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tripledigitken
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Punta San Jacinto shipwreck-al Barco
When visiting Casa del Hogar recently we decided to drive a little further down the road and see the shipwreck. It's only a few
minutes drive, and worth the time.
The ship Isla del Carmen was wrecked over 30 years ago and rumored to be for insurance reasons, but who knows. We pulled into the yard filled with
pangas, and no one bothered us.
Nice looking point for surfing when the swell is up, this day it was almost flat.
This was another item checked off the to do list.
[Edited on 4-3-2015 by tripledigitken]
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BajaBlanca
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We saw those signs and did not know what it was all about.....thanks for sharing!
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the "Isla Del Carmen" has seen better days.......
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tripledigitken
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Where did you find your source of the ships name?
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i think back in the day you used to be able to read the name,...
surfers call this beach "shipwrecks"
ssshhhhhhhhhhhhhhh! you are not supposed to know that secret!
first place i surfed in baja
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StuckSucks
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Where is the shipwreck located (in relationship to San Juanico)?
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MMc
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This is San Juanico in northern Baja, just follow the signs and drive to the beach, you can't miss it. As for surf, I'll pass.
30 years ago you could read the name of the ship as it laid on it's side.
"Never teach a pig to sing it frustrates you and annoys the pig" - W.C.Fields
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willardguy
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I see the confusion, this is san JACINTO not san JUANICO!
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tripledigitken
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It's about 5 miles north of Camalu, and about 14 miles south of Colonet.
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Plenty of other spooky weird mushburger waves around that area too. Hah... Always seems like its socked in with fog too. Last time I was in that area
my axle broke, the fog never cleared and it reeked of dead animals. Came to find there was a blue whale carcass on the beach. I still can't wait to go
back!
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StuckSucks
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Wroops - never mind!
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David K
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In June, 2014...
... on the Trail of Missions Tour for CBS Sports with Cameron Steele:
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StuckSucks
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Ahhhh ... found it.
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BornFisher
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Years ago the sign advertised---- "Great surfing wives"
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woody with a view
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back in the 80's it appeared one night out of the fog and never left. I wasn't there that night. like all ships it had it's name painted on.
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http://forums.bajanomad.com/viewthread.php?tid=29539
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Quote: Originally posted by willardguy  | could we have two seperate shipwrecks here? I thought the Isla del carmen went aground at cuatro casas?
and yeah, this is the weather i've found every trip!
[Edited on 4-2-2015 by willardguy] |
same same. There was no place called shipwrecks prior to, you know what. 4 houses is up the road a bit.
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David K
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From the Baja Adventure Book (page 120) 1998 edition:
KM 150: Sedan road west (signed) to Punta San Jacinto, 6 miles. The wreck of a coastal freighter Isla del Carmen, driven ashore in 1981,
lives near the point. Known as "Freighters" to surfers, even thouigh there is only one, this place has excellent right point breaks on large swells,
some a mile from shore. The road south to Camalú can handle sedans.
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woody with a view
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That's her! Time hasn't been kind.
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Isn't amazing anything's left after 34 years in the pounding surf!
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