Cruising can be easy in the area around Bahía de los Ángeles. If you travel a few miles to the NE, you encounter a small group of islands that have pretty little anchorages that are best for one or two boats at a time. Ah, privacy in a wilderness setting. Just be mindful of the large tide range.
We chose to stay at two of the several anchorages here. The first one was a cove at Isla La Ventana. Beautiful anchorage, OK snorkeling, nice onshore hiking. Observe:
We did not encounter any sharks while snorkeling – perhaps because (or so we've heard), most sharks generally tend to avoid humans activity. However, here are photos of two species of shark that we encountered while on The Fox – a whale shark who was minding his own business in the south end of Bahía de los Ángeles, feeding on algae and whatnot in the tide line with his big ol' mouth wide open. The other was a mellow tope shark who unfortunately tool hold of the Rapala lure GB was trolling behid the boat while we were en route to Isla La Ventana. This little guy was about 5 feet
long. The tope is reputedly a very docile shark, but we found that they tend to complain when they are hooked. Fortunately this guy released himself from GB's clutches by biting through the steel leader. Bye-bye, tope shark. Bye-bye, $20 Rapala lure.
Our second anchorage in this island group, was at Isla Mitlán directly beneath its dormant volcano. We pretty much had to stop here; we'd been seeing the volcano's cone on the horizon for a week, and heck, we'd never anchored beneath a volcano before. Once there, we saw that a trail led from the beach straight up several hundred feet to the volcano's rim (and I do mean, straight up). Of course we did not waddle hike up the trail. Too vertical, too hot for us to engage in such frolic. So we marveled at El Volcán from afar.
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