Playa Colorados

A magical white sand river mouth beach break located inside the private surf/golf community of Hacienda Iguana. Lefts and right barreling peaks that spread from the river mouth north about 300m up the beach.

On perfect days you'll be blessed with open barrels all day. Even on the smaller days it has good wave transition shape to race and hack. The word is also out about the wave and the awesome lifestyle here, you'll likely have other globe traveling surfers, locals or residents to share the waves with and a couple of sundowners at the beach club later!

It can work on all tides, however being a beach break it is sandbank dependent and ever changing. Keep your eyes on it all day and you'll get it. The wave has a tendency to work better through mid tide. Low tide could be draining tubes or closeouts. Rising high tide could pulse in size and you might have to deal with some lumping backwash.

It doesn't like huge swells they generally create lots of current movement and strong rips. This normally translates into well shaped banks in the following days as the swell backs off. October to March is generally smaller and intermediate/beginner friendly.

Panga Drops

Panga drops located mid beach of Hacienda Iguana 1km north of Playa Colorados. It's an under rated wave and often gets over looked by travelers coming to get barreled at Colorados.

It's a swell magnet and produces fun surf sessions even in micro swell conditions. When it's big expect long left and right rides, big cut backs, rail turns and you can hunt for the inside barrels. Alos a greatWhen the waves are midsize or smaller the peaks can feel shifty because it breaks on different depths of rock reef structure spread over the area. Look for some land markers or locals to hold your position and stay put until your wave breaks in that spot. My favourite time to surf Panga Drops is either side of low tide or after mid tide to high and especially when Playa Colorados is too crowded!

Playa Amarillo

The next bay south of Playa Colorados is the beginner/intermediate friendly wave of Playa Amarillo. Sandy bottom left and right peaks, likes the mid tide.

You can access by walking 30/40mins around the rocks to the south of Playa Colorados at low tide. You can also access by driving over to Gigante and park at the beach in front of the break. Grab some fresh fish or lobster for dinner while your in Gigante!