Boca Mahos, translated in English “Ugly Bay”, is where the harbor’s waste and animal carcasses from the abattoir were dumped.  

Still visible today is the ramp that was used in the past by trucks to dump their waste into Boca Mahos. 

Sharks would frequent the bay and consume whatever was dumped into the sea. Local fishermen, who sat on the cliffs beside the rough sea, complained about the smell and the presence of sharks in the bay. 

To deter the sharks, fishermen would string a long rope with large bait chunks across the bay’s surface. This is illustrated in an image from the Delnoij collection. 

More pictures of this collection can be seen here: Coleccion Delnoij