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I'm curious about La Canícula... is it the same dates every year based on historical tradition, or is it something measurable that signals the start (like El Nino and water temps)? Is it specific to Zihua, or is it a thing all up and down the coast?

I've heard people talk about different times of the summer having better/worse conditions for various activities (diving, fishing, etc) and trying to piece it all together into better knowledge about how things work here. Thanks!

There's been previous helpful discussion about this here on the Message Board in case you want to do a search (top right-hand corner).

Basically La Canícula is a period during our summer in some regions of Mexico where the temperatures rise, the days are mostly cloudless, and there is little if any rain. It can be dangerous, especially for folks not acclimated to our region. While El Niño is definitely affecting us this year, La Canícula is a yearly event that unfortunately coincides with our summer vacation period.

You can go back and read older messages from other years for this time of year, and you'll see it isn't a fixed date, but it always occurs without fail. Drives some folks crazy. Most folks from other places go back to those other places at this time of year.

I've heard people talk about different times of the summer having better/worse conditions for various activities (diving, fishing, etc) and trying to piece it all together into better knowledge about how things work here. Thanks!

Essentially members of the restaurant association who had smoking and non-smoking sections can serve food in both sections. According to the article restaurants could only serve food in non-smoking sections.

I make no claim to the accuracy of the article.

Further I make no suggestion this applies to smoking in bars including patios.

For about the next 40 days we'll be experiencing a weather event known locally as La Canícula. Expect sunny days with extreme heat (as if it weren't hot enough already) and less rain until around the end of August. Onda tropical #14 is currently passing and should kick up some storms, but there ain't no reason with the hurricane season.

Smokers rejoice! You can once again smoke in restaurants thanks to an amparo won by CANIRAC.

For those of us who live and work here, the summer vacation season is slowly breathing back some life into the community as visitors from the inland cities stimulate our local economy. The beginning of flights from cities like Monterrey, León and Querétaro will hopefully bring more middle class visitors with some money to spend.

Speaking of flights, I read that Alaska Airlines posted some new flights to Zihuatanejo-Ixtapa from Chicago and San Diego for this coming fall and winter season.

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Aves fragatas y pelícanos acompañan a unos pescadores trabajando en la bahía de Zihuatanejo.