PUEBLO de BAHIA de LOS ANGELES

The black flies of Puerto Don Juan chased all seven boats out of the Don Juan anchorage during the last 36 hours. I tried to stay in the anchorage after all the other boats left – but when I found hundreds of small biting black flies in the cabin I decided it was time to leave.

I motored 6 miles over to the beach in front of Pueblo de Bahia de Los Angeles where I dropped anchor in 15 feet of water, about 100 yards from the most popular beach bar and restaurant. I went ashore with the folks from Ryakosha and we ran into lots of cruisers we hadn’t seen for months.

The village is large enough to have a bakery, three small grocery/hardware/liquor/clothing stores, three restaurants, and two hotels. And, a very nice internet site where I can hook up my laptop.

There are about ten boats anchored in the Pueblo area, some are in front of the town launching ramp, and others are about ½ mile NE of town behind a small sand spit that breaks up the swell that comes in on the SE wind. I had planned to stay right in front of town, for easy access to shopping, the bar, and the internet, but the SE 15 knot afternoon breeze brought up a 2’ chop that made that spot uncomfortable.

Mirador is now sitting quietly behind the sand spit.  There is a 15 knot ESE breeze blowing and it may intensify throughout the day.  Tropical Storm Iselle is now just a 1005 Mb Tropical Depression with 25 to 35 knot winds.  Iselle is supposed to cross over the Baja Peninsula from the Pacific Ocean and enter the Sea of Cortez just south of here.  We expect to get a little more wind and maybe some rain this evening and tomorrow morning.

Here is a picture looking back toward the Pueblo from the sandspit anchorage.

I will stay here, behind the sand spit, for another day or so and then head out to one of the islands in Bahia de Los Angeles.  It is only 15 miles to the furthest island so it easy moving around here.