epicwaves

I had good intentions of going out in the service this morning, but they didn’t happen mostly due to the fact that I couldn’t find a meeting shirt that didn’t stink. The heat is killer here… I can only seem to manage one wear out of a shirt and it is destroyed. Ashley holds the record at three wears out of a single shirt… no way for me, for one thing I couldn’t stand to sit beside myself.

… Pueto Escondido just isn’t happening at the minute …

So with some brain storming amongest the brothers from hawaii we decided to try and find some surf down Puerto Angel way. Since the surf at Pueto Escondido just isn’t happening at the minute. So we packed light and travelled south for about 1.5 hours. Forrest knew of an American sister who owns a hotel in Puerto Angel “La Buena Vista” so he phoned ahead and arranged for us to stay there the night (saturday). On arrival we went straight to the accomodation and dropped off our stuff.

The next mission was to find to find some surf. So we drove on southward according to some surf maps printed off the internet. They turned out to be pretty much useless, so instead we drove on in search of surf following our noses. All was good because we got to see alot of the real Mexico that we otherwise wouldn’t have seen. We got to the spot (eventually) that we wanted to surf. It was supposed to be a river mouth break with lefts and rights having the reputation of being the best barrel south side of Puerto Escondido. Anyway it wasn’t working… the river mouth was all blocked up with sand and the waves were just closing out right on shore.

… an El Grande shark fin surfaced right in front …

We turned around reluctately to drive an hour back to Puerto Angel to surf a beachie with a super heavy wave. I got cleaned up by a mega set on the second paddle out and so I was totally zapped of energy and feeling like never wanting to surf a heavy beach break again… give me a point break any day. Forrest and Ashley stayed out a bit longer. However it wasn’t much time till Forrest came in hurriedly saying that he had just seen an El Grande shark fin surface right in front of him while he was paddling out again… scary stuff although I have to admit the water did look a little sharky that day.

“La Buena Vista” is so nice with superb views over looking the port of Puerto Angel. The rooms are nestled back in the green foliage of the surrounding hillside with ample space to spare inside, the bath rooms are pure luxury compared to the standard thus far. All this for half the going rate!! good going I say… it really is to bad that we don’t have more time to spend here. This truly is one of the highlights of the trip so far and it would be an unreal spot for a holiday. Apparently the sister who owns it lives in Santa Barbara and only comes down during the cooler winter months.