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Sevy77
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RV accessible surf spots?
My girlfriend and I are looking for RV accessible surf spots, ideally south of Ensenada, we are going to surf Rosalito before heading further south.
We drive a 21' class C motorhome on dually on a chevy van chassis, so we definitely aren't a big rig. We've taken our little RV on quite a few
logging/forest roads in Canada, and are used to driving rough roads we just go slow. Where we are a little less experienced in the very sandy
conditions, and tend to err on the side of caution when it comes to driving on any loose sand. We're hoping there's still quite a few options out
there for those of us without a high clearance 4x4 to find some nice surf. We're fine to boondock, or stay at a place and are equipped with enough
water for about a week at a time of off-grid until water starts running out.
We eventually will make our way down to BCS but aren't in any rush, and if we like a spot definitely want to enjoy it for at least a few days if not
longer. Any other campers down here with similar limitations and love of surfing? Let us know what the best options might be. Any information is
greatly appreciated, thanks in advance!
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I probably have a few ideas.....what time of the year? Just thinking south swell or NW swell spots.
Are you experienced surfers looking for a point break or will a beach break with easy access be OK?
Punta Cabras. Take the road to Erindera and then head North.
Cuatro Casas.
Colonet/Camalu area has some stuff that's easy access from Highway 1
South of there you're kinda out of luck until you hit Santa Rosalillita, unless you want to get aggro and make try one of the 7 sisters.
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Sevy77
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Quote: Originally posted by Ateo  | I probably have a few ideas.....what time of the year? Just thinking south swell or NW swell spots.
Are you experienced surfers looking for a point break or will a beach break with easy access be OK?
Punta Cabras. Take the road to Erindera and then head North.
Cuatro Casas.
Colonet/Camalu area has some stuff that's easy access from Highway 1
South of there you're kinda out of luck until you hit Santa Rosalillita, unless you want to get aggro and make try one of the 7 sisters.
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We're in Ensenada now, but spending the next 6 months just touring around Baja and then BCS, but we don't want to drive down south and miss out on any
sweet spots on the way.
We're both experienced surfers, not looking for anything too big and impartial whether it's beach or point break. (Where we come from and surfed a lot
is mostly beach with a few point break spots).
Also definitely into checking out one of the 7 sisters. As we'll be driving back north in probably 4(ish) months it'll be a good way to check out a
bunch of spots and see what we like most and want to return to on the way back up.
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A motorhome is not a good choice for off-highway driving, so be careful!
The map shows the southern Seven Sisters coast and as you can see a paved road goes to Santa Rosalillita. From near there, an excellent graded dirt
road follows the coast north 31 miles to the junction to Punta Cono.
One camping/ surfing place close to the good road is Punta Diablo, where nearby Rancho El Cardón runs the camping beach.
I researched this area and more in 2017. See my trip report/ photo web page: https://vivabaja.com/p417/
Signed for camping ‘El Cardón’ (Punta el Diablo)
The 31-mile-long dirt highway.
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Southern end of the Seven Sisters it the perfect spot.
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EAsy peasy to get into Sta.Rosalillita to surf at the breakwater in town. To surf in Bahia Asuncion you can camp at our campground Campo Sirena on
google maps and we take our surf club kids to the break nearly every day so you can ride along with us or also at Los Choros you can camp if you have
a bit of clearance to get over the berm getting onto the beach road. I can dial you in on how to get to the breaks if you want to visit our friendly,
beautiful, safe village.
To see the breaks and our surf club we are PacNorba on Facebook.
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Sevy77
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| Quote: Originally posted by David K |
A motorhome is not a good choice for off-highway driving, so be careful!
The map shows the southern Seven Sisters coast and as you can see a paved road goes to Santa Rosalillita. From near there, an excellent graded dirt
road follows the coast north 31 miles to the junction to Punta Cono. |
Thanks for the info, and informative trip report. Our little RV is just a big Chevy 350 Van. We got brand new all terrain tires, and recovery tracks,
and tire patch kits as well as basically brand new suspension. We've also taken it on a lot of rough logging and forestry roads back in Canada. We
scrape the hitch receiver around town (doesn't affect anything, and is just a reality of these roads it seems) because of the shorter wheel base but
at 21' its definitely on the smaller end. It's just the loose sand that we don't like testing our luck, and always opt to walk a bit rather than have
a front row beach parking spot.
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Sevy77
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| Quote: Originally posted by shari | EAsy peasy to get into Sta.Rosalillita to surf at the breakwater in town. To surf in Bahia Asuncion you can camp at our campground Campo Sirena on
google maps and we take our surf club kids to the break nearly every day so you can ride along with us or also at Los Choros you can camp if you have
a bit of clearance to get over the berm getting onto the beach road. I can dial you in on how to get to the breaks if you want to visit our friendly,
beautiful, safe village.
