Boca de Tomatlán, colloquially shortened to Boca, is a small fishing village in the state of

Jalisco Jalisco (, , ; Nahuatl: Xalixco), officially the Free and Sovereign State of Jalisco ( es, Estado Libre y Soberano de Jalisco ; Nahuatl: Tlahtohcayotl Xalixco), is one of the 31 states which, along with Mexico City, comprise the 32 Federal En ...

in Mexico. It is popular with tourists visiting the nearby city of

Puerto Vallarta Puerto Vallarta ( or simply Vallarta) is a Mexican beach resort city situated on the Pacific Ocean's Bahía de Banderas in the Mexican state of Jalisco. Puerto Vallarta is the second largest urban agglomeration in the state after the Guadala ...

due to its beaches.

Geography

Boca de Tomatlán is located on the southern edge of

Bahía de Banderas Bahía de Banderas (, Spanish for ''Bay of Flags'') is a bay on the Pacific Coast of Mexico, within the Mexican states of Jalisco and Nayarit. It is also the name of an administrative municipality, located on the bay in Nayarit state. The port ...

. It is located about from downtown

. The village is located on both sides of the

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, which ends its journey from the Sierra Madre Occidental here.

Climate

Boca de Tomatlán has a Tropical savannah climate ( Köppen climate classification ''Aw''), with dry winters and rainy summers. The village has a high amount of rainfall from June to October.

Nearby settlements

* Colomitos * Las Ánimas *

Las Caletas Las Caletas is a beach near Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco, Mexico. The home of Hollywood director John Huston John Marcellus Huston ( ; August 5, 1906 – August 28, 1987) was an American film director, screenwriter, actor and visual artist. ...

* Majahuitas *

Mismaloya Mismaloya comes from Nahuatl: ichmaloyan"place where they grab fish with their hands" is a small village, located on the coast of the Bahía de Banderas in the Mexican state of Jalisco alixco"on the surface of the sand". Mismaloya lies on Highw ...

* Playa Caballo *

* Quimixto *

Yelapa Yelapa is a small beach town in Cabo Corrientes, Jalisco, Mexico. The village lies in the southernmost cove of Bahía de Banderas (''Bay of the Flags''). Etymology Yelapa’s name comes from an indigenous saying meaning "''where two rivers ...

Tourism

Panga Panga or panga seabream is the common South African name for ''Pterogymnus laniarius'', a small, ocean-dwelling fish, native to the southeast Atlantic Ocean and southwest Indian Ocean. Alternatively called "torpedo scads", they are cold-blood ...

commonly stop by the beach to drop off tourists. In addition, the road to Boca de Tomatlán on Mexican Federal Highway 200 also offers views of

Los Arcos National Marine Park Los Arcos National Marine Park is a national marine park in Mexico. It is located in the Bahía de Banderas, near the settlements of Puerto Vallarta and Mismaloya. The arches themselves are called Los Arcos de Mismaloya, "the Mismaloya Arches" i ...

. Adventure tour groups also pass through Boca, with the most prominent being Los Veranos Canopy Tour. The beach usually has small seaside restaurants serving seafood. People mainly come to this area to see the wildlife as well, with whale watching tours being offered from November to March. Parrots, egrets, herons, pelicans, hummingbirds, seagulls, and frigatebirds all frequent the area, making it a popular place for birdwatching.

References

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