Sea of Cortez - The Beautiful Blue

Baja’s Sea of Cortez is somewhere close to five million years old (estimates vary greatly), making it the youngest of all the seas in the world. The Baja peninsula was formed during an era of frequent volcanic activity and earthquakes of unbelievable magnitude. While the volcanoes and the San Andreas fault were violently creating the Baja peninsula, they were also forming the great chasm that would eventually become the Sea of Cortez. The sea is abundant with game fish, both small and large, and an extraordinary amount of world record fish have been taken in these waters. Several species of whales regularly visit the sea and the Whale Shark, which is the world’s largest fish, is quite common as far north as Bahia de Los Angeles. Maybe a place to add to that bucket list??