Shrimp boats (camaroneros) on the Sea of Cortez are big and colorful. We've noticed one fleet is centered in the waters north of San Carlos, south of Kino Bay. They tend to anchor in "shallow" (40-80 feet deep) water during the day and go out into deep water at night, but we often see them motoring back and forth from Guaymas. These two graced the north part of Algodones Bay as we set out on our crossing to San Juanico from Marina Real (San Carlos). There were several more just outside the entrance to the Bay.
I don't think they feel the choppy waves as much as we do. It seems that the waters around San Carlos are often turbulent, confused seas, tossing and tumbling us, giving us a bit of a rough start to the trip across the sea. Marv was sick, I had taken some Bonine, so felt bad but not THAT bad!
We left at noon on Wednesday and, after a night cork-screwing through 3-5 foot swells (with an occasional 8-footer thrown in) and 12-20 knot winds, we arrived safely in Caleta San Juanico, putting down the anchor at 7:30 AM Thursday.
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