tattuna
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Punta Final info
I'd like to kayak fish off Punta Final, but I'm not sure if it's possible to drive and launch there. Does anyone know if this is possible?
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Yes, it's possible. There are some homes there, but the bay is usually calm, with a nice beach for launching, and toward the point, places for tent
camping or parking your car. If you're driving from Mex. 1, there are some rough spots, but I did it in a VW camper van (the other way is SanFelipe
south to Gonzaga, and just a bit more to Pta Final).
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tattuna
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I was just at Gonzaga last week, but I could'nt figure out which road it was to get to Punta Final. I talked with someone at Alfonsinas and he said he
would'nt try without 4x4. My truck is only 2 wheel drive so I did'nt bother.
I want to fish it on my next trip there, I just need to figure out if the roads gonna be accessable with 2 wheel drive and if I can get my kayak on a
beach to launch there.
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Barry A.
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I have not been there (to the village at the south end of the main bay) for a while, but the west to east road furthest south has always been ok for 2
wheel drive in my experience. Understand that the village is several miles west of the actual "punta final"----there are no roads that I know of that
actually go out to Punta Final.
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I went from Punta Final to Alfonsinas - smooth, flat, sandy, roads - many criss-cross and one leads to the dump - where I got stuck in deep sand. It
was a little confusing, but I stayed on the road that looked like it was most traveled. The punta itself, is a fairly high cliff.
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If you are coming in from Hwy. 1/ Coco's Corner... the turnoff is signed and uses the pre-1986 dirt road to Gonzaga...
If you are coming south from San Felipe, take the road signed for Campo Beluga... just south of Rancho Grande and the Pemex... avoid the second left
for Beluga and continue south... this is the old pre-1986 dirt road... a major junction is reached and a left turn there will take you to Punta Final
(the village not the actual point in the sea... which is beyond, as Barry says).
Note the road labled 'old road' on this map I drew in 2002:
[Edited on 4-23-2008 by David K]
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PUNTA FINAL
BAJA IS WHAT YOU WANTED TO BE, FUN,DANGEROUS,INCREDIBLE, REMOTE, EXOTIC..JUST GO AND HAVE FUN.....
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There is a gate at the entrance to the housing area with a sign saying there is a charge for entrance (or maybe parking), but when I was there, it was
unattended.
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tattuna
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Thanx for the great info guys!
Maybe I should rephrase my question though.
I'm looking to kayak fish the nearest accessable beach south of Gonzaga. All the maps I've seen point to Calamajue, but that's a bit farther south
than I'd like to travel. Does anyone know of any beach access between Pink point and Punta Final?
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"pink point" ????? donde es "pink point"? 
I do not believe that there is any access to the sea by wheeled vehicle between the village at the south end of Bahia San Luis Gonzaga and Calamajue.
Tho most of that coast is very rocky and cliffed out, there are some places along there to land and camp, I believe.
In my opinion, the coast between Bahia de Los Angeles and Bahia de los Animas to the south is a much more fasinating and rewarding coast for
kayakers----many super coves, beaches, islets, etc. There is vehicle access to both BOLA and Animas.
As an alternative, I would try the coast between Punta Bufeo and Gonzaga, or the coast just south of PuerteCitos.
barry
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Read 'Into a Desert Place' by Graham Mackintosh for details on the coast between Gonzaga and L.A. Bay... Barry is correct, the next place to get to
the coast, south of Punta Final village is Puerto Calamajue... Bahia de los Angeles/ Bahia las Animas does offer MUCH more...
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tattuna
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Thanx again guys!
Pink Point is a point between Punta Final and Calamuje. It's on a map in the book The Baja Catch.
I want to kayak fish Punta Final, so I guess next time I'm down there I'll just make the 5 mile paddle there from Campo Beluga.
I have kayak fished B.O.L.A. Las Animas is a place I hope to fish as well.
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Well, you can drive to Punta Final village... and to really have a best access to see more Baja, a 4WD vehicle is a must get.
