Our friend in Ixtapa that owns the surf shop recommended a stop in Chacahua. It's a bit hard to get to, but we found it-- no thanks to Storm Rider Surf Guide (SRSG is the surf "guide" we got for this trip and it is basically useless. It lists most of the surf able breaks in a place, but doesn't give you any clue how to get to them. They have a teeny tiny map of a large area with a bunch of lines-- it could be a map, or it could be a drawing of a pin cushion. At some spots, they actually print "you won't find this wave without a surf guide." You look at the cover, it says "surf guide"... confusing.) At Chacahua, you leave the Mexico 200 at a small sign and ride along as the road deteriorates. Really deteriorates. It's only 30km from the highway to the coast, but it takes just under an hour.
When the road ends, your in tiny village and you have to take a boat across a lagoon to get to the beach where the waves are. We loaded up boards and packs for a 15peso ride.
We camped under the palapa of a "restaurant," which was also a family's living room. This seems to be a popular camping style in Mexico. What is the point of putting up a tent at all?
We watched a pretty poor evening session and hoped for better waves in the morning. They didn't come. So, it was a bit of a dud for surf, but we are out of the surf season, and the beach faces SSE, and there was no swell from that direction. The area is beautiful. It is quiet, probably because of the sojourn to get there, and the lagoons form a national park.
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