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Trailer Boating to Ensenada

By Boating Staff

Updated: December 19, 2013

Trailer Boating to Ensenada

Ensenada’s Hotel Coral is just steps away from the resort’s marina facilities, which include the only fuel dock on the Pacific side of Baja California.

Trailer Boating to Ensenada

The Hotel Coral Marina features a well-maintained concrete launch ramp, but it’s a bit steep, so it’s best avoid use at low tide.

Trailer Boating to Ensenada

We found the prices of gasoline and diesel fuel well within reason at the marina’s Pemex fuel dock.

Trailer Boating to Ensenada

Our 22-footer seemed dwarfed by the bigger boats in the marina, which can accommodate yachts up to 110 feet in length.

Trailer Boating to Ensenada

The Hotel Coral Marina offers a wide range of services, including Mexican customs clearance for boaters arriving by water.

Trailer Boating to Ensenada

Even the fish-cleaning station at the marina was top-of-the-line.

Trailer Boating to Ensenada

The Hotel Coral Marina was constructed 18 years ago with a design that offers protection from the prevailing winds and swell. Surge in the harbor was minimal.

Trailer Boating to Ensenada

We saw a number of trailer boaters using the marina launch ramp. You don’t have to be a guest of the hotel or marina to use the ramp.

Trailer Boating to Ensenada

We found bottom fishing for species such as this vermillion rockfish to be outstanding in the area’s coastal waters.

Trailer Boating to Ensenada

One of our favorite dishes at the hotel’s Cava & Bistro restaurant was the molcajete.

Trailer Boating to Ensenada

Smoked squid in a crème sauce was one of the most unique and delicious courses we enjoyed at Malva Cocina de Baja California, an open-air café overlooking the picturesque Guadalupe Valley.