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Hot springs/The Baja California Rift

Natural pool · 38 °C

Playa Santispac / Bahía Concepción

Mulegé, Baja California Sur

Springs from 35 to 40 °C in the sand and mangrove of Bahía Concepción, where the sea is still opening.

Santispac beach, in Bahía Concepción, Baja California Sur
Gregg M. Erickson · CC BY 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons

The water

In the pool
35–40 °C

your own body temperature

As it leaves the ground
No vent on record

Chloride. Deep salts indicating a high-temperature hydrothermal system

Why it surfaces here

Springs in sand and mangrove.

Apertura Mar de Cortés. The peninsula is tearing away from the mainland and the Gulf of California is still being born.

Watch it before you go

  • Baja California Adventure Part 4 of 6: Camping on Santispac Beach and Kayaking to the Hot Springs · Wonderhussy Adventures

  • SANTISPAC, La MEJOR PLAYA de la BAJA CALIFORNIA, aguas turquesas ! cap 8 · El Patio de Casa por America