Hi folks, just looking for general advice for a trip my daughter and I will be taking from about June 9th to July 5th, about 22 days. We plan to stay
on the east cape, camping out. Last October we surfed for the first time at Zippers in San Jose del Cabo. We had a few good day for beginners. Think
there will be any surf on the Pacific side? Any good spots that may not be as crowded? On another site a surfer asked about small tides compaired to
large tides. What is the difference? My daughter will be 14 years old, and pretty good in the ocean, I am a 30 plus year freediver, only a little
surfing experience. This will be my 32nd trip to baja, my daughters 3rd, we are excited! Thanks for any help, and any other advice, fishndiveron, Ron
Perrychickensoup - 4-20-2006 at 11:01 PM
I would not recommend surfing in Baja or surfing in general. It's dangerous, expensive and all that wax gets stuck in your chest hair.
Hey, could someone please tell me what happened to that boulder that used to be in the shorebreak at Zippers?Cardon - 4-21-2006 at 06:11 AM
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Originally posted by Ron_Perry
We had a few good day for beginners. Think there will be any surf on the Pacific side? Any good spots that may not be as crowded?
On the Pacific side try Los Cerritos just south of Todos Santos. Its a good spot for beginners. Then run on up to Todos Santos to Barajas for Tacos de
Carnitas. Barajas is one of the best taco joints in Baja. 4 miles north of Todos Santos is La Pastora which is a world famous surf spot . Here is a
picture I took earlier this year of Jenni Flanigan at La Pastora. If you go to my website I have a gallery of surf pics from La Pastora.
Bruce R Leech - 4-21-2006 at 06:28 AM
why do you want to stay on the east cape if surfing is what you want to do?The Sculpin - 4-21-2006 at 01:08 PM
Bruce - there are 2 east capes - one for surfing and one for fishing. The fishing one goes from Barriles to Gorda, while the surfing one typically
goes from Gorda to Boca de Tule. On a close in chubasco, you can actually surf Frailes and Pulmo and other pints to the north. So that's why they want
to camp on the east cape.
To answer Ron's question, you're probably better off staying on the east cape since that will pick up the most waves. For the pacific side to go off
in the summer the swell will have to come more out of the southwest. Either way, the water and air will be cooler on the pacific. The best thing is
that you have enough time to stay on both sides. As for Zippers, I would stay away from that place in July, unless you're ready to do battle. In
october, many of the locals were working. In july, they ain't, and they're already pretty steamed up about all the idiot gringos who think they can
rip the place and will generally show no mercy to beginners. Besides, July is the best time for mid morning east cape glass offs, and gorgeous
uncrowded sunset surfs...I have already said too much!
As for the tides, I didn't understand the question or the concern. If anything, a full moon will accentuate a weak swell because of the tidal
extremes, not in spite of them. Sure, parts of the day will be flat, but other parts of the day will be bigger than without the tides. I think he was
too concerned about impressing his boss....he should spend more time in the water to wash off that brown stuff on his nose!!!oladulce - 4-22-2006 at 02:30 PM
What you might want to consider Ron, is that the East cape (Shipwrecks, 9 Palms area ?) will be HOT HOT HOT for camping. Are you flying in with only
a tent, driving down with your own RV ?... You and your daughter's comfort may determine more where you guys end up rather than the waves. If you're
flying down, I'd make sure to have a car so you can escape to the Pacific side for relief!
We've done it many times in our camper without AC, but fans are mandatory to keep the air moving and still it's often pushing the limit of even the
most heat-tolerant nuts. For any type of camping at this time of year you must bring some kind of shade.
If you'd planned on only bare-bones camping on the East cape in July, I'd consider other options too because I think you guys would find it way too
uncomfortable to spend your whole trip out there.
