removed, hazard to anchoring.
Pg. 111 - 114: (Add new chartlets below to page 111.) Anchoring is only in the Waiting Room (API). This
marina (Fondaport, Fonatur/Singlar) is for sale: has 117 moorings, 10 berths on dock: (613) 1330-985. Floating
fuel dock is below nice boatyard Travelift and dry storage. Hidden Port Yacht Club’s new website: www.
hiddenportyachtclub.com Loreto Fest 2010 started in late April, but no date set yet for the 2011 event.
Pg. 118: Dangerous wreck reported 20’ of water 100 yards west of 25°59.540’ N, 111°07.500’W - about 1/4
mile off the old pier. Top of the 80’ steel shrimper
on her side is reportedly covered at high water.
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Pg. 126-127: Mulege river re-cut its south bank
Sept 2009: use caution at entrance bar; Capitanía &
river homes now rebuilt; town needs tourism bucks
to rebuild schools. Serenidad & Chivato airstrip
repaired as of June 2010.
Windows
Puerto Escondido
B.C.S.
40'
46'
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36'
20'
shoal
moorings
area
7' 26'
48'
6'
36'
fuel
dock
27'
24'
dinghy
dock
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Waiting Room
25'
24'
4' 9' 60' 68'
ck
o
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70' 50'
yd
fuel
gh
din
haul
out
Cerro
La Enfirmería
36'
mooring field
one half nautical mile
soundings in feet
70'
25° 48.4'N
111° 18.1'W
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dock &
office
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This replaces chartlet on page 131.
Pg. 131: The newer Singlar Marina (20
slips,
fuel, 3-story office (615) 152-1768) came
Pesca docks
s
through 2009 hurricane OK but is for sale,
Navy dock
older Marina Santa Rosalia lost 2 slips but
foundary
been
repaired. Harbor entrance dredged in 2010,
remains
ferries
operating.
older marina
Pg. 141: One of 2 Pemex stations in town
often has diesel. Paved road to Hwy 1. Fonatur
cancelled Land Bridge marina & fuel dock, but
these concessions are for sale, so someone may.
Pg. 149–151: Singlar Marina San Felipe (20
slips,
fuel) was rebuilt in darsena’s SW corner.
ferry
basin
Pg.
153: Marina Puerto Peñasco (20 slips
Migracion
to 79’ in NW corner of harbor) now owned by
ferry terminal
Port
Marinas de Baja (La Paz and CSL); (638) 388Captain
6944. New Singlar marina & floating Pemex dock
newer
See free street maps
(for sale) (638) 388-6143 are immediately west
marina
showing Santa Rosalia
local services,
of old stationary fuel dock; big tanks on hillside
available in both
behind marina are being replaced for boat storage
marinas, ferry,
yard. Juan’s Safe Marina closed.
restaurants, etc.
Pg 156-157: Tepoca village expanding,
more groceries & occasional gas. La Libertad
village west of CFE pier is handy dinghy beach,
nice friendly town; keep air strip in mind for
emergency medical evacuation in this region. Sargento Bay is part of the new Seri-Tiburon Biosphere; new road
brings campers to the bay’s north sandspit. Many Seri still fishing here by hand nets as of June 2010.
Pg. 163: Kino Bay Club Deportivo “Rescue One” service operates on VHF 24 from 1 Nov - 30 April. New
area code is 662. New Kino’s tiny fishing pier is OK for quick dinghy visit, NOT for yates to come alongside.
Pg. 171: MSC added 65’slips. 2009 hurricane damage in all marinas is repaired as of June 2010.
Pg. 168-169: No marina near Islas Venado & San Luis. Tetas de Cabra are Tetakawi in Seri.
Pg. 173-176: Marina Seca San
to
bre
Pu
ake
Carlos (hurricane damage has been
nt
rs
aC
ho
repaired) again is trucking boats across
lla
Port
US-Mexico border. Contact Juan
Captain
hotel
or Luis (622) 226-1061 x 105. New
zone
Escalera Nautica Guaymas (NW end
200 meters
of harbor) has 20 slips, shore services, Soundings in meters
Cabrales
Boat Yard
Pemex fuel dock, large boat yard highly Tidal range 7 meters
other ship
recommended; marina (622)224-3640.
yards
31° 18.4'N
Marina Seca Guaymas (622-221-7200) 113°
Marina
33.1'W 1.2
Juan’s Marina
Puerto Peñasco
is recommended of 3 haul-out, repair &
shoal
4.1
storage yards in La Playita in Guaymas 2.4 Range 10
Lili’s Marina
4°M
south shore, but others OK too.
