If your decks are dry in the morning, cock your head northward and start looking for some wind. Wet decks mean just another typical day in the sea. (This from David of Puerto Escondido.)

“Remember: a careful tourist is a diarrhea-free tourist.” This tasty snack of advice from the 2003 edition of Let’s Go Mexico.

1. “Don’t swim at night because that’s when the sharks come out.”
2. “When the horizon looks like a herd of stampeding buffalo, get ready to reduce sail.”