Santa Cruiz
Summer 2008
Santa Cruz is about the most beautiful place to surf in Mexico.
When it gets big enough to break on the far outside it starts
at a rock that kinda resembles Witch's rock. The break is
inside a bay and all around are georgious cliffs covered with
vegitation. The only bummer about this place is that all the
tropical plants seem to be the perfect habitat for millions
of insects, all which seem to bite. Don't let that bring your
spirits down though, the surf makes up for everything. It
is difficult to get this place at its best considering that
it is inside a larg bay so the swell misses it alot unless
it is coming from the right direction. Over the years we have
hoped to catch this paradise good, but it just never met the
expectations of how my dad explains it when he was a kid.
Finally this recent year we got lucky and caught it almost
at it's peak, consistant 10 - 12 ft. on the sets. It is the
most friendly barrel I have ever surfed, but it still brought
on a very good challenge. I got the best barrel of my life
so far this recent year there. I pulled into the biggest set
of the day totaly commited and it barreled over me for a couple
seconds until I made the wrong decision and went too high
up the face to build speed and it pitched me over the falls!
My dad saw the whole thing and he said that a normal sized
car could have fit in this barrel! After I came up he was
laghing hystaricaly cause he said it looked so funny when
I landed way out in the flats(ouch!) It didn't feel so funny
but I laughed along trying to picture how ridiculous it must
have looked.
The land and the waves are both beautiful, but unfortunately
the town here takes away some of it's beauty. It's not exactly
the cleanest or nicest town, but there is a hotel there called
the Casa Manana that is exceptionaly nice with hot water and
AC! There is also a restaurant that serves great food and
they do a very good job to stay away from just tacos and enchaladas
like most of the other restaurants in mexico serve.
Altogether this is a wonderful place that I look forward
to visiting every year(it's kinda a relief to get away from
sleeping in a tent, and stay at Santa Cruiz), and I'm excited
to see how it will be next year.
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