Baja Surf Camp, April 2022

The plan of attack – All paddlers met up in San Diego. After introductions and our own “at home”covid tests, we headed out to dinner and then got some rest for the long drive starting early in the morning.

Up before sunrise, we loaded all our gear into the van and then walked around the corner for a quick breakfast. After that it was a long twelve hour day to get to camp. We crossed the boarder in Tijuana with no issues.

Into Mexico

Nice to not have any COVID test requirements at all. After immigration we headed south through Ensenada and then a boring part of the drive. About halfway we followed the road inland for some amazing scenery.

Big boulders and big cacti
This area was filled with these piles of big boulders and big cacti. We had to stop and check it out.

We made it to camp in good order. The last three miles were pretty close to a four wheel drive path but passable in the van. We set up camp in the palapas and had dinner followed by introductions and general plan for the next few days. With the long drive behind us and full bellies everyone called it a night pretty early. My tent was set up outside between two palapas and it proved very cozy. Since the plan for the next five days was to paddle and play in the surf I won’t have daily posts. What follows are some good pics of our location with captions so you get an idea.

Bonnie was one of our coaches and our driver. As we left the paved roads we had to decide which dirt path to follow. The camp is very very remote.
This is the beach right in front of surf camp
This is our camp. Everyone was able to set up tents inside a palapa (three sided building) except me. I tucked mine in between two palapas and it worked fine.
Kayaks ready to go. It was great to have good surf right in front of us every day. The waves averaged three to four feet as they wrapped around the point. You never had to wait for a good wave to show up.
Ginni, who owns Sea Kayak Baja Mexico. She is a fantastic person, great paddler and always has the best smile!
Good shot of Bonnie
Surf Camp paddlers loving life
Ginni had a NDK Romany Surf kayak waiting for me. Here I am outside the surf zone
I had to do a little side surfing in the small foam piles :)
George about to be “closed out”
Some of the “boomers” just around the point from Surf Camp. These waves were huge. As the wrapped around the point into our beach, they lost a lot of power and became great for our surfing.
Sunrise on our beach the morning we packed up and started the long drive back to San Diego.
Yep, the road we came in on as we got close to camp. Now headed the other way. The Baja as most consider it.

So that’s it for this Surf Camp post. I would highly recommend it for anyone wanting to build more skills surfing kayaks.

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