Magdalena Bay
Good to know
- Best time to go
- January to March for whales; October to November for marlin
- Budget
- $$
- Accessibility
- not-accessible
- Coordinates
- Open in maps
A vast mangrove-fringed bay on Baja's Pacific coast, sheltered by barrier islands of towering dunes, where gray whales gather each winter to breed and calve. Small-boat encounters from Puerto San Carlos and Puerto López Mateos are famously intimate, and the offshore waters host a renowned autumn run of striped marlin.