Source: Puerto Peñasco Convention & Visitors Bureau Puerto Peñasco’s Sandy Beach, along with the beach at Islas del Mar, received the national Platinum Beach award in recognition of excellence as well as standards of cleanliness and sustainability. The Mexican Institute of Standardization and Certification (IMNC) granted the Platinum Beach awards to the two beaches in […]
Blue Flag recertification of 76-meter stretch of beach in front of Manny’s Beach Club in the Mirador would reaffirm distinction obtained last year. Marcia Ortega Morales, head of Municipal Ecology and Sustainable Development, reports Puerto Peñasco received favorable results from a recent controlled audit concerning Blue Flag recertification of the Manny’s Beach Club area in […]
Longest stretch of certified Clean Beach coastline in Mexico to maintain distinction The Mexican Standards and Certification Institute has once again granted Level II certification to Sandy Beach in Rocky Point. The certified clean beach extends 1700 meters, stretching from Hotel Playa Bonita to Phase III of Las Palomas Resort, encompassing Playa Bonita RV Park, […]
The long-awaited news about when Puerto Peñasco’s beaches would reopen is now known – with an official target date of August 1st. This comes following city negotiations with federal agencies, as well as Federal guidelines regarding beach reopenings across the country. Federal measures call for a distance of about 4 meters (approx. 12 feet) between […]
By José Antonio Pérez Given the eventual reopening of Puerto Peñasco’s beaches, work is underway to develop a strategic plan to minimize health and ecological repercussions once this occurs, stated Luis César García González, local Director of the Federal Maritime Land Zone (ZOFEMAT). García González stressed a date has not yet been set for when […]
2017 Spring Break in Rocky Point! One for the books!
The local Health Control office has been inspecting and verifying area restaurants, seafood markets, hotels, street vendors, and beaches as part of the Spring “Lent” Operative. Health Control Director Carlos Decina indicated they are currently visiting food preparation establishments and services in order to ensure places and processes are clean. He detailed the intense operation […]
Contributor: Sarina Brown You may be at home wondering what are the people up to in Rocky Point on a Saturday afternoon in the middle of January? We are out walking, wading, playing and even swimming on this gorgeous January afternoon. When the sun is shining the water feels good even in the middle of […]
Work on modernizing access spots to Playa Hermosa in the area known as “la bajada de los Guardados”, as well as that next to Las Gaviotas, have progressed about 85% in their first phase and may be completed in the next two weeks. Heberto Reyna, City Director of Public Projects, detailed along 18th Street leading […]
“Clean Beach Committee” to promote goal of Puerto Peñasco being first in Sonora to achieve clean beach certification By Azucena Mazón Though according to periodic monitoring the city’s beaches are clean, there is a need to begin the paperwork process and enter the “Clean Beach” program in order to ensure certification, recently remarked Ulises Cristópulos […]
4th Skim(board) Festival at the Beach Local photographer, aspiring filmmaker, and part of the Peñasco cultural community Jimmy Maldonado shares there will be a Skimboard Festival at Playa Hermosa beach (next to Penasco del Sol hotel) on Saturday, July 21st. “Each year, the level of this event continues to increase after it began solely as hanging out. We’d like […]
If you happen by Phase II of Las Palomas this coming weekend you may find yourself a spectator to some funky volleyball, Funkalicious Volleyball to be exact. Funkalicious, out of Phoenix, focuses on player centered fun and holds volleyball tournaments in Arizona throughout the year plus two yearly trips to the sands of Rocky Point […]
