Surfing in Mexico
Categories: Mexico, Puerto Vallarta
Mar 20th
Surfing is popular on Mexico’s Pacific coast, especially the small coastal fishing village of Sayulita, located 30 minutes north of Puerto Vallarta. This destination is ideal for beginning surfers, or well-learned surfers looking to perfect their technique. But the more advanced of the riders head south to Puerto Escondido, where you will find the rougher waves.
Most boarders spend there time in Sayulita’s Bay, just off a curving white-sand town beach. Along this beach, longboarders will find the more advanced waves, and further down the beach, beginners will find smaller waves. Here you will find a small but colorful population of local fishermen, hippies, and more. And the city offers a charm, that the closer Puerto Vallarta doesn’t offer, that would be that the town puts into action a control over development, allowing no big hotels of big chain stores around. Almost everything in the town is within walking distance, and is far from being overrun by tourists, therefore, the beaches are rarely crowded, and the foreign travelers tend to be in their 20s and 30s.
Beginning in 2006, Access Trips Adventure Travel Company started a small group surf itinerary to Sayulita and its surrounding breaks. They offer seven-day surf safaris that are led only by locals, and by one local surfer in particular, Javier Chavez. The packages include lodging, instruction, all breakfasts, a lunch and two dinners, yoga and transportation (including airport transfers). In the winter, humpback whale center in the bay, and are a bonus when surfing in the area. You can also find Las Olas Surf Safaris, who runs surf camps for many.
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