Tribuga Gulf

The Gulf of Tribugá indents Colombia's rainy Chocó coast between Cape Corrientes and Punta San Francisco Solano. The Baudó mountains rise behind the gulf, and smaller inlets include Utría, Coquí and Arusí. Humpback whales from the Southern Hemisphere visit these warm Pacific waters to breed; calves are often seen with their mothers in the gulf. Mangroves occupy sheltered estuaries along the rugged coast.