commercial
2
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2
piers
3.6
Pg. 180 - 181: New marina
Ice
Navy
1.7
“Club de Yates Palmira Topolobampo”
2
Base
pan
is open in back basin, but call for tricky
3.9
bea ga
shrimper
ch
secondary-channel directions (668) 8864
shoal
pier
Sin
2.6
3.8
0.5
21544, dockmaster Alberto Arreola’s cell
Ma glar
2
& f rina
137-3852. Look for new chartlet in MBG
uel 3.9
commercial
3rd edition soon. Hail Port Captain VHF
fuel dock
ne
Highway O
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Punta Peñasco
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panga basin
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16 for permission to enter harbor.
ck
marina fuel do yard
town
Pg. 183: Call Capitania for panga
t
u
o
lhau
pilot, because Altata entrance & bay
shrimper
need dredging, no marina as of June 2010.
basin
Don’t mistake La Barra Chica (cut across
Navy
low, sandy Isla Lucenilla) for the main
entrance, which lies 5 n.m. farther SE.
cantinas
Blanca
Once inside this long bay, you can anchor Piedra
del Tierra
almost anywhere.
Occasional breakers,
enter at slack water.
landlocked
Pg. 184: Piaxtla indent has silted
Metanchen
Call on VHF 22
estuary
Bay
up, no longer a reliable anchorage.
for pilotage advice.
Pg. 186: Tony Cevallos’ La Mer
Marine chandlery at Marina Mazatlan;
breakers
Punta
(669) 116-0068. Marina Singlar Mazatlán is
One nautical mile
San Cristobal
Punta
for sale); first dock of 15 slips on starboard
breakers
Camarones
San Blas,
Nayarit
(3-story glass bldg.) and Pemex fuel dock,
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before Marina Mazatlan. Grupo Naval
Mar de Cortez (GNMC) yacht repair yard
on Singlar property (for sale) has 55-ton Travelift, 20 work slips, gated concrete work yard, sheds, repair services;
(669) 913-3871. Marina Mazatlan compiles & updates an extensive list of local services for yatistas. Submerged
rock pinnacle lies south of starboard jetty at Mazatlan’s Old Port entrance, sometimes has a danger buoy floating
nearby (but not always), so approach this harbor entrance from the SW, not from SE.
Pg. 188 - 190: Teacapán estuary is slated for moorings and dink landing sometime in 2010. Isla Isabela
is a National Park and Biosphere Reserve; no pets ashore. Price increase for the moorings south of Las Moñas.
University’s frigate research bldg has expanded; starving student guides are sometimes available for hire.
Pg. 192: Sandbar & breakers reported growing east from western jetty, causing one knockdown, so use
caution on entry. Singlar Marina San Blas is for sale but open in second basin to stbd from sea, 15 slips, fuel dock,
50-Ton lift, storage yard, dinghy landing, pool, 3-story office. Call marina (323) 285-0022 for entrance advice.
Pg. 197: Tres Marietas Biosphere Reserve has a day fee, stronger enforcement of eco protection laws.
Pg. 199: Buoys mark entrance to La Cruz marina, so anchored boats shouldn’t block channel. Marina
Riviera Nayarit at La Cruz, (new dockmaster Rafa), 396 slips inside new breakwater harbor; fuel dock, YC &
restaurants are open; 2 dinghy docks north end are free to anchored boats, and beach landing in SW end of marina.
La Cruz Shipyard open in north end of La Cruz harbor has 150-ton Travelift. See new chartlet next page.
Pg. 200: Paradise Village Marina has longer reception dock, 22 new megayacht slips, dredged channels.
Vilma’s Yacht Services is on VHF 22. Marina Nuevo Vallarta (to port) renovation are incomplete as of June 2010.
About 60 private slips are scattered elsewhere in Nuevo Vallarta Inlet.
Pg. 202: Opequimar has 88-ton Travelift, expanded yard, ‘YC’ cantina. Banderas Bay Regatta 2011 is
slated for March 8 - 11: fun events & seminars for Southbounders & Puddlejumpers, hosted by Vallarta Yacht
Club, Nuevo Vallarta Inlet. MexORC and Latin American Boat Show coincide in 2011 at La Cruz, Nuevo, PV.
Pg. 205: Ipala Cove (new paved road) has seasonal aquaculture buoys that may prevent safe anchoring.
Tehualmixtle is original name of village at head of Ipala Cove. Village south of here is called Ipala.
Pg. 206-207: Perula & Chamela village north end can get swamped with tour buses on holidays.
Pg. 208: Careyes marina still on hold June ‘10, helicopter pad is gone, just more bright villas on hillsides.
Pg. 209-211: Barra has Yoga; check VHF net or free local-services guides. More shops & cantinas on
Aquarium Beach (end of Jungle River Dinghy excursion). Wreck of S/V Libertad reported in deep water 1/2 mile
SE of Blue Bay beach. La Manzanilla (SE end of Ten Bay) has many new services and realestate-itus; beware
pickpockets. In Colimilla (back lagoon), Maria’s Tienda groceries delivers by panga. We’ve found fair-WX
anchorage in Bahia Cuestacomate 2 n.m. W of Melaque; road links to Melaque, San Patricio, Highway 200.
