drzura
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3 day camping trip ideas
Good day. I want to plan a three day camping trip somewhere near San Felipe....something easy to get to from Oceanside. I've only driven through San
Felipe once, but I remember the beaches south of town being pretty nice. Can any of you nomads provide some recommendations? Looking for a nice
beach with awesome views that has decent shore fishing. Thanks...
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basautter
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I like Percebu and Shell Island, which is about 20 miles south of San Felipe. There is a cantania and palapas for rent, or you can dry camp on Shell
Island. Awesome place!
https://www.facebook.com/Rancho-Percebu-324386487588387/
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Yes...
What do you drive (is it 4WD) and what is your needs for camping (ie. no need, just a beach or toilets and showers or power and more)?
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I investigated camping sites south of San Felipe in my Trip #1 Report: http://forums.bajanomad.com/viewthread.php?tid=85374
The camping sites north of San Felipe I checked out in my Trip #3 report: http://forums.bajanomad.com/viewthread.php?tid=85989
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drzura
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My "needs" for camping is simple.....ice and beer. My wife will definitely want a beach, and toilets and showers if possible. I have a 4x4 Toyota
Tundra. We will be tent camping with some friends. Just looking to relax and enjoy the scenery, swim, and fish from shore.
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David K
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Quote: Originally posted by drzura  | My "needs" for camping is simple.....ice and beer. My wife will definitely want a beach, and toilets and showers if possible. I have a 4x4 Toyota
Tundra. We will be tent camping with some friends. Just looking to relax and enjoy the scenery, swim, and fish from shore.
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Then, Rancho Percebu... It is at the north end of Shell Island (you can walk across to it when the lagoon is empty at low tide).
If she wants a higher end campground, then the Villa Marina RV park is at KM. 8.5.
Rancho Percebu is at KM. 20.5+
A more rustic campo (cold showers) but has a forest of shade trees in Nuevo Mazatlan at KM 32.
Photos of them all in my TRIP #1 Report.
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Great recommendations above. Laguna Percebú (AKA: Rancho Percebu) has beautiful beaches. Far removed from the crowds and noise of San Felipe.
Exceptions: Easter and spring break. KM 21.5
The tidal range is a whopping 25'. The incoming tide fills the shallow lagoon. You can ride the tide in (or out), like a slow moving river, on a
floating chair, inner tube, etc.
A note of caution: Remember to do the "stingray shuffle" when wading in gulf waters. Don't drive below the high tide line. Can't tell you how many
stuck vehicles I've rescued in the nick of time as the tide quickly rises. Put it this way: I never had to buy my own beer 
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drzura
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Perecebu looks pretty nice. How is the shore fishing there? Just catch trigger fish?
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Using bait, we caught corbina and yellowfin croaker.
Casting with lures you can land some nice corvinas. Baby totuava (looks like a white sea bass can hit your line, too)... but are protected.
Corbina (B) has a mouth that faces down, a bottom feeder, use cut bait, clams, mussels. A corvina (V) has a forward facing mouth, very different
species but a name that is almost the same and in Spanish, nearly no difference.
Nomad hayb did pretty good fishing there (well on Shell Island about 2 miles south of Percebu) and posted photos in 2016: http://forums.bajanomad.com/viewthread.php?tid=83520
Here is his 2015 trip to Shell Island, with videos, too: http://forums.bajanomad.com/viewthread.php?tid=79376
In 2014... video clip shows his son catching a catfish, near the end. http://forums.bajanomad.com/viewthread.php?tid=74227
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| Quote: Originally posted by David K | | Quote: Originally posted by drzura | My "needs" for camping is simple.....ice and beer. My wife will definitely want a beach, and toilets and showers if possible. I have a 4x4 Toyota
Tundra. We will be tent camping with some friends. Just looking to relax and enjoy the scenery, swim, and fish from shore.
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Then, Rancho Percebu... It is at the north end of Shell Island (you can walk across to it when the lagoon is empty at low tide).
If she wants a higher end campground, then the Villa Marina RV park is at KM. 8.5.
Rancho Percebu is at KM. 20.5+
A more rustic campo (cold showers) but has a forest of shade trees in Nuevo Mazatlan at KM 32.
Photos of them all in my TRIP #1 Report. |
This sounds good. What is the temp their now?
"A ship in harbor is safe, but that is not what ships are built for." J. A. Shedd.
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The beaches are horrible around San Felipe and the surrounding areas. Baja doesn't get good on the East coast until Gonzaga.
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Kiki's on the North end of SF, then run a day trip or two to see whats around. Pretty chill camp ground with clean showers and bathrooms.
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Water temp at Shell Island will be pretty chilly this time of year, but if you time your trip to the high tide cycle, as the lagoon fills, the water
warms from the heat on the sand. Can be pretty pleasant. Be warned, that on big tide cycles the water entering at the mouth is almost like white water
as it rushes in.
Fishing for corvina can be slow to very good at the north end of Shell Island at high tide. Fish over the lava flow areas. Use 1/2 to 3/4 oz silver
spoons seems to work pretty well.
Food at the cantina is pretty good. The chile relleno is excellent. Not on menu, but Lapetia can make it special for you, but will take her about an
hour to prepare.
Enjoy.
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I don't think shore fishing near the San Felipe are is very good.
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