Camalú is a town in
San Quintín Municipality
San Quintín is a municipality in the Mexican state of Baja California. Its municipal seat is located in the city of San Quintín, Baja California. According to the 2020 census, it had a population of 117,568 inhabitants. The municipality has an ...
,
Baja California
Baja California, officially the Free and Sovereign State of Baja California, is a state in Mexico. It is the northwesternmost of the 32 federal entities of Mexico. Before becoming a state in 1952, the area was known as the North Territory of B ...
, located on the
Pacific Coast of Mexico
The Pacific Coast of Mexico or West Coast of Mexico stretches along the coasts of western Mexico at the Pacific Ocean and its Gulf of California, Gulf of California (Sea of Cortez).
Geography
Baja California peninsula
On the western Baja Califor ...
. The census of 2010 reported a population of 8,621 inhabitants, up from 6,333 in 2000.
Geography
The main town is on
Federal Highway 1, 175 km south of
Tijuana
Tijuana is the most populous city of the Mexican state of Baja California, located on the northwestern Pacific Coast of Mexico. Tijuana is the municipal seat of the Tijuana Municipality, the hub of the Tijuana metropolitan area and the most popu ...
. Drive time is about 2 hours south of
Ensenada
Ensenada ("inlet") is a city in Ensenada Municipality, Baja California, situated on the Pacific Coast of Mexico. Located on Bahía de Todos Santos, the city had a population of 279,765 in 2018, making it the third-largest city in Baja Californ ...
, some 30 km past Colonet town. For about , from
Colonet to
El Rosario you can see the ocean from the highway.
Though its considerably south of San Diego, water temperatures range from lows nearing 10°C(50°F) to highs approaching 21°C(70°F).
[Baja Expo Travel Guide - http://www.bajaexpo.com/water.htm] 3mm/2mm wetsuits are recommended for surfing on all but the warmest of days.
Tourism
Tourism is important to the local economy, particularly nature and activities tourism, such as surfing, dune racing, and fishing.
Notes
References
Camalú at the Geonet Names Server
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Seaside resorts in Baja California
Cities in San Quintín Municipality