Pg. 213-214: Marina Puerto Isla Navidad new phone is (314) 337-9008 x 102. Town anchorage WNW of Pig
Island silts up; access Cabo Blanco channel from east of isla. Markers and depths to the marina’s fuel dock in back
lagoon are fine, but due to silting in early 2010 , use caution getting to free anchorage. Cruisers share FREE list of
local services. Morning VHF net is active in winter cruising season. French Baker delivers to boats then.
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This replaces LaCruz chartlet on page 199.
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Pg. 215: Chart: Punta Carrizal has new nav
light, as does Los Frailes Rocks.
Plaza
Pg. 218: Yachts no longer permitted to take
15'
ramp
fuel in San Pedrito Lagoon, only at Marina
Las Hadas. New secure dink landing is near
18'
Capitanía on south side of renovated entrance
20'
channel into San Pedrito Lagoon. More grocery
wreck
Marina
stores are open in Playa Miramar and Playa
++
24'
Riviera
Santiago. Manzanillo’s downtown waterfront
Nayarit
+
is nicely renovated, clean & dinghy friendly.
+ + + 5'
o
s
20 44.5'N
New phone for Capitanía: (314) 331-1440.
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105 22.2'W
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Pg. 221: Hurricanes erroded the sand bottom
10'
at Bucerias; no longer safe as anchorage.
Pg. 228: The fuel dock in Marina Ixtapa
15' Banderas
+
is open again, and marina is much improved
+
Soundings
in
feet
(new owners). Call on VHF for the schedule
8'
Bay
of dredges working in the entrance channel to
One nautical mile
Punta Montoga
Marina Ixtapa, office open 7 a.m to 8 p.m.
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Pg. 229 & 230: Playa Principal is same as
Playa Municipal. Puerto Mio doesn’t sell fuel now that Marina Ixtapa’s fuel dock has been reopened. Locals
nixed a new cruise-ship pier to be built inside Z’what Bay, but feds are still scouting for pier locations nearby.
Zihua Sail Fest 2011 is tentatively slated for Feb, so far still at El Faro (formerly Rick’s Bar); great fun & fund raiser,
stinkpots welcomed too. FMI visit www.ZihuaSailFest.com Mexico Boating Guide is proud to be a sponsor.
Pg. 232-235: Puerto Vicente Guerrero (a.k.a. Papanoa) homes now ring south-facing Carbales cove, where
a newly erroded rocky bottom was reported (June 2010) in the W half of the bay. New artificial reef was created
near Isla Roqueta Light Rock, use caution enterning Acapulco harbor. La Marina still rents moorings & a few
slips sans services, but their outer docks sunk & others in disrepair. Puerto Marques has several roped-off swim
beaches and seasonal docks; some may permit you to land your dinghy for a “day fee” for shore access.
Pg. 236: Acapulco Yacht Club has expanded its north dock. New 2nd phone for Sr. Jose Maria Marquez at
AYC is (744) 434-1999. Many yatistas have been bypassing Acapulco due to slip shortage & poor anchoring.
Pg. 237: Right column: Correction to Table of Distances. Punta Galera, 140 miles. Puerto Escondido,
35 miles (175 total). Puerto Angel, 40 miles (215 total). Huatulco, 23 miles (238 total). The only fuel dock is at
Huatulco 238 miles from Acapulco.
Pg. 238: New lighted panga entrance to shoaly Chacahua Lagoon is not navigable by yachts.
Pg. 246: New 45’ long fuel dock is along the starboard seawall as you enter Huatulco’s tiny municipal
darsena, narrow channel, very awkward. Fender against panga and jet ski wakes, especially if a cruise ship is
in port and shore boats zoom in and out of the darsena. New phone for Marina Chahue (958) 587-6252, new
dockmaster, new email: MarinaChahueReserv@fonatur.gob.mx. This is still good spot for awaiting T’peck.
Pg. 251: Left column: Correction: GPS positions were reversed for Boca de San Francisco (16°09.63’N,
94°44.96’W) and Boca de Tonalá (15°58.23’N, 93°57.28’W). Boca de San Francisco blocked as of June 2010
Pg. 252: Puerto Chiapas (formerly Puerto Madero): South entrance jetty has a new 500-yard dog-leg
extension bending WSW; red jetty light is located on the new seaward end. New GPS approach waypoint a half
mile west of the entrance is 14°41.84’N, 92°25.37’W. Expect to be boarded and inspected by Navy each time you
go in and out of Puerto Chiapas; this is normal & required. New marina in construction is slated to open fall 2010.
This will provide another good place to await weather window for crossing Gulf of Tehuantepec. Check new 3rd
edition of “Mexico Boating Guide.” See full details on Guatemala’s coastal waters and more in “Cruising Ports:
the Central American Route,” the companion guidebook to “Mexico Boating Guide.”
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