UrgentCoastal flood warning through Thursday: tides are running higher than predicted
The National Weather Service (NWS) issued a coastal flood warning until Thursday the 29th at 1 PM. Tides are coming in 1.5 to 1.7 ft higher than the tables say, so the late-morning high tide (Tuesday 9:51, Wednesday 10:29, Thursday 11:13) may reach around 8 feet. If you live on the seafront, stay off patios, the walkway and the seawalls around those times, and never turn your back on the ocean.
The sea took the steps of the beach access between casas 46 and 47, and the walkway next to it is sinking (see the post about the sinkholes). The access is closed and the gate on the beach side is bei...
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Since about 9:40 PM on Tuesday, October 20, many homes have very low water pressure, in some cases too low for the water heater to turn on. It is not a leak inside Baja del Mar. The meters of the hou...
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Update, Tuesday, October 27. The damage at casa 47 has spread to casa 48: the sea is pulling the soil out from under the seawall and the walkway, and there are already gaps under the patio slab. Plea...
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Update, Sunday October 18, 2:20 PM: POWER IS BACK across Baja del Mar, including the third row. CFE fixed both faults, the pole at the entrance and the pole behind casas 141 and 142. Thank you to ever...
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Casas 123 through 157 lost power on Friday, October 2, at about 9 PM. A connector on the CFE pole behind casa 140 overheated and fell to the ground. Neighbors saw it happen. The part that failed belo...
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After weeks of heavy surf that carried rocks onto the terraces and took out cameras, lamps and stairs, the beach at the north end has sand again. Neighbors who walk it every day say it is the first ti...
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The main breaker on the module that feeds casas 31 through 47 has burned out. There is no power along that stretch. The breaker is burned, not tripped. Please do not try to reset it and do not open t...
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Overnight the surf carried rocks up over the sea wall and onto the beachfront terraces, along with sand and debris. The office walked the front this morning and found stones sitting on the tile well b...
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Two palms in the community have grown into the high-voltage lines and need to come down before the Santa Ana winds arrive. This is not precautionary. Contact between a palm and a live line has caused...
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The tide has been running hard along the beachfront. Four security cameras and four lamps were struck by water and burned out, and the stairs at two houses have come down. The stretch between casas 4...
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Association maintenance staff spent Monday on the common-area gardens, trimming the palms and clearing the planted strips along the perimeter. Palms get cut back for two reasons beyond appearance. Th...
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A street lamp has been replaced after the fixture head broke away from its mounting arm. Until it was taken down it hung from the pole by its conductor alone, directly over a walkway. Association mai...
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The damaged wall we reported yesterday collapsed overnight. The tide has been unusually strong and the sea is reaching further in than it has been. Please stay off this section of beach entirely. Th...
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A retaining wall along the beach between casas 35 and 38 has been undermined by recent tides. Material has been lost from the base of the wall and there is an open void beneath it, with debris exposed...
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Two more sections of the north perimeter fence have been restored, continuing the work reported in May. The posts along that wall had been losing their footing to rust, which left the north side easi...
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The walkway light between casas 30 and 31 had burnt out and has been replaced with an LED head on the existing post. The work was done by association maintenance staff. The fixture that came down had...
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Update, October 22: the access by casa 45 (between casas 46 and 47) is also closed. Open accesses: casa 60 on the north side, casas 15 and 16 on the south side. For safety reasons, the beach access l...
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Two of the community's storm drain covers needed replacing. The first was completed on June 24 at a cost of $4,000 MXN. The new grate is in place. The second, at casa 24, was finished on September 2...
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A water line burst on May 28. Maintenance staff opened the pavement, replaced the damaged section of pipe, and completed the repair. This was separate from the water main break on Calle Federico. It ...
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The north perimeter fence has been losing its posts to rust. Several no longer hold the mesh, which left that side of the development easier to cross than it should be. Maintenance is replacing them ...
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NOTICE OF ASSEMBLY In accordance to Section III, article 1, of the Bylaws of the Association, we are notifying the associates to a general ...
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Neighbors — The HOA Board (Mesa Directiva) is proud to announce the launch of our new Baja Del Mar community website. This is now the official source for board updates, HOA dues lookup, meeting minut...
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