Overnight Charters

The private overnight charter aboard Pacifica, a 96’ triple-deck, adventure-style cruising yacht, is best organized for a private couple up to a maximum of nine guests. It is the perfect adventure vacation. We are not a cruise ship, we are focused on private nautical activities. Guests are serviced by a crew of four, or more, depending on the activities intended. Guests explore deserted islands, visit remote beaches, bays, and coves. Enjoy fantastic snorkel and scuba locations, swim with sea lions and tropical fish. Snorkel with whale sharks (October through April), or Giant Mantas (July through mid-November), splash with Mobula jumping Rays, enjoy world-class deep-sea fishing. (Scuba activities are available for open-water certified guests, at an extra cost, as is our Sports Fisher with tuna tower, outriggers, fighting chair, etc.)

Discover a quiet peaceful cove on a stand-up paddle board, move amongst mangroves in a kayak, scuba the most remarkable reef imaginable, head out on our tender to see all kinds of sea life and visit a remarkable island bird sanctuary. Your hostess is a marine biologist. Your chef provides great food, all kinds of beverages, AND an open bar. There are wonderful areas to lay-out, relax, read a book, and enjoy a drink, surrounded by stunning views.

There are hundreds of beaches and bays scattered amongst the myriad islands of the Gulf of California, widely known as the Sea of Cortez. Snorkel or scuba the incredible Cabo Pulmo Reef. This is the Number One restored reef in the Western Hemisphere! Visit the outer bay and seven beaches of the fabulous Balandra. Anchor at Ensenada Grande on Holy Spirit Island (Isla Espiritu Santo). These are the finest beaches in Mexico. Quiet and secluded, they are breathtakingly beautiful.

Fish for your dinner of tuna, dorado, yellowtail, bass, grouper, and wahoo. Your chef will prepare ceviche and fish anyway you like. If you are not a fish-eater, we have steak, and chicken, and a host of marvelous vegetable and fruit dishes, along with baked goods. (We’re also vegan and gluten-free experienced.)

Cruise and explore the incredible inside Sea of Cortez. We have the perfect yacht and crew for you. Spend nights at anchor in deserted coves under star-studded skies. Shine lights in the water to bring up the swirling schools of Mobula rays. They are not dangerous; you can literally swim amongst them. Stroll a deserted white sand beach. Swim with a friendly sea lion colony, chase tropical fish around corals, and enjoy the peace and beauty of it all.

Does this sound familiar?

You would really like to go out for a few days on a private, all-inclusive, yachting vacation, and explore deserted islands, beaches, bays, and coves. Someplace really amazing like the inside Sea of Cortez, one of the last great cruising grounds, and the 2nd most biologically diverse marine environment on the planet. The trouble is your significant other wants to go deep-sea fishing, and maybe scuba an incredible reef, and dive a ship wreck. You’d rather snorkel with whale sharks, swim with friendly sea lions, walk remote and deserted, white sand beaches, and lay-out and relax in private, on a real ocean-going yacht.

Both of you would like drinks served as you cruise remote islands and watch the incredible views glide by. Perhaps one or the both of you, would like to take time and try your hand at stand-up paddle boarding in a quiet cove where no one sees you fall, or use kayaks to explore some mangroves, corals, and play with colorful tropical fish. So, we’ve got GREAT NEWS! All of these options and more, are included with Baja Charters multi-day private charters of the southern islands in the Sea of Cortez. Along with our 96’s, triple-deck, cruising yacht, Pacifica, comes everything you need to make your dreams come true.

We have it all and we do it all!

Fish Mammal Life

The Sea of Cortez, is a breeding ground for sea lions marine turtles, and whales. Nine whale species ply the stunning crystal blue waters that are also home to 22 dolphin, and 5 turtle species. This incredibly beautiful oceanic sea is home to 30% of the world’s marine mammals, and 39% of the world’s fish species. Some 4,848 species of macro-invertebrates and 626 forms of marco algae are also found here. Come for the adventure. Come for the education. Come to get wet and have a great time. Come on an expedition with Baja Pacifica.

Sea of Cortez

The Sea of Cortez, includes over 900 islands, providing nesting and stop-over habitat for hundreds of resident and migratory birds. Virtually all the islands in the region are uninhabited. The beaches on these deserted islands are some of the best in the world. This sub-set of the Pacific Ocean is widely considered one of the most biologically diverse marine areas on earth. Come experience this very beautiful and special place with ​Baja Pacifica.

World’s Aquarium

The Sea of Cortez, also known as the Gulf of California, was dubbed the World’s Aquarium, by the famed oceanographer Jacques Cousteau. Snorkeling and scuba diving in these abundant waters are second to none. From underwater caves, to the dark blue of deep water trenches, to the white sand beaches bathed in clear, turquoise water, this region is a divers paradise. Come see remote beaches, and play in the sand and water with Baja Pacifica.