The environmental impact may be devastating as well. According to a report by Surfline, the project will destroy the wave at Punta Conejo and many other surfable breaks in the Salina Cruz area. The real danger now is that the governor of Oaxaca has signed onto a deal to expand the region’s port area and connect Mexico’s Pacific and Caribbean coasts here, the narrowest isthmus in Mexico. The town itself is fairly industrial, but you’re not far from tropical beaches, and the buzz around Punta Conejo has been seen a proliferation of new surf schools in the area. Due east of La Barra is Salina Cruz, where Punta Conejo offers another consistent right-hander. In the state of Oaxaca, the south-facing surf spot of Barra de la Cruz and Salina Cruz are some of the best surfing in the entire country - offering up hollow right-handers coveted by the continent’s best surfers. If you’re feeling extra adventurous, the surf breaks continue on up the coast to spots like El Rincón and Punta Arenas. The advantage of a lousy night’s sleep in the tent is that you can be in the water by 6:00 AM and get in a glorious hour before most other surfers, and two hours before any wind picks up. Keep it simple and have quesadillas for dinner, washed down with some cold beer. Set up a tent and a campfire on the beach. You could also bring your camping gear by plane and rent a car upon arrival. During those months, though, the mostly right-handers at spots like Shipwreck and Nine Palms are glorious - so much so that hardcore surfer families will pilgrimage south of the border in RVs and camper vans and park themselves on the beach here for weeks at a time. The eastern side only works on a south swell, from May through August. If you like a wave with a bit more oomph, but you still want to explore this still low-key and incredibly affordable part of Mexico, head due north to El Rancho, an amazing left-hander that gets a lot more size than the wave right in at Punta Saladita or hire a boat to take you to Palo Alto, where you’ll find some zippy lefts.įrom either Cabo San Lucas or San Jose del Cabo - or directly from the airport servicing both cities, which lie at the bottom of the Baja California peninsula - you can drive toward the western or eastern side of said peninsula. This year saw the third annual Mexi Log Fest, a very festive longboard competition, and Lourdes is now a much hipper looking bar with new owners. The wave is a longboarder’s dream, and the secret has gotten out. That’s Malibu spelled backward, as it’s a long, luscious break that you can ride for over a minute - but this one is a left-hander. It also serves passable food and cold beer, the real draw being the dive bar’s incredible location right in front of the wave known as Ubilam. Lourdes was the first place to rent out rooms. Before that the only surfers were locals who would come up from “Zihua” and access the beach with machetes. There’s little development here, save a few of the houses that foreigners (mostly Americans) started building here about twenty years ago. The nearest town is Troncones but you can find Punta Saladita if you type in Lourdes Bar & Grill into Google Maps. Located north of Zihuatanejo in the southern state of Guerrero, Saladita is hard to find on a map. Saladita is often confused with Sayulita, as it’s flown below the radar for many years - but that’s rapidly changing.
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