To see the breaks and our surf club we are PacNorba on Facebook. |
Wow sounds amazing, we will definitely look you guys up online and try to make a plan to stop by and enjoy the campground/surf. Thanks for the info,
and welcoming invitation, we're hoping to relocate to Baja or BCS in the future so definitely love to get a good feeling for different areas.
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pappy
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Just before camalu is shipwrecks. After that, I would go with what Shari said...
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I will never forget some of the washes I went through in Anza Borrego Desert State Park in SoCal in my 24 foot class C rig. Like driving through the
deep sand in the area of Bow Willow Wash and Carrizo Wash. Yeah, it was a foolish, drunken thing to do, at the time.
But I learned how capable airing down to 10-12 lbs on a rig with duallies in the back can be. Air down the front, too.
If you get stuck, DONT SPIN THE TIRES MORE THAN A SECOND, IF YOU ARE STOPPED. Just get out, air down, clear any sand that creates an incline in the
direction you plan to get un-stuck, and drive out SLOWLY. If you start moving you can increase the speed moderately to get you over the soft stuff and
back on firmness. I personally like to use SECOND GEAR for this. Most American automatic transmissions will stay in second gear when in second gear
and not downshift into first even from a standing stop. This inhibits spinning the tires and digging in again.
Highly recommend carrying a quality air compressor with you.
Also recommend you have a means of getting weather reports, while in remote areas, for the next two months. It is still hurricane and chubasco season.
Hurricanes can really play havoc with the roads and arroyo crossings in any of northern, central or southern Baja. Arroyos might flow for a few days,
leaving you cut off for a while.
Of course, hurricanes can also bring big surf, I guess. It's a two-edged
sword.
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I absolutely agree with airing down all wheels to get out of the sand, but if you air down duallies to the point where the sidewalls rub, you
must air back up again before you drive more than crawl speed.
I have burned up a cheap compressor, and fuses before trying to get all four wheels up to road pressure, so refill in stages, rotating so that all
tires will be close to equal if the compressor quits. The higher the pressure, the harder the compressor has to work.
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As popular as airing down is. I also always carry a plastic bucket. If the traction loss happens near water wetting the sand provides additional
traction. While living in Central America in the 70s, i had 30 miles of sugar sand before reaching a regular dirt road. We always waited for a hard
rain ,aired down and crossed our fingers.
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| Quote: Originally posted by Hook | | I will never forget some of the washes I went through in Anza Borrego Desert State Park in SoCal in my 24 foot class C rig. Like driving through the
deep sand in the area of Bow Willow Wash and Carrizo Wash. Yeah, it was a foolish, drunken thing to do, at the time. |
Speaking of Carrizo, here's our 32 ft. Bounder-beast making short work of a nasty back road through the Temblor range in Carrizo Plain Natl Monument.
I'm always amazed where this thing can go. Always exceeds my expectations. And it's so sweet when you make it to a remote camp spot with all the
comforts of home.
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pappy
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The rains from Kay May possibly alter some of the central coast roads in which case might be impassable in a 21 foot rv
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In 2014, Odile followed a similar track and left many back roads unusable even with a 4x4. This storm doesn't appear to pack the punch that Odile
came on shore with, but it is the rain, not the wind that will kick road butt.
Main roads will get repaired first.
If you are not living on the edge, you are taking up too much space!
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| Quote: Originally posted by pappy | | The rains from Kay May possibly alter some of the central coast roads in which case might be impassable in a 21 foot rv |
Will be a wee bit rainy and windy later this week, throughout all of baja peninsula… not the best conditions for camping/RVing, eh?
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Storm chasing sounds like a lot of fun! Storm catching...not so much. 
If you are not living on the edge, you are taking up too much space!
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Erindera good to go now baja under bad heat wave now . More south more heat. Im close to erindera know two surfers there could show you the spots.
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| Quote: Originally posted by bajatrailrider | | Erindera good to go now baja under bad heat wave now . More south more heat. Im close to erindera know two surfers there could show you the spots.
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I think this is sound advice. Stay north until you see how much damage occurs from Hurricane Kay. This area will also return to comfortable temps
quicker than anywhere below the turn inland at El Rosario.
The Seven Sisters area would also be nice but getting in or out of there could become problematic, shortly.
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Unfortunately I am having a hard time thinking of spots that require a high clearance 4x4 these days... Of course that might all change after Kay....
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you, and you had put the hard yards in to get there and to learn it, to know it, why in god�s name would you broadcast the news, thus ruining the
future experience not only for yourself, but for future adventurers?
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