Playa Las Dunas

Ubicado en Isla Magdalena, se le determina este nombre los grandes arenales. Es ideal para acampar, es zona somera donde se realizan diferentes actividades: pescar, nadar, merendar, brinkar en las dunas, y bucear. Cruzando las dunas encontramos el Oceano Pacífico y una playa hermosa, grande y llena de galletas del mar. El oleaje es ideal para ninos mayores.
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Located on Magdalena Island, this beach gets its name from the massive sand dunes on this part of the island. Dune Beach is an ideal place to spend a day camping, fishing, diving, picnicking, dune jumping, and swimming. The shallow and calm bay waters are ideal for small children. A short hike across the dunes takes you to the Pacific Ocean where you will find a wide open sandy beach filled with sand dollars. This beach has small waves that are fun for older children.

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COVID-19

Keep your distance from other people.

Practicing social distancing is essential right now. Follow the advice of the health experts. If your community has asked that you remain indoors and away from others, do so. Heading to the beach should only be considered an option if social distancing practices can be followed. Spending a day in any crowded place is the worst thing we can do for our most vulnerable right now and will counter the efforts to curb the virus’ spread.

For more information, please visit the World Health Organization public resource on COVID-19.

Water Quality

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Current Status
This status is based on the latest sample, taken on February 15th, 2019. Magdalena Baykeeper updates the status of this beach as soon as test results become available. These results were posted to Swim Guide on February 15th, 2019 at 1:29 PM.

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Waterkeepers de las Baja Californias y sus socios monitorean la calidad del agua en las playas de Tijuana, Loreto, Bahía Magdalena, La Paz, Los Cabos, Cabo Pulmo y La Ribera durante todo el año. WKBC y sus socios utilizan un protocolo de muestreo y análisis del agua estandarizado en toda la región (ver http://waterkeepersbaja.org/lo-que-hacemos/), basado en el estándar del gobierno mexicano utilizado para playas recreativas (Comisión Federal para la Protección de Riesgos Sanitarios (COFEPRIS).Se toman y analizan muestras de agua una vez al mes y los resultados se publican en Swim Guide Mexico dentro de las 6 primeras horas de la obtención de resultados.• VERDE: Se marca una playa en color VERDE cuando en los resultados de una muestra se presenta un valor bajo del máximo permisible, 200 NMP (número más probable de colonias de Enterococos por 100 ml de agua). • ROJO: Se marca una playa en color ROJO cuando en los resultados de una muestra se presenta un valor por encima del máximo permisible, 200 NMP. En caso de presentarse un valor por encima del máximo permisible (200 NMP), el programa local de WKBC notifica a las autoridades correspondientes: Comisión Nacional del Agua (CNA) a través de la Comisión Federal para la Protección de Riesgos Sanitarios (COFEPRIS).**Una playa se mantiene marcada en VERDE o ROJO por 72 horas después del resultado y se convierte a color GRIS hasta el siguente monitoreo.**• GRIS: Se marca una playa en color GRIS cuando no hay resultados actualizados o no hay información disponible.ENGLISH:This information is the result of a citizens´ water-quality monitoring program. Any official results can be found here: http://www.semarnat.gob.mx/temas/estadisticas-ambientales/sistema-nacional-de-indicadores-ambientales-snia/programa-de-playasWATERKEEPERS Baja Calfornias and its partners monitor water quality at beaches in this region all year long in the following communities: Tijuana, Loreto, Magdalena Bay, La Paz, Cabo San Lucas, San José del Cabo, Cabo Pulmo, and La Ribera. WKBC utilizes a standardized region-wide protocol (see http://waterkeepersbaja.org/lo-que-hacemos/) for collecting and analyzing water samples, which is based on the Mexican government standard utilized for recreational beaches (see Comisión Federal para la Protección de Riesgos Sanitarios (COFEPRIS)).Water samples are collected once a month and results are posted on Swim Guide Mexico within 6 hours of obtaining results. • GREEN: A beach is marked GREEN when the results are under 200 NMP (Most probably number of Enterococus per 100 ML of water)• RED: A beach is marked RED when the results are above (and including) 200 NMP. If beach contamination is found, WKBC will alert the Mexican authorities: Comisión Nacional del Agua (CNA) y COFEPRIS.**A beach will remain RED or GREEN for 72 hours and will convert to Grey until follow-up sampling occurs.**• GREY: A beach is marked GREY when there are no current results or there is no available information.

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