Los Barriles, Baja California Sur
Los Barriles is a town in La Paz Municipality, Baja California Sur, Mexico. It is situated along Highway 1, north of San José del Cabo and south of La Paz. Punta Pescadero Airstrip is to the north; Rancho Leonero, a vacation resort, is to the south. Adjacent to Buenavista, the rural towns straddle the head of Bahía las Palmas on the Gulf of California, where winter westerlies average. Los Barriles is within the transition area of the Baja California peninsula's Sierra de la Laguna where the hills become sandy flats.
mutation, the Devil Star, found in the Gulf of California between Los Barriles and La Paz.
Known for its flyfishing, Los Barriles is also Baja's kitesurfing and windsurfing capital. The town's port was closed on 2 September during the 2013 Pacific hurricane season's Tropical Storm Lorena. In 2006, the Shakespeare Theatre Association's annual conference was held in Los Barriles.
