Easy Guide to Mexico Nets for
Baja California & Mainland Mexico
The entire country of Mexico observes daylight-saving time, which means you will be in the same time zone (Pacific) as San Diego until you reach Bahia Tortuga. From there until you reach a line between La Cruz and Puerto Vallarta, you will be the same as the Mountain Time Zone, and from there south to Z-town you will be in the Central Time Zone.
Below are listed the current times of the nets, given in UTC (ZULU) time. It’s up to you to figure out what time zone you’re in to get local time. Note also, that use of cruiser nets has changed substantially due to wide proliferation of HF email.
Please Note: Some times and frequencies may have changed. Also, there may be additional nets for which we have no info here. Please advise us of corrections by email to patsy@baja-haha.com.
| Time/UTC |
Freq/kHz |
Net Name & Comments |
Ham/SSB |
| 1430Z Daily |
3.968 |
Sonrisa Net |
Ham |
1530Z Daily ST
1530Z Daily DT |
7192 LSB |
Chubasco Net
Monitors for emergency traffic. |
Ham |
| 1600Z Daily |
7233.5 LSB |
Baja California Maritime Service Net
Forecasts San Diego to Puerto Vallarta, including Sea of Cortez. Weekdays. |
Ham |
| 0200Z Daily |
8.122 |
Southbound Evening Net |
SSB |
| 0200Z Daily |
6516 |
Bluewater Net |
SSB |
| 0230Z Daily |
4051 - 4060 |
North Sea of Cortez Net |
SSB |
| 0430Z Daily |
4030 - 4024 |
Papagayo Net |
SSB |
| 1400Z Daily |
6227 / 6224 |
Amigo Net |
SSB |
| 1600Z Daily |
8104 |
Westbound Net |
SSB |
| 1430-1500Z Daily |
4A, 6A, 8A, 12A, 16A |
CanMex
Helps boats down the Coast and to HI. Changes Freq every 5 minutes to extend range. Nov 1-Apr 15. |
SSB |
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