Discussions about what that burden is, is academic to me and I have NEVER gone in the surf in Principal, Madera or La Ropa for over the 8 yeas of my visiting Zhia. Los Gatos is cleaner.....

Not according to the last reports I recall seeing, which surprised a lot of folks and contradicted widely-held beliefs. Las Gatas came in on par with La Madera, and the pollution figures at both were significantly higher than the two spots at La Ropa where readings were taken.
Of course some argue that none of the readings are credible anyway, for all sorts of nefarious reasons.

Similar to Puerto Vallarta 40 years ago where the sewer flooding into streets made a smell so bad it was impossible not to gag. They have corrected that problem for the most part and Zhia needs to do the same. It is not rocket science that the bay is polluted and the e. coli burden and possibly hepatitis contamination is HIGH and I for one one do NOT need an analysis to determine degree of the burden. IT IS TOO MUCH whatever the burden level is! Especially in the wet season!

Discussions about what that burden is, is academic to me and I have NEVER gone in the surf in Principal, Madera or La Ropa for over the 8 yeas of my visiting Zhia. Los Gatos is cleaner, but the whole bay is polluted to some degree. No shellfish should be gathered in the bay, and I believe oysters are harvested from the sea- not the bay. Or at least they should NOT be harvested from the bay. If you like hepatitis, then eat oysters from the bay as there is a potential for contracting that specific disease by eating shellfish from contaminated waters.

Now all the nay sayers jump in and dispute me. The facts are the facts and you can argue about the percentage of contamination, whether it is advisable to swim in these areas or not. It is irrelevant to me- I do NOT swim where I know the pollution is concentrated.

Make your decision where you will swim and I will do likewise. To each their own and more power to ya. Swim where you like. Go to La Ropa and look around. Perhaps you will observe what I have seen and be better able to make a value judgement based on your observations there and elsewhere.

When Walmart came to Canada some tried to compete and failed, some chose to offer what Walmart could not supply and that was service, service service, good products at a fair price. The AI's have all the free food, same old, day in and day out, watered down drinks etc etc

Come on Ixtapa and zihua retailers and restaurants show the tourists how Mexico really is. After all a tourist is looking for an experience and a good one that they can share with friends and family.

Thanks for jumping in with the pile and branding me with your judgements from a previous year Lady M! Very welcoming of you! I believe it was a post of Robs from many months ago that i recall mentioning Z being one of the most polluted beaches in Mexico. I may have misread it. Sorry.
I repeat - I love the area and the many friendships I have formed there since i have been coming for 10 years now. Many of the families i know have been there for generations and they have told me that they no longer go in the bay and that it's very polluted, so my sources aren't entirely without merit...ok cue the hounds , jump !

Sorry, Sea Swirl Girl. I tell it like I see it. And my 40+ years coming here have no merit on whether someone is telling the truth or not.

Thanks Paul ...i would love to believe you but frankly It's very confusing ! People say it's clean however at other times say it's one of the most polluted areas of Mexico! I don't see how those can both be true ? The water in the bay looks very murky and brown . The waste ,sewage and runoff flow into it . Who knows what dumping goes on by boats and cruise ships etc. I am having a hard time believing the clean part !

You were very negative when you posted here a lot last year. If you don't want to come here, no one will think bad of you. Just do not say you do not believe people who are here and know what they are talking about. AND in my opinion it has never been one of the most polluted areas of Mexico. Political BS should not be added into this equation and I believe that is what was happening when there were terrible readings. Or they did not know what they were doing in the first place. Opinions and all that stuff.

Then find a way to get it to U.S. Almost any County Health Dept can have it analyzed and give you a report, then you will know for sure.

I guess that most of the foreign tourism goes to Cabo, Puerto Vallarta
and Cancun. Cabo San Lucas (aka Cabo) is interesting because if I go there, I would
be a minority, being Mexicano. But if I just go to San Jose del Cabo, it
is a small nice Mexican town.

"But we don't just have a 4-month tourist season. That 4 months you refer to that is simply one of our tourist seasons. We also have a 2-month summer tourist season, and pretty much year round weekend tourism. Most of our business actually has little to nothing to do with foreign tourist season. More money is typically spent here in the 4 weeks comprising Xmas/NY and Semana Santa/Semana de Pascua than during the 4 months foreign tourists are here."

Really? Is it true that more money is spent by National tourists during the Xmas/NY and Samana Santa holidays than any other time of the year? I'm not doubting you. Just wondering if it is really true. From what I've seen in my years here, the busloads of tourists don't spend much dinero when they're here. If so, who is spending all of that money, and where, during the 4 holiday weeks you are referring to. Am I totally missing another class of National tourist that is not visible to me here in Zihua during the holidays?

I've reviewed the data a number of times over the past 15 years or so, though at the moment I don't really feel like downloading and poring through Sectur's most recent stats (you're certainly welcome to do so in the DataTur section of their website). The sheer number of national tourists overwhelms the numbers of foreigners. Last year 5,427,351 Mexicans visited Guerrero, while during the same period only 207,710 foreigners did, so for foreigners to spend more than Mexicans each foreigner would have to spend each day about the same amount as 26 Mexicans. It just ain't happening.

Really? Is it true that more money is spent by National tourists during the Xmas/NY and Samana Santa holidays than any other time of the year? I'm not doubting you. Just wondering if it is really true. From what I've seen in my years here, the busloads of tourists don't spend much dinero when they're here. If so, who is spending all of that money, and where, during the 4 holiday weeks you are referring to. Am I totally missing another class of National tourist that is not visible to me here in Zihua during the holidays?