joel - 7-3-2020 at 11:09 AM
Just saw this.... Looks like surfing may be off limits again.... Anyone know?
https://mexiconewsdaily.com/news/coronavirus/surge-in-covid-...
Surge in Covid cases closes beaches in 4 Baja municipalities
Beaches are off limits in La Paz, Comondú, Loreto and Mulegé
Due to the increase in cases of coronavirus in Baja California Sur, four of the state’s five municipalities have closed beaches to prevent further
infections, the government announced Thursday. The only beaches open in the state are those in Los Cabos, where access is limited to 30% of capacity
and hours are also restricted.
The beaches were reopened in mid-June, but due to overcrowding and a spike in coronavirus cases, La Paz, Comondú and Mulegé will no longer allow
beach access, said the state’s deputy minister of Civil Protection, Carlos Alfredo Godínez León. In Loreto, the beaches have remained closed since
the pandemic lockdown began.
In Los Cabos, where popular resort towns San José del Cabo and Cabo San Lucas are once again welcoming international tourism, Mayor Armida Castro
Guzmán said that 11 beaches in the area would be monitored by police to ensure coronavirus protocols and restrictions are followed, this despite
widespread reports of overcrowding on the weekends.
“The basic guidelines of healthy distance have not been respected and, consequently, there is a need to patrol the beaches to invite citizens to
respect the instructions of the staff of Zofemat [the Federal Terrestrial Maritime Zone authority],” Castro said.
In La Paz, where last week authorities removed 14 tonnes of garbage from beaches after they were visited by more than 10,000 people, the government is
also restricting access to the city’s popular boardwalk area, where only motorized vehicles and bicycles are permitted to transit.
Stores and public transportation will also be monitored for overcrowding.
“We’re taking these steps again, and we will not let our guard down,” La Paz Mayor Ruben Muñoz Alvarez said. “Health is the most important
thing.”
Last week Governor Carlos Mendoza Davis said that so far in June, confirmed coronavirus cases have risen 181%, and deaths have increased by 86% and
warned that the state could go back under lockdown if the numbers continue to climb.
As of Thursday, Baja California Sur had seen 1,631 coronavirus cases and 79 deaths. The state was downgraded to the orange level, or high risk, on the
federal government’s coronavirus “stoplight” map and partially reopened on June 15.
SFandH - 7-3-2020 at 11:15 AM
I've read the same this morning in a Mulege Facebook group.
El Jefe - 7-3-2020 at 07:44 PM
n La Paz, where last week authorities removed 14 tonnes of garbage from beaches after they were visited by more than 10,000 people,
All I can say is that's some world class litterin' at almost three pounds per person!
Bajazly - 7-3-2020 at 08:23 PM
The beaches were reopened in mid-June, but due to overcrowding... ...confirmed coronavirus cases have risen 181%, and deaths have increased by 86%...
Who possibly could have seen that coming?
shari - 7-4-2020 at 07:41 AM
in our villlage, the police told me that the beach in town by the palms was closed but all the surf beaches are fine to go to...we have zero cases
here luckily and visitors are trickling in...especially campers.
My grandson Izaak caught his first was a couple days ago at Punta Loma!! The swell is pumping SSW today...woohoo
PaulW - 7-4-2020 at 07:51 AM
Don't know about the beaches, but the hotel is now open.
https://www.scorpionbayhotel.com/
BigWooo - 7-5-2020 at 04:26 AM
According to local police, officials will come to San Juanico and close the beaches to all activities starting Monday July 6.
Unknown if there will be any restrictions to hotels/campground.
[Edited on 7-5-2020 by BigWooo]