Hot springs/The Baja California Rift
Natural pool · 65 °C
Aguas Termales de Puertecitos
San Felipe, Baja California
On the beach of the upper Gulf the spring comes out between 60 and 70 °C. You visit it. It is not a soak.
The water
- In the pool
- 60–70 °C
- As it leaves the ground
- No vent on record
scalding: for looking only
Chloride. Deep salts indicating a high-temperature hydrothermal system
Why it surfaces here
Hyperthermal spring on the beach.
Fosa del Alto Golfo. The peninsula is tearing away from the mainland and the Gulf of California is still being born.
Watch it before you go
Aguas termales con una vista al mar en Puertecitos en San Felipe, Baja California · WeCapital
PUERTECITOS B.C., AGUAS TERMALES A LA ORILLA DEL MAR A 85 KILÓMETROS AL SUR DE SAN FELIPE, · CARLOS GARCIA CORTEZ