Bayan kwana 36 a kan hanya, tare da kwana biyu kawai na hutawa, Portolà ya isa gicciyensa na biyu a ranar 24 ga Mayu, 1770. Daga nan sai ya ga cewa a ranar da ta dace da kuma daga wani ra'ayi mai mahimmanci tashar jiragen ruwa ta dauki nauyin da masu binciken da suka gabata suka bayyana. Bayan sun gane bay, an gudanar da Mass a kusa da itacen oak wanda masu wa'azi na Carmelite tare da Vizcaíno suka yi sujada a karkashin 1603, kuma an mallake shi. A ranar 3 ga Yuni, 1770, sun kafa farkon Mission San Carlos Borromeo de Carmelo kuma sun kafa Presidio na Monterey. Tambaya: A wace rana aka kafa Presidio na Monterey?
3 ga Yuni, 1770