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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, December 23, 2021

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As a former surf lifesaver I constantly find myself when I'm at a beach automatically in patrol mode, and I'm always troubled seeing the amount of people that enter the surf straight into a rip zone. This includes, and most worrying of all children. I know a lot of people are kind of aware of what to do if caught in a rip, but it has been brought to my attention recently that a lot of people aren't aware of what a rip actually looks like or where the safest place to swim at the beach is if there is no flagged area.
One person will drown every two to three days this summer... 90% of those fatalities will be rip-related. Here are a few things that will help you and your kids stay safe this summer. I have also put together a few images that show what to look for.
1. The easiest thing to remember is that often the safest/calmest most enticing looking area along a beach is usually a rip. A rip is usually the area devoid of wave activity and appears darker and deceptively calmer. It can sometimes appear milky or turbulent, but it is always pretty much void of wave activity. All that water coming in via waves has to go back out somehow, this is what a rip is. (see pics).
2. Always take 5-10 mins when you get to the beach to observe surf conditions and identify where these areas are.
3. If you are caught in a rip, DO NOT PANIC. Go into floating mode and raise one arm as a distress signal when possible. See which direction the rip is taking you, is it straight out or at an angle? once you have determined this, and if you have the energy, swim to the right or left of the direction of flow, never against. Some rips can move at 3 times the speed of an olympic swimmer, you won't win! If you cannot swim out to either side of the rip, just go with it. Most rips won't take you out very far, and will usually spit you out not long after they take you, so keep calm and save your energy for the swim back to shore.
4. If you have kids, show them these pictures, educate them and make them aware. You can't always be watching them, and it is only a matter of a few metres each way of the point of entry to the water that could mean them being safe, or instantly caught in a rip.
Obviously the safest place to swim is always between the flags on a patrolled beach, but this isn't always practical given the immensity of our coast line and number of beautiful beaches. Of course there are many other factors that can come into play when it comes to beach safety, but rips are the No.1 killer. They are not hard to identify, and 10 mins observation before entering the surf is much easier than body retrieval.
*The darker/calmer areas in the pics are rips. The one with purple dye shows rip movement.

This is Casa Moringa... Come to our terrace and enjoy a good #mezcal by the beach in #Zipolite. Remember that we have beer promos 💯👍🌅🍺🎉 We're waiting for you for the #sunset

Esto es Casa Moringa... Ven a nuestra terraza y disfruta de un buen #mezcal a orilla de playa en #Zipolite. Recuerda que tenemos promos de cerveza 💯👍🌅🍺🎉 Te esperamos para el #sunset
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Come and enjoy with us!!! not only for land tours, we also have tours and sport fishing service. Do not leave the coast without having appreciated its beautiful bays Inf. 9581170483

 

Ven y disfruta con nosotros!!! no solo por recorridos terrestre, también contamos con servicio de tours y pesca deportiva.
No te vayas de la costa sin haber apreciado sus bellas bahías
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#Nenis already know where they're going to spend the raw on the 25th... at 🐟🐟🐟CECY Fisheries 🐟🐟🐟 today we have #CamaronFresh who are waiting for, come now!!! So bored. We are located in Puerto Ángel, central colony, still next to the port captaincy.

 

#Nenis ya saben a donde van a ir para pasar la cruda el 25… en 🐟🐟🐟Pescadería "CECY" 🐟🐟🐟hoy nos #CamaronFresco que esperan, vengan ya!!! 🦐🍤🦐🍤
Nos ubicamos en Puerto Ángel, colonia centro, aún costado de capitanía del puerto.