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Los Corrales
Village in Banderas Bay on Banderas Bay
A small fishing village at Cabo Corrientes in Jalisco, just around the cape at the southern point of Banderas Bay. It can be reached by boat, or overland by a long trip and then a hike, and it is known for its oysters.
Marinas
- Marina Vallarta, Puerto Vallarta
Near Los Corrales
- Fishing
Cabo Corrientes
Cabo Corrientes is the point of land that closes Banderas Bay to the south, with a lighthouse on it that dates from the early 1900s. It lies 26.9 to 29.2 nautical miles in a straight line from the bay's marinas, a full day out and back.
- Snorkeling
- Swimming
Pizota
Pizota sits on the far southern shore of Banderas Bay, 2.4 nautical miles west of Yelapa. Yachts anchor off its quiet cove for a swim and a snorkel in calm, clear water.
Tehuamixtle
A small bay and community in the municipality of Cabo Corrientes, Jalisco, on the open Pacific south of the cape that closes Banderas Bay. It is a long run by sea from the Puerto Vallarta marinas, best kept for a trip of more than one day.
Yelapa
A village in the southernmost cove of Banderas Bay, in Cabo Corrientes, Jalisco, with no road fit for ordinary vehicles.
- Snorkeling
- Scuba diving
Majahuitas
Majahuitas is a small cove on the southern shore of Banderas Bay, between Quimixto and Yelapa. No road reaches it, so guests arrive by boat.
- Snorkeling
- Scuba diving
Las Caletas
A small boat-only cove on the southern shore of Banderas Bay, below a nature preserve, where the film director John Huston once lived. One tour company runs the beach and grounds as its own day trip, and the sources do not settle whether a charter yacht's guests may go ashore.
- Snorkeling
- Swimming
Quimixto
A small village on the southern shore of Banderas Bay that has no road and is reached only by boat. Palapa restaurants face the water on its beach, and a trail up the river valley behind it leads to a seasonal waterfall.
- Snorkeling
- Swimming
- Scuba diving
Marietas Islands
Two small islands at the western mouth of Banderas Bay, reached only by boat, with seabirds to watch and water to snorkel and dive.
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About Los Corrales
A fishing village past the cape
Los Corrales is a small fishing village in the municipality of Cabo Corrientes, Jalisco, out toward the cape that closes Banderas Bay to the southwest. It sits just around that cape, on the open Pacific side rather than inside the bay. Mexico's national statistics office counts 219 people living here. The village can be reached by boat; the only other way in is a long trip overland followed by a hike.
Getting there by yacht
Measured in a straight line from the village, Marina Riviera Nayarit at La Cruz is about 26 nautical miles away, Marina Nuevo Vallarta about 27, and both Marina Vallarta and Opequimar about 28. Following the southern shore and rounding the cape adds some distance to those figures. At 20 knots the run from Marina Vallarta takes around an hour and a half; a sailing yacht making 8 knots needs three and a half hours or more each way. Yelapa, on the bay's southern shore, lies about 13 nautical miles from the village in a straight line, so the two can share a route. That makes Los Corrales a long day out, and it fits better into a trip of two or more days that carries on down the coast toward Tehuamixtle.
On shore
The village is small, with a pier and a restaurant by the water. Oysters are what Los Corrales is known for. Visitors also speak well of the sunset here, if the plan allows a late start home.
What to know
The run home is long whichever marina you started from, so bring what the boat needs for the day and plan the return with the light in mind. We'll confirm the landing and the restaurant's hours with the captain when you book.