Anchorage· Baja California Pacific coast (Ensenada to Cabo Falso)· Mexico

Punta Santo Tomás Anchorage

31° 33.2′ N · 116° 40.9′ W · approximate

A small cove at El Puerto de Santo Tomás, 25 nm south of Ensenada, that guidebooks list as a first stop - but it is often choked with kelp.

Practical

Coordinate is the GeoNames position for El Puerto de Santo Tomás (populated place), so it marks the settlement, not a sounded anchoring spot; approach only by eye and chart. Roads Less Traveled (2010) found the cove blocked by 'an impenetrable blanket of kelp' and carried on. Southbound, The Log says stay 2 nm west of Punta Santo Tomás to clear a pinnacle rock with kelp. No services. Open to the south.

Best for

Daytime rest only if the kelp allows

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