Welcome to San Felipe!
San Felipe is a city in Baja California, Mexico on the coast of the Gulf of California. It has become a resort destination for Americans, Canadians, and Mexicans. Its population of 19,000 (2018) swells by up to 5,000 during peak periods like U.S. holidays.
San Felipe is a town on the bay of San Felipe in the Gulf of California (Sea of Cortez) in the Mexican state of Baja California, 190 km south of the United States border. Formerly a delegacíon or borough in the municipality of Mexicali, it became the seat of San Felipe Municipality in 2022. The population of San Felipe was reported as 17,143 inhabitants in the 2020 Mexican Census, and can increase by up to 10,000 due to the presence of mostly retired Canadian and U.S. part and full-time residents, desert racing crowds, and though less than in past decades, spring break revelers.
The Bay of San Felipe is 3 meters above sea level. At low tide, the water can recede as much as 2 km. San Felipe experiences one of the largest tidal bores in the world due in part to the Colorado River delta to the north. The seven-meter tides expose a kilometer of the ocean floor. The port of San Felipe is a small town historically dependent on fishing and now on tourism, catering mostly to U.S. travelers and containing an international airport.