Checking the swells for Playa Colorado and Manzanillo
Outer reef with a nice right lined up. The front wave is at least 8 foot.
Today was a good day for surfing. John Haan and I slept in due to low tide in the morning. We ate breakfast and then set up our boat trip to Manzanillo. The waves have been overhead and the paddle out to the boat from Playa Colorado was difficult. I managed to squeeze through a channel and made it to the boat quickly. John Haan got stuck to the north of me and took a few waves on the head before he made it out. Our boat driver, Milton, was a good guy and spoke zero english. The boat ride out to Manzanillo was bumpy but the winds were good when we got to the spot. There were two other fishing/surf boats and one sailboat already there. The crowd in the water was not bad (12 guys) and the waves were really good. The sets were a few feet overhead and there was more push than last time I rode the break with Larry and Matt. I duck dove a set and got thrown to the bottom,; my feet hit the rocks probably 8-10 feet down. There was some serious power in some of the sets today. At the end of the 3 hour session, I got cleaned up by a few huge set waves. I was way out the back of the lineup and still got caught inside. The first wave pushed me back 50 meters in and towards the rocks, the second wave pushed me another 30 meters in and the third wave pushed me out into the harbor. I paddled back out and was sitting far out and had the exact same thing happen again before I could get a wave. It was time to call it a day. I ended up with one barrel and a few really long rides with some good turns. When the boat dropped us off at Playa Colorado the waves were huge lefts breaking double overhead. I took one of the smaller waves in and then sat by the pool with John Haan watching guys pulling into big left barrels.
A big thunder and lightening storm blew through and lasted 30 minutes. We watched the show from the balcony and got some video footage of the lightening.
For dinner, we walked to Gigante to get lobster dinner at Buena Vista. We had to time the tides and daylight to get there. By the time we got to Buena Vista the sky was dark, except for a few lightening strikes off in the distance. There was also no more lobster left. We settled for filet red snapper. Not as good as the lobster, but still very good. Lenny walked with us to the Hostel because he said there was another party and we were going to try to get a ride back from someone there. There was no party and no ride. The ONE taxi in Gigante did not show up and we ended up walking home over the rocks and on the beach. Lenny was creeping out John Haan. He kept asking John for a dollar and then $10 later before we separated at the rocks on the north side of Gigante bay. The hostel is an interesting place; at $10 a night it is a cheep place to stay, but the drugs associated in and around it is not fun. We made it back to the condo in one piece and without incident.
A big thunder and lightening storm blew through and lasted 30 minutes. We watched the show from the balcony and got some video footage of the lightening.
For dinner, we walked to Gigante to get lobster dinner at Buena Vista. We had to time the tides and daylight to get there. By the time we got to Buena Vista the sky was dark, except for a few lightening strikes off in the distance. There was also no more lobster left. We settled for filet red snapper. Not as good as the lobster, but still very good. Lenny walked with us to the Hostel because he said there was another party and we were going to try to get a ride back from someone there. There was no party and no ride. The ONE taxi in Gigante did not show up and we ended up walking home over the rocks and on the beach. Lenny was creeping out John Haan. He kept asking John for a dollar and then $10 later before we separated at the rocks on the north side of Gigante bay. The hostel is an interesting place; at $10 a night it is a cheep place to stay, but the drugs associated in and around it is not fun. We made it back to the condo in one piece and without incident.
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