Zihuatanejo-Ixtapa Message Board - El CalorZIHto Que Viene

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:thermometer: 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.

:skullandcrossbones: 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.

:airplane: 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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Just checked for Alaska flights from San Diego to Zihua...maybe they have not posted them yet. All I am seeing are flights from SAN to either SJC or SFO and to LAX and then to ZIH. :-( And the circuitous routing is expensive too! If anyone sees direct Alaska flights from SAN to ZIH please give a shout out!

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It is once a week on Saturday. I think it starts in mid December. On Saturday there will be flights to SAN, LAX, SFO and ORD.

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Smoking? Please provide more details on this ruling change. I can not imagine that smoking in restaurants will take place. No other public places is smoking allowed. Hope someone has an accurate interpretation of this ruling or exemption?

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https://mexiconewsdaily.com/health/suspension-granted-against-anti-smoking-law/?fbclid=IwAR3iGdlAL81IcsYS_roRT6V0wWWVFjeYSrDDNlULudcEJgekY60DbePpUYg

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.

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That makes me feel better. I can see their point and sounds like a good compromise was reached. I do not smoke and loathe the smell. For those that do smoke, they should be able to have a meal in their favorite place. Just keep it down wind from the rest of us, thank you very much.

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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!

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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.

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