Surfing Hurricane Carlotta, and Helping Hard-Hit Mexican Towns by Serge Dedina On the morning of June 13, three of my WiLDCOAST colleagues and I set out in search of waves along the southern coast of Oaxaca. Our planned conservation activities for the day had been canceled due to the rainfall, wind forecast and presence of Hurricane Carlotta off the coast. Unfortunately the wind was sideshore and the surf was blown out. This wasn’t the case where the hurricane was creating great waves. However, we made the most of the 2- to 4-foot point waves. After all, the water was 82 degrees, and… Read More

Surfing Hurricane Carlotta, and Helping Hard-Hit Mexican Towns

by Serge Dedina

On the morning of June 13, three of my WiLDCOAST colleagues and I set out in search of waves along the southern coast of Oaxaca. Our planned conservation activities for the day had been canceled due to the rainfall, wind forecast and presence of Hurricane Carlotta off the coast. Unfortunately the wind was sideshore and the surf was blown out. This wasn’t the case where the hurricane was creating great waves. However, we made the most of the 2- to 4-foot point waves. After all, the water was 82 degrees, and…

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