Highlights: La Bomba, Part 1: South of the Border
Showcasing series of solid south swells from Peru to Mexico
Tyler Warren, Puerto. Photo: Billy Watts
Marcus Sanders
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Last week, when we saw swaths of purple marching across the South Pacific, we got pretty excited, as we tend to do when we see that kind of stuff, and decided to call it the La Bomba swell. Turns out, maybe we should’ve gone a little more plural on the whole thing. Las Bombas, maybe. Especially for Central America and Mexico, which have basically been pumping nonstop for almost a week now. Some places have been better than others, of course, but there’s been no shortage of energy in the water South of the Border, as evidenced by the gallery below.
Replay: Bombing Puerto Escondido, This Morning
Solid south swell hits Mexican Pipeline
Marcus Sanders
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Earlier this morning, Puerto was bombing. Not a ton of rideable waves, but plenty of swell. Hit play above to watch a replay of our live broadcast, featuring commentary from Surfline’s Director of Forecaster Kevin Wallis, big-wave surfer Jamie Mitchell, local legend Coco Nogales and more. (And follow along here for more realtime updates.)
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Watch Now: A Raucous Intermission at Killers
Between XXL Maverick’s and XXL Hawaii, Todos Santos seduced a handful of the big-wave elite.
Greg Long. Photo: Billy Watts
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On Sunday, January 10th, as an XXL swell peaked at Maverick’s, the initial forerunners from the same storm manifested some 1,500 miles away at Baja Mexico’s legendary big-wave spot: Killers, Todos Santos. Though the nearshore buoys were already slam-dancing well before dawn on Monday, January 11th, the action was slow as a high tide forced a two-hour lull.
By the time the tide bottomed out mid-afternoon, Killers was pumping. The same high pressure system that kept the storm away from Maverick’s also helped ensure a clean arrival here in Mexico for the long-period energy, which wasn’t getting jammed up by any local, short-period swell. The sun was shining and the winds were light and variable all day long. Fresh out of the brine after a demented dream run at Maverick