Anchorage· Baja California peninsula (San Evaristo)· Mexico
San Evaristo Anchorage
24° 54.7′ N · 110° 42.2′ W · approximate
A small, very secure bay at the foot of the Sierra de la Giganta, home to a fishing village of about 40 people—the first real shelter north of La Paz and the usual staging stop for boats heading up or down the Sea.
Practical
Coordinate is the GeoNames 'Bahía el Puerto' point at San Evaristo (checked in-water against the OpenStreetMap coastline), used as an approximate anchorage position. Sheltered from everything but an easterly, and Isla San José four miles off takes the edge off that (Latitude 38). Sand, good holding; lay out real scope—on the night of February 27, 2020 a charter Bali 45 dragged in a strong northerly onto the reef off Punta San Romualdo on the south side of the entrance and sat on the rocks for four days, while the La Paz port captain had closed the port. The smaller inner bay gets tight in season; arrive in daylight. Do not anchor over the desalination plant's intake. Water can be bought from the plant manager (slowly); small tienda in the pink house above the plant; Maggie and Lupe's palapa serves the catch of the day. A little cell signal reaches the bay.
Best for
Provisioning top-up and secure overnight between La Paz and Los Gatos
Season
Year-round; exposed only to easterlies
Nearby
- Maggie and Lupe's (San Evaristo)0.3 NM away
- San Evaristo Village Tienda0.4 NM away
- Mobula Ray Aggregations1.9 NM away
- Isla San José Salinas Salt Works3.6 NM away
- Bahía Amortajada (Isla San José)5.8 NM away
- Bahía Amortajada Mangrove Lagoon5.8 NM away
- Islas del Golfo de California Protected Area6.3 NM away
- Isla Coyote Fish Camp7.6 NM away