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A little about Playa Zipolite, The Beach of the Dead . . .

Playa Zipolite, Oaxaca, Southern Mexico, on the Pacific Ocean. A little bit about my favorite little get-away on this small world of ours.

Zipolite, a sweaty 30-minute walk west from Puerto Angel, brings you to Playa Zipolite and another world. The feeling here is 1970's - Led Zep, Marley, and scruffy gringos.

A long, long time ago, Zipolite beach was usually visited by the Zapotecans...who made it a magical place. They came to visit Zipolite to meditate, or just to rest.

Recently, this beach has begun to receive day-trippers from Puerto Angel and Puerto Escondido, giving it a more TOURISTY feel than before.

Most people come here for the novelty of the nude beach, yoga, turtles, seafood, surf, meditation, vegetarians, discos, party, to get burnt by the sun, or to see how long they can stretch their skinny budget.

I post WWW Oaxaca, Mexico, Zipolite and areas nearby information. Also general budget, backpacker, surfer, off the beaten path, Mexico and beyond, information.

REMEMBER: Everyone is welcome at Zipolite.

ivan

Thursday, July 5, 2012

Surf and Inshore Fishing advice for Huatulco


Surf and Inshore Fishing advice for Huatulco

I'm heading to Huatulco next week for a surf trip, but with the small swell, I'm thinking about packing a surf rod and one "small" box of plugs, poppers, iron, and what not. Google earth shows many awesome looking beaches and killer rivermouths, so I'd imagine there's some snook, jacks, and roosters around, but does anyone have any advice on some good beaches to throw the "box" at em? Gracias! Paul


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Unread Jun-22-2012, 06:04 PM
New Guy


Name: George
Vessel: Angel
Location: Huatulco, Oaxaca, Mexico
Job:plastic gangster
Posts: 9
Paul,
I surf and fish up and down the coast here in Huatulco, plenty of snook around this time of year at the rivermouths. La Bocana at the mouth of the Copalita is one of the best spots. It's always a bit difficult getting to the rivermouth past the cliffs though, and since Hurricane Carlotta rolled through the beach at La Bocana is virtually gone. But it can still be done. Zimatan rivermouth near Barra is good as well. I've found very few roosters around here except up past San Agustin at the beach near the village of Coyula (there's another rivermouth there too). There are also some huge ones down east 40-50 miles, but most of them I've heard of have been caught by boat just offshore, not off the beach. You can give me a shout once you're down here if you want and could meet you for a beer and point you in the right direction.
-George

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Unread Jun-25-2012, 02:44 PM
New Guy


Name: Paul Casarez
Age: 43
Vessel: skiff, ?, The Liki Tiki
Location: SF
Job:IT Sales...wannabe fishing and surfing professional!
Posts: 5
Thanks for the heads up George! I'd love to catch my 1st rooster from the beach, but snook are my favorite inshore target! I just saw La Bocana on google earth last night and planned on checking it out and am staying at Barra a couple nights and figured it could by snooky with its rivermouth. I usually throw rapalas, spoons, rat L traps, and hair razors at snook, but let me know if there's any bait I should make sure to have. I'm getting in Wed afternoon, staying in Chahue, so let me know if you wanna have a beer in Crucecita wed night!
Fshon!
Paul

airTransat to Add Huatulco Service in W12


airTransat to Add Huatulco Service 


in W12

by JL
Update at 1030GMT 04JUL12
airTransat starting 24DEC12 is offering new service from Western Canada to Huatulco, with 1 weekly A310 aircraft operating Edmonton – Calgary – Huatulco route. Schedule:

TS792 YEG0745 – 0840YYC0950 – 1640HUX 310 1
TS793 HUX1805 – 2335YYC0035+1 – 0130+1YEG 310 1

At the beginning of hurricane Carlotta in Mazunte (Oaxaca, Mexico)


This video was taken from outside my house during hurricane Carlotta that hit the Mexican Pacific coast (state of Oaxaca) on June 15th 2012. I live in the village of Mazunte. I made this short video while it was still possible to be outside.
Photos of Mazunte the next morning, and more details, are available at sosmazunte.weeno.net/ . We are looking for donations to support rebuilding everything that was destroyed by the hurricane.




At the beginning of hurricane Carlotta in Mazunte (Oaxaca, Mexico) from davux on Vimeo.
This video was taken from outside my house during hurricane Carlotta that hit the Mexican Pacific coast (state of Oaxaca) on June 15th 2012. I live in the village of Mazunte. I made this short video while it was still possible to be outside.

Photos of Mazunte the next morning, and more details, are available at http://sosmazunte.weeno.net/ . We are looking for donations to support rebuilding everything that was destroyed by the hurricane.