Paita

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Paita, Peru (Port of entry)

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GPS: 05°04.7′S, 81°07.0′W
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A well-protected but filthy harbour full of hundreds of mostly wooden fishing vessels, many sitting in their oil slicks. The smells from the fish loading and processing plants is overpowering. There is a known extremely high crime rate here. Clear all items from deck, including life raft, life buoys, boathooks, sail sheets, anchors not in use. Hoist dinghy and secure with lock and chain. If possible, maintain a 24-hour deck watch. Strongly recommend not stopping here, but continuing on to Callao, if southbound or into Ecuador if heading north.

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Local Weather

Daytime temperatures from high 20s to low 30s, and overnight from high teens to low 20s year round. Precipitation about 200mm per year, mostly in January to early April.

Approach and Navigation

Open and easy approach.

Check-in facilities

Report to Autoridad Portuaria Nacional. You will need an agent. DO NOT USE Liliana Huancayo nor her company, Port Logistics. She charged US$983 for an incomplete clearance, the entire cost of which should have been S/598, about US$215. We had our dinghy and motor stolen while we were clearing in, and Sequitur's decks were stripped of all safety and deck equipment. The water taxi Liliana then organized for us wanted to charge US$240 for shuttling us the quarter mile to and from our boat eight times.

Marinas & Yacht Clubs

  • None

Anchorages

Well-protected but smelly anchorage next to several hundreds of fishing boats and a fish processing plant. Very foul bottom, covered with discarded lines, nets and other jetsom.

Yacht Repairs and Services

Marine Stores

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Fuel, Water, & Electricity

  • Fuel - Fuel Barges in Anchorage. We got clean diesel from Chata Tamy
  • Water - Not known
  • Electricity - None conveniently available

Tourism and Things to do Ashore

Tourism

No places of touristic interest that we could find. It is strongly recommended by us and several other cruisers to whom we have spoken that you do not stop in Paita, unless in an emergency, and even then, look for other alternatives.

Laundry

Grocery & Supply Stores

Great fresh produce market in southeast quadrant of the city.

Eateries

A poor selection of cheap diners is all we could find.

Internet/WiFi

We could not find wifi anywhere, and nobody had heard of an Internet cafe. Internet shops are full of kids, and it was difficult to convince the owner to let us connect our laptops.

Motorbike & Car Rentals

Garbage Disposal

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Transportation

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Last Visited & Details Checked (and updated here)

27 to 30 May 2010.

Personal Notes

  • Another boat we later met in La Punta reported having had their dinghy and motor stolen as they anchored overnight near Paita while in transit from Ecuador to Callao, Peru. Another boat reported having an engine failure and being towed into Paita by the Guardia Costera, then later being fined for not reporting to the Guardia Costers their arrival in Paita.


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