Yesterday, I was reminded why Summer and I chose Puerto Rico as our new home. The waves starting picking up last week with some small chest to head high real shallow surf (over reef; see Urchin Attack) but yesterday was a couple feet, offshore and lined up on the Caribbean side. I didn’t have the chance to take any pictures because I was too amped on surfing and I didn’t want to leave my camera in the truck with no windows.

This morning was a different story. I knew the swell was supposed to pick up through today so I checked it with some coffee and my camera. It is big.

Here is a picture of a wave , I don’t know what the spot is called ;-) that I saw coming over the hill. It has some size to it…probably double overhead on the sets…but you can’t tell from these pics. I also made the pictures clickable so you can see them at 1000 pixels if these are too small for ya.

Here is another shot from by the lighthouse.

The tide is extremely full, the rip is sweeping around the point and it seems senseless to paddle out here and wear myself out knowing that 20 minutes north in Aguadilla it is probably a foot or two overhead and lined up. I am going surfing…hasta lluego!

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