Dominical

comment by skateman, 2007-05-21 02:20:56

About Dominical
I've been to Dominical a few times over the years and like'd it plenty. I've been surfing 20 years now, but a few feet overhead and up at Dominical is pretty brutal paddle-wise. I woke up one morning and it was about 3-4 feet overhead, perfect tide, etc. and I was literally the only one out. It took me 30 minutes to reach the lineup, I took one wave, pulled off, and turned around to see swells stacked to the horizon. I was like "To hell with that!" If you can catch it kind of in-between macking southwest swell events on a highish tide before the onshores come on (happens more than you might think), you'll have an all-time session. Truth be told, no one goes out when it gets over 10 feet (at least not when I've been there) as it's impossible to get out and it closes out - everyone goes to this kind of mediocre left point maybe 10 minutes south.Also, stay away from the deserted beach called Playa Hermosa about 15 minutes south of Dominical - my wife got mugged there while my brother and I were in the water.

comment by Guillo, 2007-04-23 22:38:50

RIght on!!!
Dominical is awsome, the breaks, the people, the food, it frikin´rocks!!! I hope it doesn´t turn into Mal Pais or Tamarindo, it´s still a virgin town with great waves and a beautifull forest that runs right into the break... Nice!

comment by Anonymous, 2007-04-06 19:17:38

Drugs aren't so bad as long as I'm not the one doing them.
All I got to say is that while most people complain about the surfing coke heads here in Dominical I say god bless em. As long as they keep partying all night the morning line up will never be crowded- It's true that most of the transplants don't seem to be in the mood to surf until the afternoon winds are howling, which is quite all right by me.peace