New Puerto Escondido Marina in the Works

The Wanderer has been going to Puerto Escondido — the one 230 miles up into the Sea of Cortez from Cabo — by boat for 40 years. It’s always been one of the most stunningly beautiful areas in Mexico, with an incredible natural harbor closely backed by the Sierra de la Giganta mountains that abruptly rise to nearly 4,000 feet.

For 40 years, we’ve watched as numerous attempts have been made to make it a destination with an infrastructure to match the natural beauty. None of the attempts have been successful, and others consisted of little more than $15 million in allotted funds being absconded with. 

But according to Harbormaster Curt Hamann, Puerto Escondido Marina is bringing Puerto Escondido closer to the standard of what it should be. He and his team have just completed ‘rebranding’ the place. Better still, they are about to finish a new breakwater that will protect the marina from Northers, and are about to install docks that will increase capacity of the marina by more than 70 slips.

We have no idea why, but according to Hamann, the docks are coming from France, Ireland and Canada. Why they need docks from three countries is one of the mysteries of Mexico.

Nor are we exactly sure what Hamann means by it, but he advises Latitude that as an incentive to get boats to come to Puerto Escondido, the first 30 will get a month of free berthing between January and May. We don’t know what’s meant by the "first 30," so we suggest you email him at [email protected] and find out. And tell him we sent you.