The sailing conditions include southerly winds averaging between 10 to 15 knots. Most of the Pacific basin tropical storms during the hurricane season typically pass south of Peace and the southern tip of the Baja Peninsula.
You’ll need to visit the harbourmaster and leave a detailed trip plan before leaving the marina, including intended destination and crew and passenger information.
Sailing Conditions
Navigation is relatively easy with calm waters and sandy-bottom anchorages. In the winter, prevailing winds are northwesterly blowing 10-15 knots. In the summer, winds are lighter and blow from the southeast.
Sea of Cortez Weather for Cruisers
Weather here is cyclical, dominated by two regimes: Winter Northers and Summer SE/Tropical Storm Season. Cruisers enjoy the Sea year round, but the prime seasons for exploring this area under sail would be April to June, and Late October to December. The middle winter months are riddled with Northers, cold and sometimes fierce winds of 30+ knots that originate in winter high pressure in the southwestern US, and blow the full length of the Sea, often kicking up some serious short period wind waves and swell. These can blow for 1-4 days, with sometimes woefully short periods of lovely cool weather in between. The opposite side of the cycle, starting in April or May, is typified by light SE breezes and calm periods that slowly melt into the intense heat and humidity of summer. In the fall the humidity and heat will finally break somewhere between late October and the middle of November, giving cool sleeping temps and a few glorious weeks of perfect cruising conditions before northers set in again.
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