from mid-June through October. However, the last serious hurricane to hit Manzanillo was in 1959. Hurricane warnings are issued, however, from a satellite receiving station near Manzanillo, so all transmissions use Manzanillo as a home base. These warnings, pinpointing Manzanillo, can undoubtedly frighten off tourists. In reality, it is simply a way to pinpoint hurricane locations on the map.
For example, a hurricane may be closer to Ixtapa/Zihuatanejo, but since the tracking station is in Manzanillo, all hurricane-related information is tied to Manzanillo. A report on CNN might say: "Hurricane Charles is 300 miles southwest off the coast of Manzanillo," but when the hurricane is actually tracked on the map, it is nearer to Ixtapa. Since Manzanillo is the largest port on the western coast of Mexico, with cargo and cruise ships visiting from more than 30 countries, this information proves helpful to the shipping industry, but scares away tourists that might have chosen Manzanillo as their vacation destination.
Because Manzanillo and its bays are tucked underneath a point of land known as Cabo Corrientes, most hurricanes are directed to the north, closer to Puerto Vallarta, or Cabo San Lucas in Baja California. Unfortunately, it's Manzanillo that get the bad press.
Weather predicting in Manzanillo is usually as reliable as in the U.S. and
