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La Bufadora is a natural blowhole on the Punta Banda Peninsula in Baja California, Mexico, about twenty-seven kilometers south of Ensenada. On the rocky coast of Cape Punta Banda, wave action drives air into a sea cave and then releases compressed air and seawater in a plume that can rise about thirty meters above sea level, accompanied by a loud booming sound. Often counted among the world’s largest blowholes, it follows the rhythm of the ocean swell, with measured intervals of roughly thirteen to seventeen seconds between eruptions from two thousand five to two thousand eleven. Local legend and its importance as a major tourist destination add to its renown.
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Baja California · Mexico
