How can you resist going to a place called Bufadora, the second largest blow hole in the world? It didn’t take much for us to nudge the Jeep a little further west. We were around 1 hour south of Ensenada and already stopping at another road side attraction! To all those blow hole enthusiasts out there; Bufadora should not be missed.

There are only 3 reported blow holes in the world. The other 2 are in Hawaii and Australia. Bufadora is the second largest. A blow hole is a marine geyser phenomena which occurs when ocean waves are forced into a partially submerged sea cavern where air and water pressures build up and are forced upwards into an opening on the surface.  A lot of water comes shooting up especially at high tide.  Please notice in the picture the viewing wall and path around Bufadora, if you are standing there you will get very wet, wet all the way as they say.

The thing you don’t see in the picture are the 300 vendors who have set up shop along the pedestrian hike to the viewing site. Not quite knowing where I was I asked one vendor “Where is this blow hole?” he laughed and said “It 45 seconds or 45 minutes depending on you”. That was an accurate estimate. This place was a party waiting to happen. There were not exactly established restaurants or bars, just a mass of people giving away free samples. It was like a Mexican Bourbon Street in the French Quarter with twice as many souvenirs. The visitors were tourist to the hilt and we saw small busses arrive with bachelorette parties, college get-away and lots of tours with folks from all over the world.  The site and experience is quite spectacular.

Our slight mistake was thinking we could get a hotel in the area. The hospitality of the Bufadorinos does not extend to overnight accommodations. So if you are in the area, go back to Ensenada or like us you can proceed to a fantastic Sci-fi hotel down the road a bit.