About 120 volunteers and government workers pulled 930 kilograms (roughly 2,050 pounds) of waste from the Cabo San Lucas Marina on March 18 as part of a coordinated cleanup campaign organized by the Los Cabos municipal tourism department.
Ana Gabriela Navarro González, the city’s tourism director, led the effort under the banner “Clean Marina, Image of All.” The campaign targeted one of the peninsula’s busiest waterfront zones, where sport fishing charters, glass-bottom boat tours, and water taxis operate daily just steps from the downtown bar and restaurant strip.
Federal and Local Agencies Joined the Effort
The cleanup drew participation from nearly a dozen agencies and organizations. CONANP (Mexico’s national natural protected areas commission), SEMAR (the Mexican Navy), ZOFEMAT (the federal coastal zone authority), and ASIPONA (the port administration) all sent crews. The Cabo San Lucas municipal delegation, the Pabellón Cultural, and the state tourism secretariat SETUE also took part.
On the private side, marina tenants, local boat captains, the Certified Guides Association, and the environmental group Huellas Verdes joined the work. The marina sits at the southern tip of the Baja California Peninsula, where the Pacific Ocean meets the Sea of Cortez, and handles thousands of vessel movements each month during peak tourist season.
Cleanup Follows February Storm Damage
The campaign comes roughly six weeks after heavy rains in early February sent urban debris flooding through Cabo’s arroyos and onto beaches including El Médano, 8 Cascadas, and the marina itself. That storm caused what officials called “significant damage” to the most popular tourist beaches. ZOFEMAT deployed heavy machinery and bacteria testing crews to restore those areas in February.
The March 18 effort appears to be a separate, planned initiative rather than an emergency response. Still, the amount of waste collected (930 kilograms in a single day) shows how quickly debris accumulates in a port that serves both commercial fishing and tourism traffic.
Los Cabos welcomed roughly 4 million visitors in 2025, and the marina remains the primary embarkation point for whale watching, snorkeling trips to Pelican Rock, and the iconic boat ride past the Arch of Cabo San Lucas. The municipal government has not yet announced a date for the next scheduled cleanup, according to Colectivo Pericú.