Baja Mar (or Bajamar) is a
seaside resort
A seaside resort is a resort town, town, village, or hotel that serves as a Resort, vacation resort and is located on a coast. Sometimes the concept includes an aspect of official accreditation based on the satisfaction of certain requirements, suc ...
community twenty minutes north of
Ensenada and forty minutes south of
Greater San Diego–Tijuana in
Ensenada Municipality
The municipality ( es, link=no, municipio) of Ensenada is the fourth-largest municipality in Mexico with a land area of in 2020,
about the same size as Hidalgo state and larger than five Mexican states.
Located offshore, Cedros Island and G ...
,
Baja California
Baja California (; 'Lower California'), officially the Free and Sovereign State of Baja California ( es, Estado Libre y Soberano de Baja California), is a state in Mexico. It is the northernmost and westernmost of the 32 federal entities of Mex ...
, Mexico.
The resort community is located just south of another
gringo
''Gringo'' (, , ) (masculine) (or ''gringa'' (feminine)) is a term in Spanish and Portuguese for a foreigner, usually an English-speaking Anglo-American. There are differences in meaning depending on region and country. In Latin America, it is ge ...
community,
La Salina – host of the
Puerto Salina
Marina Puerto Salina is a marina in the Mexican state of Baja California. It is located at 73 km south of Tijuana at 32° 3.28´N 116° 53.20´W. Puerto Salina is the first marina in Mexico
Mexico (Spanish language, Spanish: México ...
marina
A marina (from Spanish , Portuguese and Italian : ''marina'', "coast" or "shore") is a dock or basin with moorings and supplies for yachts and small boats.
A marina differs from a port in that a marina does not handle large passenger ships o ...
.
History
The idea of the resort at Baja Mar was developed in 1975 by Grupo Valcas, a resort developer.
Planning, development and initial construction of what would become the Bajamar Ocean Front Golf Resort was begun by Grupo Valcas as well. The master infrastructure of the community was developed so that, unlike nearby cities, it would maintain underground basic utilities.
The resort company also developed the first 18 holes of the master planned golf course network. The resort opened to the general public in July 1976 and has since been given the nickname of ''The
Pebble Beach
Pebble Beach is an unincorporated community on the Monterey Peninsula in Monterey County, California. The small coastal residential community of mostly single-family homes is also notable as a resort destination, and the home of the golf course ...
South of the Border''.
Further development of the resort occurred in 1991 when the original developer entered a partnership with another hotel and resort developer to complete the
master planned property. Following the joint-ventured agreement the 81-room hotel of the resort was constructed in addition to the Oceanó golf course, one of three currently existing courses.
The Bajamar Ocean Front Golf Resort is currently owned by Grupo Mega Turismo, based in
Mazatlan, Bay View Grand, and Grupo Valcas. Baja Mar itself has approximately 600 completed homes and a clubhouse, whilst maintaining guarded gates.
Geography
Baja Mar lies on a rugged strip of coastline of the
Baja California Gold Coast
Baja or Bája may refer to:
Places and jurisdictions In the Americas
* Baja California Peninsula, in northwestern Mexico
* Baja California state in the northern part of the above peninsula
* Baja California Sur state in the southern part of t ...
. The seaside resort faces west towards the Pacific Ocean and a highrise rounded cliff is located to its east.
Economy
The economy of Baja Mar is heavily reliant on tourism.
Tourism
Baja Mar features three golf courses at the Bajamar Ocean Front Golf Resort that include the renowned Oceanó,
as well as the Vista and Lagos courses.
North of the resort are popular surf breaks,
Puerto Nuevo, and nearby
Rosarito Beach
Rosarito is a coastal city in Playas de Rosarito Municipality, Baja California, situated on the Pacific Coast of Mexico. As of 2010, the city had a population of 65,278. Located south of the US-Mexico border, Rosarito is a part of the greater S ...
.
See also
*
Baja Malibu
Baja Malibu is a beach and resort in Tijuana Municipality, Baja California named after the beach town Malibu of Los Angeles County. The beach is a popular tourist area in the San Diego–Tijuana metropolitan region and draws surfers from all over ...
References
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Cities in Ensenada Municipality
Seaside resorts in Baja California