It is an absolute dream for surfers who want to test their courage: the Mexican version of Pipeline, a break – with a sand bottom – . We are talking about the superlative wave of Puerto Escondido, the monumental wave of Zicatela beach, the epicenter of surfing in Mexico, the place where some of the best big wave surfers have sculpted their legend
ZICATELA
Puerto Escondido is a gift of nature. There is no bigger and more compact sand bottom shoreline on the planet nor more raw and amazing.
But if there is a place in Oaxaca and in all of Mexico that reigns in the hearts and minds of surf lovers, that is Zicatela beach, in Puerto Escondido.It is one of the best beachbreaks in the world, a curvy skate park full of ramps, a majestic, perfect and dangerous wave that can reach twenty-five feet without breaking down and that, in addition, breaks incredibly close to the shore. Not for nothing “Puerto”, as everyone calls it, has been the scene of some of the most incredible tests of the Big Wave Tour.
There is no one who has visited Puerto Escondido and has not succumbed to the beauty and majesty of its wave and, above all, who has not perceived, and even breathed, the legend that already surrounds this small town in Oaxaca open to the Pacific. Yes, the big wave at Zicatela beach has changed the history of Puerto Escondido. And today, the small town that a few Californian surfers discovered back in the seventies of the last century, is one of the world's paradises for XXL surfing: a place of pilgrimage for surfers from all over the world, full of bars, restaurants and nightclubs..
The Oaxaca coast is synonymous with good surfing. The Pacific in its wildest and rockiest version. Kilometres of beaches, beautiful bays, sandy bed breakers, pointbreaks on reefs where you can surf alone and scandalous waves that evoke endless spectacular performances.
In the exotic coasts of the Mexican Pacific, are the beaches of Puerto Escondido. These Oaxacan beaches are known for their imposing waves, ideal for practicing water sports, for their emerald waters and their marine biodiversity. Making Puerto Escondido a destination worth visiting.
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