Zihuatanejo-Ixtapa Message Board - Mar de Fondo in Z Bay

Mar de Fondo in Z Bay (reply)

ZihuaRob — Thu, 30 Jun 2016 17:53:33 +0000

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.

Mar de Fondo in Z Bay (reply)

jorgejoesph — Thu, 30 Jun 2016 15:53:13 +0000

Not one surfer out there man

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dhunsber — Thu, 30 Jun 2016 01:39:35 +0000

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...

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Emmet — Fri, 24 Jun 2016 20:25:47 +0000

Thanks!

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John Redcorn — Fri, 24 Jun 2016 19:36:23 +0000

This is also a great site for swell info:

Zihua Surf

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ZihuaRob — Fri, 24 Jun 2016 18:37:41 +0000

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.

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Emmet — Fri, 24 Jun 2016 17:21:42 +0000

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

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AngelaD — Fri, 24 Jun 2016 17:06:58 +0000

Mar de Fondo in Z Bay

ZihuaRob — Fri, 24 Jun 2016 16:30:15 +0000

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.