Wave of the Day, Jafet Ramos, Puerto Escondido, 04/23
Local charger finds big needle in bigger haystack
Marcus Sanders
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Vid: Jaciel Santiago/Billy Watts
As mentioned earlier, today was big and tough and mainly closing out at Puerto. (We know this mostly because we went Live for a couple hours from the sand.) Not many waves were even paddled for, let alone made. Later in the morning, around 9:20am, local charger Jafet Ramos saw his opportunity and didn’t hesitate for a second. Because days like this at Puerto, sometimes you only get one. Turns out, this was arguably the best wave ridden today. Check back tomorrow.
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.