Surfing Near El Coco Beach

As you know we were staying at La Tortuga Verde which is a pretty cool place and has a beach break out front, it is not of the highest quality but it does get better towards high tide and you can get the odd decent one.  It is also has a zero crowd factor which is always nice.  The main event at in this part of El Salvador is a point break near El Coco Beach, now this is an awesome wave.  When we were there the swell was not epic but it was pretty much at least head high the whole time and the wave is great.  It is a right hand point break.  It is a rocky point covered with sand so super friendly.  You take off in front of the point and if you get one that links up you can go all the way to the beach.  It has two or three sections so you can do turns but it also gets racy a one point and we have been informed that it barrels on this section when the swell is better.    We surfed this most days for a week and I loved it as you actually have time to practice your turns!!  It was busy some of the time but you can usually sit a little on the inside and pick off a few waves easily, as people try to make it round the racy section and mess it up, or try a big manoeuvre and mess it up leaving the wave free for you.  If travelling in this area you should definitely surf this wave.  It is easily found. 

By Stuff

Photos of the point breaking and Stuff on a wave - By Things