A big push was needed to beat the Baja Haha flotilla to Cabo from Turtle Bay but after 435 miles, an overnight stop in Bahia Santa Maria and seeing yet another blue whale and sun fish in the same day, we did it! We were in Cabo and ahead of the crowd. Beautiful white sandy beaches, nice bars, good food and diving were all on the menu for the next few days. Anchoring about 50m from the beach near the bars we were in prime position to get into town and avoid the extortionate marina fees.
Cabo was really beautiful and for the first time we had warm clear water to swim in. Our first attempt to dive however began with a hiccup as the wind started blowing 30 knots out of the South East just when we wanted to go. This wind was strong enough to sink a couple of water taxis and get the harbour master to close the port so it was probably for the best we waited it out! The next day it was calm and we had a fantastic dive around “The Point”. The highlight being some awesome sea lion encounters.
Although we really liked Cabo the number of boats was steadily increasing day by day (including 2 huge cruise ships) and the touristy feeling was beginning to get old. Our big achievement was that we had finally arrived at the gateway to the Sea of Cortez and at least from now on the water would be warm and hopefully the fish would be biting. We decided to press on and get to La Paz where the fishing and diving would be even better than in Cabo and hopefully there would be a few less people.
Keep news flowing, and keep the diving going, its really great
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