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JohnK
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Bahia Concepcion?
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.
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Sunman
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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.
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Alm
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...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.
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| Quote: | 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]
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J.P.
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| 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 
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JohnK
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Thanks. From the balcony here it looks like bent palm trees, white caps and birds flapping their way north at 2 mph.
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Bob and Susan
| Quote: | 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] |
I heard the same thing from my Aunt Step Neighbor In-law
Bob Durrell
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Alm
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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]
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it WAS windy today but
right NOW its 3mph
little white caps...
its supposed to be less wind tomorrow
warmer....no jackets necessary
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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]
Bahia Concepcion where life starts...given a chance!
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Have seen it many times, one weather to the North of Punta Chivato, and another one to the South. Different wind direction too.
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Alm? your friends been smokin the wrong dope...I hate this somebody said stuff I wonder, were they ever even there???
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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...
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SANTISPAC 2012
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.) 
I do what the voices in my tackle box tell me.
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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!
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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.
Bob Durrell
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JohnK
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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.
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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.
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JohnK
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Thanks, David. I'll save the name for next time. We ended up at Santispac but only spent one night. A little too rambunctious.
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Bahia Concepcion
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!
   
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