{"town":"La Paz","timezone":"America/Mazatlan","place":{"category":"beaches","name":"Aguas Termales — El Sargento Hot Springs","desc":"A little-known local secret: geothermal heat warms the sand here, and as the shallow Sea of Cortez washes over it, natural hot pools form along the shoreline — your own warm tub on the edge of the sea. Timing is everything: come on a FALLING tide, roughly midway between high and low. At high tide the hot spots are underwater; at dead-low the pools can run dry or turn scalding. Wear water shoes — the sand and water genuinely burn in spots (test with a toe first). No digging needed; look for the stone-rimmed pools straight down from the parking area and a little to the right, then explore for fr","subcategory":"Natural hot springs","id":"beaches--aguas-termales-el-sargento-hot-springs--1lwtb89","provenance":{"kind":"published","source_url":null,"updated_at":null},"tags":["hot springs","tide-dependent","off the beaten path","snorkel","local secret"],"url":"https://www.lapazapp.com/places/beaches--aguas-termales-el-sargento-hot-springs--1lwtb89"},"freshness":{"status":"live","fetched_at":"2026-10-12T10:29:52.755Z","snapshot_built_at":"2026-10-12T07:37:25.995Z","upstream_truncated":false,"note":"Live public records are combined with the app’s published listings. Fetch time is not a verification date."}}