Though Puerto Peñasco is in its “off peak” time, the local office of the Federal Maritime Land Zone (ZOFEMAT) is planning strategies to increase beach cleaning efforts over the traditional Spring Break period. However, the office’s work is ongoing and removal of trash from area beaches currently rakes in about 1 ton weekly, reports local […]
By José Antonio Pérez On Saturday, Oct. 19th, a battalion of nearly 850 volunteers, stretched out from Cholla Bay to Puerto Lobos, removed 1561 kilos (or rather 1.72 tons) of trash from area beaches as part of the 2019 International Coastal Clean-up campaign. Luis César García Gonzalez, coordinator of the Federal Maritime Land Zone (ZOFEMAT), […]
By José Antonio Pérez This Saturday, Oct. 19th, more than 500 people are expected to take part in an intense Coastal Clean-up effort as part of the 2019 International Coastal Cleaning Campaign, announced local Clean Beach Committee chair Marcia Ortega. The main goal of this effort isn’t necessarily to pick up tons and tons of […]
The 1st “Limpieza Mar y Tierra” Sea & Sand clean-up scheduled for September 22nd aims to bring scuba divers, ocean lovers, and beach combers together in an effort to further contribute to keeping our beaches clean. With the sole purpose of furthering efforts to keep Puerto Peñasco’s sea and beaches clean, Rocky Point Scuba Divers […]
As we head into this final weekend of October, we celebrate the 1st anniversary of our site RockyPoint360! If you happen to spot any of us around town, donning RP360 t-shirts or carrying cameras of various sizes – we graciously welcome gifts in the form of cerveza, tequila, or rum. Speaking of rum – let’s talk […]