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Bahia Concepcion?

JohnK - 4-19-2013 at 10:59 AM

Hotelling it in Loreto, waiting for the wind to die down. Thought we'd do a day or three of beach camping at Bahia Concepcion on the way north. Have the camper with me. Santispac? Coyote? Others? Any input would be welcome.

Sunman - 4-19-2013 at 11:15 AM

Just drive the road and pick one, they are all nice. Santispac is always clean and one of our favorites, Burro, Coyote, La Perla, El Requeson....all nice.

Alm - 4-19-2013 at 02:09 PM

...and keep in mind that Bahia Concepcion often gets MORE windy than Loreto or Mulege, due to the funnel effect.

I've been told by one traveler in February that the very first camp South of Mulege (after Naranja?) was closed by the authorities due to anti-sanitary conditions - sewer, garbage etc, and violation of zoning regulations - those 3-storeyed shacks, you know.

Bob and Susan - 4-19-2013 at 02:35 PM

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Originally posted by Alm
I've been told by one traveler in February that the very first camp South of Mulege (after Naranja?) was closed by the authorities due to anti-sanitary conditions - sewer, garbage etc, and violation of zoning regulations - those 3-storeyed shacks, you know.

nope
not true
nothing closed

maybe unsanitary but all is open

edit: I had a friend of a friend of a buddy of a cousin of an person he met tell me that...

[Edited on 4-19-2013 by Bob and Susan]

J.P. - 4-19-2013 at 02:39 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Alm
...and keep in mind that Bahia Concepcion often gets MORE windy than Loreto or Mulege, due to the funnel effect.

I've been told by one traveler in February that the very first camp South of Mulege (after Naranja?) was closed by the authorities due to anti-sanitary conditions - sewer, garbage etc, and violation of zoning regulations - those 3-storeyed shacks, you know.

Shacks gone the last time I was there I parked my M.H. on a slab where a shack once stood had a nice tiled Patio :lol:

JohnK - 4-19-2013 at 03:02 PM

Thanks. From the balcony here it looks like bent palm trees, white caps and birds flapping their way north at 2 mph.

durrelllrobert - 4-19-2013 at 03:03 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Bob and Susan

Quote:

nope
not true
nothing closed

maybe unsanitary but all is open

edit: I had a friend of a friend of a buddy of a cousin of an person he met tell me that...

[Edited on 4-19-2013 by Bob and Susan]

I heard the same thing from my Aunt Step Neighbor In-law

Alm - 4-19-2013 at 05:21 PM

Apparently different Neighbors traveled there at different times

... Another account from the Step Neighbor In-law and his pals traveling through the area on their bicycles, July 2012. Shacks were evicted from Santispac, and migrated to El Burro. El Coyote was closed and/or abandoned, at the time when this particular Step Neighbors were visiting.

John, if it's white caps in Loreto, it can't be much worse in Concepcion. Though probably will not be totally calm. I would say - go for it. Or wait it out. Heavy North winds in Baja normally last 3-5 days. There is of course always a chance of 12 knots "breeze" picking up at 11 am and then dying out by 3 or 4 pm.

Edit - PS: if it's not a typo, and white caps are rushing North (not South), and the wind speed is mere 2 mph, this sounds like a short-lasting Southern breeze. Not a long-lasting El Norte. Though after we've screwed up this planet climate, usual wind patterns in Baja have deteriorated.

[Edited on 4-20-2013 by Alm]

Bob and Susan - 4-19-2013 at 05:27 PM

it WAS windy today but
right NOW its 3mph

little white caps...
its supposed to be less wind tomorrow

warmer....no jackets necessary

Russ - 4-19-2013 at 05:29 PM

Still 15+ here at 6:30
Wind here forecast for the next 2 days but a bit lighter than the last 3.

[Edited on 4-20-2013 by Russ]

wind.jpg - 47kB

Alm - 4-19-2013 at 05:39 PM

Have seen it many times, one weather to the North of Punta Chivato, and another one to the South. Different wind direction too.

chuckie - 4-19-2013 at 05:42 PM

Alm? your friends been smokin the wrong dope...I hate this somebody said stuff I wonder, were they ever even there???

Alm - 4-19-2013 at 06:49 PM

What friends - those that said the beach was abandoned, or those that said that shacks were removed?

No, I don't think those cyclists smoked anything. Their other information checks. Closed - don't know. "Dilapidated, scabby, grotty" - well, this is how those structures of permanent residents normally look, don't it...

SANTISPAC 2012

Pompano - 4-19-2013 at 07:02 PM

What Santispac looked like one year ago, April 22, 2012.

(I can give you pics of every year since 1973, but that's a big job and I'm pooped.) :rolleyes:

JohnK - 4-19-2013 at 07:45 PM

Just back from dinner. El Papagayo. The wind out of the north has really died down the last 2 hours. So we'll head up tomorrow. Santispac maybe. There's food there, right? Thanks for the picture, Pompano!

durrelllrobert - 4-19-2013 at 08:23 PM

A whole bunch of folks from here in Punta Banda cut their month of camping at Santispac short and are heading home. Nope, it wasn't because of the wind. It was because they were being eating alive by the pesky no-see-ums.

JohnK - 4-19-2013 at 08:47 PM

Hate those guys. I do have a supply of Cutters. If it's really bad we'll head up to Serenidad. Or maybe west to Juan's and Shari's.

David K - 4-20-2013 at 08:16 AM

John, my favorite beach on Concepcion has been El Requeson where you have two waterfronts. When it was full we went just south to La Perla. Last July it was great for us.

JohnK - 4-29-2013 at 07:57 AM

Thanks, David. I'll save the name for next time. We ended up at Santispac but only spent one night. A little too rambunctious.

Bahia Concepcion

David K - 4-29-2013 at 04:57 PM

Playa El Requeson, July, 2007:

My folks and I camped on this very sand spit in 1966... it still connects to El Requeson Island at low tide... no obvious sea level change since 1966! :yes:

David K - 4-29-2013 at 05:00 PM

El Requeson, as seen from Hwy. 1 (July, 2009):

Playa La Perla

David K - 4-29-2013 at 05:07 PM

The next camp south of El Requeson, access from El Requson road on the north or Playa La Perla road on the south... the old main transpeninsular road connects the two...

July, 2009 photos:

July, 2012 photos:

JohnK - 4-30-2013 at 02:40 PM

Those both look like more my style. Thank you again, DavidK!

DocRey - 4-30-2013 at 10:02 PM

Very cool. Thx.