Summer
May to October. The wind’s gone and the bay turns into something else.
What summer is here
The water warms into the high 80s. The bay goes quiet and flat.
This is when people come for what’s under the surface, and for the boats.
Getting on the water
Diving, fishing and ocean safaris all run out of La Ventana.
Boats pick up right in front of the house. You walk 30 meters and you’re aboard.
Mobula season
May through July, thousands of rays move through the bay together.
Getting in the water in the middle of that is why a lot of people come.
Fishing
Summer’s the season. Roosters turn on in June and the dorado start building. July brings the big dorado along with billfish, wahoo and tuna. August and September run heavy on dorado and yellowfin. Snapper, pompano and jacks throughout.
Most of it happens in pangas around Isla Cerralvo and Punta Arena, with captains who have fished these waters their whole lives.
You come back, you clean the fish, you cook it on the patio.
The rest of the season
Dolphins and whale sharks through the summer months.
A full day out to La Reina, at the north end of Isla Cerralvo, for the sea lion colony and the giant mantas. Boats leave early and get back late.
Orcas
Orcas move through this bay, and it’s one of very few places in the world where getting in the water with them is legal, through licensed operators under a permitted program.
Sightings are never guaranteed. When it happens, you’ll remember it.
The heat
It’s hot. August runs about 91°F in the day and stays near 79°F overnight.
The house handles it. A/C in every room, the patio shaded through the middle of the day, and the plunge pool chills to 50°F.
Mornings and evenings are when you’re outside. The middle of the day is for the water or the shade.
