El Salvador as a Hurricane Hole: Safe Haven or Risky Refuge?

For cruisers seeking hurricane season shelter, El Salvador’s estuary mooring offers peace of mind, affordable rates and a welcoming local community—if you’re willing to brave the bar crossing, summer squalls and relentless heat.

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Jaclyn Jeffrey
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Bill and Jean’s dinghy dock. View of the mooring field. (Photo/ Jaclyn Jeffrey)
Bill and Jean’s dinghy dock. View of the mooring field. (Photo/ Jaclyn Jeffrey)

Each spring, boats along Mexico’s Pacific Coast start making their summer plans. If they aren’t crossing the Pacific, most are deciding whether to head north to the U.S. or Canada, tuck into the Sea of Cortez, or haul out for the season. But in recent years, more cruisers have begun pointing their bows south toward Central America.

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Jaclyn Jeffrey
https://www.harddeparture.com/
Jaclyn Jeffrey didn't grow up sailing but took it up on a whim during the pandemic. She and her husband bought a boat to learn to sail on, then promptly bought a second and decided to go cruising. After living aboard in the chilly Pacific Northwest for two years, she's cruising Mexico with her husband and dog onboard their 1979 Fast Passage 39, Raicilla. When not sailing and surfing, she works as a freelance writer or on the endless boat projects that come with full-time cruising.

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