Caleta Matamoros, about 2,5 NM S punta Totoral, is well sheltered from S winds, but is open to N winds.
We can anchor S cove, in 13 to 18 m. It is not recommanded to anchor near the shore in 13 m because the bottom is rocky. N winds send a heavy swell throughout the cove.
2013/01/14
Update
Joëlle
Caleta Matamoros, à environ 2,5 MN au S de Punta Totoral, est bien protégée des vents du S, mais est ouverte aux vents du N.
On peut mouiller au S de l'anse, par 13 à 18 m. Il ne faut pas ancrer trop près au rivage par 13 m car le fond est rocheux. Les vents du N génèrent une forte houle dans l'anse.
Bahia Copiapo lies S Punta Vial up to punta Dallas, even more in S. It is bordered to the center by a sandy beach and by rocks at each end. Copiapo was once a shipping ore port, but it is no longer used such as such because of the poor anchorage and landing ...
Isla Carrizal is starboard, entering Puerto Carrizal Bajo, on the tip Escoria. It is almost round and is about 6 m high.The island and the tip Escoria are connected by an isthmus of sand, shingle and mining waste. An islet, fringed by reefs, lies about 0.1 NM W of Escoria tip.
Puerto Carrizal Bajo is near Isla Carrizal. It is well sheltered from prevailing winds by this islet. During N winds a rough sea enters the port. Fogs occur usually only during the winter season. Puerto Carrizal Bajo is a small port for the shipment of iron ore. ...
This cove is about 4 NM S of Punta Cachos.Shoals water extends from the head of Caleta Pajonal shore where two small above water rocks close NW of them. Dangerous submerged rocks lie about 0,8 NM SW of the same point. The sea breaks over these rocks and there is a heavy swell.We ...
Caleta Matamoros, about 2,5 NM S punta Totoral, is well sheltered from S winds, but is open to N winds.
Caleta Matamoros, à environ 2,5 MN au S de Punta Totoral, est bien protégée des vents du S, mais est ouverte aux vents du N.
