Day 7 in NICA

8/7/11

The surf out front at Playa Colorado was pumping. Sets were over head, winds offhore (again), and barreling. I saw more barrels in one session than I had ever seen before. There was one guy from Miami that was getting long barrels on the rights every wave. I didn't see him not make out of the barrel. My ribs were still hurting and it was a little intimidating to drop into the sets. I took a few medium size waves and and when I jumped off the wave at the end, the white water tossed me around, shooting pain into my ribs.

In the afternoon we walked back to Gigante to get Lobster lunch at Lenny's parent's restaurant. It is definitely was better to walk than get a taxi. The restaurant was on the top of the cliff and called Buena Vista. It cast 220 cordoba ($10) for a plate of 4 lobster tails, rice, beans, salad, and fried plantains. It was one of the best meals I have ever had.

We thanked Lenny and his parents and walked back to playa colorado and got ready for surf session #2. My ribs were starting to feel better. We walked up the beach to Panga Drops and surfed head high waves. Panga Drops is rock reef break that breaks farther out. It usually has more size than colorado, but the shoulder much more mellow. It is more of a long board cruising wave. I didn't really want to paddle that much and the waves didn't break in the same spot each time. I have heard that is getts really fun there with the right swell and tide. I got two waves and walked up to surf Playa Colorado until dark.

At night we went back to Don Elroy's for pizza and Tonas. Matt had not done the long walk because we got rides last time. We saw three tarantulas on the walk there and back.