Barra de la Cruz aka La Jolla

It's Christmas time! We are sitting here watching a 10 piece band play in the town square on Christmas eve. They all do a simple dance that even the little ninos and ninas are doing perfectly! I could probably find my way around the dancefloor here. It's goes step step step step step step with a little handrolling and voila! Just gotta add a little personal spice and you've got yourself a Mexican fiesta.

Barra de la Cruz is a well known surf wave due to a video that Rip Curl put out in 2006. Everybody knows about it and is a little bummed about the bigger crowds. Fortunately, it's the off season now and nobody is here! The local kids and a few expats are the whole crowd. They say in the summer, camera crews line the whole shore with the pro surfers tearing it up.

The wave comes from south swell running into a big rock cape. You take off on this big, rolling left right next to the rocks. It's super dramatic and wild feeling as the water pulls you around and you watch the swells explode up onto the cape beside you.

And the wave..... Well. It was big! I swear I watched some of the locals drop waves that were double overhead! however, despite it's size, it was relatively friendly and the rides went forever!

So merry Christmas! The trip continues south and we plan to cross to Guatemala very soon.