There are unmapped roads to the coast between Puerto Calamajue and Bahia de los Angeles:
One can be seen on Google satellite images heading east from Arroyo Calamajue, south of Puerto Calamajue... and goes right to the coast... A Nomad
also mentioned it in a trip report.
Further south, good roads reach the coast near Punta Candelero and at Bahia Guadalupe (Remedios)... That access is from the L.A. Bay highway at Laguna
Agua Amarga dry lake... and when I went to those two places, I never used 4WD (it was in the winter after rains).
If you get stuck in sand (even possible with 4WD), just deflate your tires to about 10-15 psi ... clear away any built up sand from in front of all
four tires and drive out. Have a tire pump always in Baja that plug into your cig. lighter, to re-inflate.
Speed through a sandy spot if you see one coming as momentum is your friend! If the sand does stop your forward speed, do NOT spin the tires in
frustration as you will only move DOWN and have a lot more digging to do!
[Edited on 4-23-2008 by David K]
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Just a brief comment on David's excellent advice:
I once took over an hour to pump up all 4 of my big sand tires on my truck with the cheepo "plug into your cigarette lighter" air
compressor----------very annoying!!! I highly recommend one of the expensive ($200 + ?) but much faster 12 V air compressors available at all 4x4
shops and stores. Even better is the on-board compressors discussed numerous times on this board.
Barry
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Good point Barry, if this guy had a real truck with real tires... then the high volume air pump that is sold on Nomad or at Harbor Freight is much
better and faster...
This one from Harbor Freight fills three times faster than the cigarette lighter ones... 6 psi per minute (1 psi per 10 seconds)... or 5 minutes from
10 psi to 40 psi... and was under $50, on sale... The Nomad one is also under $100.
The Coleman or other cig. lighter models only filled at 2 psi per minute (1 psi per 30 seconds)... or 15 minutes from 10 psi to 40 psi.
However, if he is going to keep his city car and still wants to get to some better places in Baja, the Pep Boys or Kragen air pump will be fine to get
him back up to 30 psi for the hard roads, once he's unstuck... emergency only... I had a Coleman cig lighter air pump that lasted years...
Here's the Harbor Freight unit... muy rapido for my 16" tires!
[Edited on 4-24-2008 by David K]
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I bought the Superflow MV-50 from here and used it for the first time last week in Gonzaga.
It filled up the first tire fast, but the last 3 went slow. I noticed it got real hot after filling the first tire. Do I need to let it cool in
between filling tires?
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That would probably be a good idea--------I am concerned that the rate of tire inflation went down after the first tire inflation but I am not sure how the "heat" would have effected that?
barry
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| Quote: | Originally posted by tattuna
I bought the Superflow MV-50 from here and used it for the first time last week in Gonzaga.
It filled up the first tire fast, but the last 3 went slow. I noticed it got real hot after filling the first tire. Do I need to let it cool in
between filling tires? |
Did you keep the engine running??? If not, then the battery drained... perhaps? Mine is equally fast on all four tires...
[Edited on 4-24-2008 by David K]
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You can drive to Pta Final and launch from there. Just drive past the Pemex on the road headed back out to Hwy 1 and hang a left at the sign to Pta
Final. You can drive right to the launch ramp to launch and then just paddle out of the small cove and hang a right out to the point, 4 wheel drive is
not necessary. I have also paddled to the point from Alfonsinas (just watch out for the wind). Excellent grouper fishing along the rocky edge on the
way out to the point and yellow tail at the point. It would be a very aggresive adventure to paddle around the corner and head south...very remote and
accesible only by water. Take the appropriate provisions and be prepared to spend the night if the wind comes up. The water can get pretty lumpy out
there with a little wind and an outgoing/incoming tide. I have had the idea of yak fishing my way from Gonzaga to BOLA in the back of my mind for some
time now...maybe someday!
Work is just something I do to keep me buzy between baja trips!
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