This morning we woke up and the big winds had died. The power boat Amiga that had been there with us in Los Frailes was gone. They also were planning on going north and had better weather information than we do so we knew this was our chance to get the heck out of Frailes. In actual fact, Frailes is a great anchorage with world class snorkeling and diving just around the corner but it was so darn windy there we really didn't experience any of that. It was the wildlife that made our stay worthwhile.
We took off at about 8am headed for Bahia Los Muertos (aka Bay of the Dead, later renamed the Bay of Dreams by developers). It's about 45 miles north and will take most of the day to get there. We should have known, along the way the wind shifted to the south. Wouldn't you know it, by the time we made it to Muertos it was blowing so hard from the south, anchoring there would have put us on a lee shore, not a safe place to be.
Amiga decided to stop there, but seeing as we were running low on food because of our 5 days in Frailes we passed right by Muertos and went into the mighty Cerralvo Channel. There is a long skinny spit of sand then goes out into the far south end of the Channel, that's where the lighthouse is in the picture. Muertos is over the land to the right. With the southerly blowing like crazy being on the north side offered us some good protection.
But don't think of staying here when the north winds come back - that could be disasterous. La Ventana is a little town up a few miles and it is known as Wind Surfer Capital of Mexico. We'll get out of here first thing in the morning. If it's a southerly we'll continue up the Cerralvo Channel towards La Paz. If it's a northerly we'll scoot back around the point and into Muertos. Right now - nobody knows. Maybe only the weather gods. Just be ready to pick up and move quickly if you have to.