Mar de Fondo in Z Bay

For about a week now the groundswells we know as mar de fondo have caused the waves to be rather large along our coast. It's made for some dramatic sleeping background noise, which I love, but several folks, mostly tourists, have been injured for not paying attention to the waves. For locals who like to body-surf and for board surfers it's been terrific.

I couldn't help but wince as I watched a tourist wade out into the surf between wave sets to take a selfie with his cellphone camera but then realize too late that a big wave was coming. Oops!

Big waves make for a lot of bruma del mar, sea mist.

Gracias Rob! How long is it expected to last? We'll be down in one week....counting the hours now.

Gracias Rob! How long is it expected to last? We'll be down in one week....counting the hours now.

It's eased up from the past few days, but I believe it is expected to kick up again by the middle of next week. See the links for surfing and wave info on my Zihuatanejo-Ixtapa Weather page.

This is also a great site for swell info:

Zihua Surf

Thanks!

Whoa!
6-9 ft swells at Las Gatas?
Sure hope that's not the Las Gatas beach in Zihua Bay,
or lots of restaurants will be floating away...

Not one surfer out there man

Not one surfer out there man

The surfers were catching the big waves at their favorite hot spots along the beaches of the open ocean as well as at the Punta del Rey in front of Las Gatas. Might've been a few at La Madera, too.