New harbor at San Miguel Surf Spot?

I heard on the Surfermag discussion board that there are some big plans to destroy the world class wave at San Miguel just north of Ensenada. I did a search here to see what you all might know about it, but came up empty handed. What do you know who are in the know?

DAve

yeah that and about a million other places

I had some good times and good waves at San Miguel back in the day.......

thanks

stables

get em while they're hot!

1-7-06

Puerto Hussong

Maybe this is what pointsurfbaja was referring to:

Porto Hussong Plans Unveiled
John Freeman - thelog.com

More Than Fish Tacos - A new resort and marina is coming to Ensenada. Porto Hussong's marina will be designed to accommodate mega-yachs up to 200 feet long. Up to 250 spaces are planned for the end-tie-style docks. Construction is scheduled to begin in November, with an estimated completion date of early 2009.
The Baja resort, scheduled for completion in 2009, will include a 250-slip mega-yacht marina.

Ensenada - When Doug Bowers was in college, going to Baja meant camping, surfing, scarfing down fish tacos and downing more than a few beers at Hussong's raucous cantina in Ensenada.

Times have changed.

"Now that I'm older, my tastes have become more refined and expensive," said Bowers, director of marketing for Merida Development Group, developer of Porto Hussong, a $350 million planned resort and marina just north of Ensenada along the toll road. "These days, I can't imagine a better Baja experience than what this resort is going to be - a world-class, five-star luxury destination, on par with some of the world's best resorts."

The grandiose plans for Porto Hussong were recently unveiled by the developer. They include 200 oceanfront condominiums, a five-star boutique-style hotel, six high-end private villas, a collection of upscale shops and spa services, several cafes and restaurants and a first-class, 250-slip marina (end-tie-style docks) and yacht club designed to accommodate yachts up to 200 feet in length.

Land for the project has been cleared, with construction expe-cted to start in November. Completion is scheduled for early 2009. The chief architect is Arthur Valdes, whose past projects include the Palmilla Resort in Cabo San Lucas and Las Hadas Resort in Manzanillo, as well as resorts in Puerto Vallarta and along the Italian Riviera in Portofino. He's also aligned with current design projects at the MGM Grand Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas.

For now, the official name for the project's marina and yacht club is undecided, but Bowers said its target is clear: Southern California boaters and sailors.

"This is fast becoming a baby-boomer's paradise," he said. "Ensenada is the next phase for those of us who have enjoyed the Baja experience and now have the means and desire to live the good life."

Porto Hussong will be located next to Hotel Coral and Marina, which has become a prominent Ensenada stop for boaters heading both north and south. Until just recently, the site was occupied by Hotel Quintas Papagayo, owned and operated by the Hussong family.

"The demand for large-yacht slips has been so great that we've just increased the number from 10 to 20 and maybe more," Bowers said. "With the yacht club, we intend to form guest alliances with all the finest yacht clubs up and down the West Coast."

The developers are banking on the cachet of the Hussong name, the Baja-based family that founded Hussong's Cantina in downtown Ensenada, the legendary, peanut-shells-on-the-floor bar that dates back to 1892.

"They have a highly favorable multiple-generation recognition for anyone who's ever gone to Baja," Bowers said. "The family has been waiting for the right time and the right opportunity for years. They felt this was the first concept worthy of going into a deal."

HUH????

Morphing is fun

Don't fret P****surf****.


"Good guy Doug" will build you a eco-pond with a statue of Duke Kahanamoku in the middle, that you can paddle around.

"Good guy Doug" CAN KISS MY :moon:

DUDE, CHILL!

First, This development will NOT alter your Wavedumb experience. Puerto Hussong is being built 3 miles south.

Second, Doug was just pointing out that some people, even surfers, grow up.

I'm gonna have to chime in here a little.
This thread reminds me of listening to the talking news heads blabber about the middle east and how all of our thinking and concepts can and will prevail over a culture, that for the most part, they know nothing about. Since the 9-11 attacks and hostilities with Islam I have picked up some books and learned what they are all about. We will never impose our will on them, just like we won't on the Mexican government.
Now I don't like seeing any surf spot ruined to developement, my off-road destinations paved over, any more than most who enjoy this stuff. But you guys are all blowing hot air here. Do you remember that money and corruption run most of the decision making in Mex. The same, I might add as our country if you hadn't noticed. I wish we would all stop running around pointing our fingers at the rest of the world while we do the same here. It's no wonder so many other nations have the attitude they do towards us when we are so hypicritical. Now don't get me wrong here any of you, I'm a God fearing, lover of our country. But there are allot of things wrong here that many of us do nothing about. We could do a whole lot better job on our own shores before passing judgement elsewhere, that's my point. How many classic point breaks are full of boats, spilled sewage, golf courses with their fertilizer run off etc, on our coasts? I mean do you seriously think that because we show up a few times a year somewhere in their country that we can wag a finger at them and stuff our supposed morals and ethics down their throats when we do just the opposite here.
And lastly Pointsurf, the riprap that created the wave at San Miguel was put there to protect the canneries from wave action decades ago by man, not God

[Edited on 4-7-2007 by Gadget]

GIDGET

Well, let see. First I don't beleive I insulted you in any way personally, but that's OK. I guess if you don't have anything better to say, then attack the Christian. Everyone else does. It's really just fine though because what you intended as bad for me turns to good, and bad for you, if you follow that. As to what I was before, I am still a surfer who as I think I stated, do not like seeing any "spot" degraded. And I was a jerk just like you before, which is very difficult to not be in present company. Everyone else on the board excluded, as I'm sure you understand.

hey gadget

What about this?

Marina San Miguel

http://www.ensenada.net/noticias/?id=9591

article found on

http://www.savethewaves.org/miguel.asp


Here's a thread about the high rises they want to build

http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?p=13003411