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Surfing the Fun Side of the Wall - Punta de Mita
oldfartsuperdad:
Just back from a month long excursion down south of the border - north of Puerto Vallarta - bopped around Punta de Mita - Sayulita - San Pancho and had some great sessions. Highly recommend Punta de Mita - several easily accessible surf breaks - cheap panga boat hire for drop off and pick up and crowds are not bad and very friendly.
Also stayed up in Sayulita which has some nice waves but very crowded with all kinds of folks....actually got pretty comical at times - a nice set would come through and thirty folks would paddle for the wave - about ten would make the first drop - five would manage to stay up to the bottom and two would manage to make it on down the line...WildMex runs a shuttle from Sayulita back down to Punta and the La Lancha break and that worked quite well to get out of town. La Lancha is incredibly consistent and fun - can get crowded but the vibe is good and everyone gets some.
San Pancho is a cool town with great vibe - lots of music - and crappy SUP surfing....river break is steep and fast and never looked very good.
Overall a really fun place to surf with many consistent options and cheap food and beer. Best part was we completely missed the famed Seattle "Snowmageddon" event that paralyzed the city for a week....Ha!
One quick pic - this is up at The Cove - a short boat ride from town....lost two friggen hats that day...dang!
PS - shout out to Alaska Airlines for only charging the 25$ extra bag fee for a paddleboard - makes it a no brainer to take your board with
surfinJ:
Nice trip stories. Nice way to miss some winter. And that board deal with Alaska really is too cheap not to do.
TallDude:
Sounds like the prefect Mex surf trip. Hand made Tortillas, Fréjoles, Huevos, Cervezas and Surf. Oh...Yah 8)
PabstSUP:
Love Punta de Mita and the area north of PV. Stayed at a great surf hotel (Quinta Del Sol) just outside expensive gated hotel area as well as further north in Chacala where my cousin has a place a few years back. Glad you scored when you were there. My last trip only had a couple of good days with larger surf but as you said La Lancha is pretty consistent no matter the swell. There's also a great left point a little further north from San Pancho accessible only by boat - won't name it here but you can PM me for details.
Tom:
I've had some fun trips to Sayalita before it got too crowded and also to Burrows. You got me thinking maybe I should return soon
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