Ok, we live in the Sea of Cortez, we are on the leeward side of cholla bay. We still receive high winds and surf during storms but due to our location we are protected and get much less than areas south of us. Islas Del Mar the neighborhood we live in contains the largest ecological certified beach in northern Mexico. The community also contains a large salt water marsh estuary, breeding areas for Herons and several breeding Osprey pairs.

We live on essentially a peninsula, the front of our home faces west and the Sea of Cortez, and the back or our home faces east and the salt water lagoons. The lagoons are where we watch the Osprey fish all day catching fairly large fish everything from 8”-20”. The most common fish here in the lagoons are what locals call Lisa, (Liza Aurata) they are most similar to Sea Bass or so I have been told. I have not had any luck catching them so far… though I have researched what they like bait wise! Just haven’t gotten the lures to try yet.

The Tides, well I think most visitors are confused by the drastic tidal swings. Some California beaches , tidal swings are 4-8ft roughly. Some beaches in Florida beaches, tidal swings are 2-4ft. Here our tidal swings are 6-24ft. depending on time of year and lunar cycle, but the tidal swing is dramatic compared to most beaches I have ever been to, all over the world.

Our tidal swings allow for some very impressive photo opportunities as well as exploring tidal pools, sand flats, breakwaters and just some very unique sights. Now if you are a beach for beach sake kinda person then the bay is probably not your thing. The waves are not always at the beach, some times they are 3/4mile out at the break water, however the diversity of sea life and experiences are so much fun. I love taking photos both at high tide and low!

I will do a photography post of various times of the year… these are just some over the last year, pretty random just showing you the various tidal heights. I hope you enjoy I will post more about the various sights like the estuary once I kayak down there or take a long hike.

The next post I think will be all about photos to sure some of the amazing sights over the last year, they will be mostly natural images. I was hopping ti maybe do a Dia De Muertos post.. but we are having a lot of work done around the house so I am not sure we will get to do all what we were hoping for this year!

next post Photos!!