You need balls and have to be an above average tuberider to handle The Entrance. If you pull up undergunned and think you can handle you will have your ass handed to you.
Overview
Atmosphere
This place is heavy. Imagine Mundaka meets Pipe with a lot of closeout sections. A bomb right pits into the channel while the left goes below sea level sucking up, spitting and chewing all the way till the end. The place rips your wetsuit off if you screw up on a big day and you'll be lucky if you pop up from the most violent underwater thrashing you've ever experienced in less then 10 seconds. Be prepared: the rip takes you out of the bay right in the impact zone again and again and again
General
This is a heavy break. The wave is scary, the locals are scary, and the sharks are scarier. Come with a gun, respect, and by yourself and you may get a few.
Another one for surfer guy
You're right, a lot of surfers are ignorant, aggressive, greedy fools--sort of like most other groups of people. Ever drive on the freeway near a major city or listen to the news? Same deal--just human behavior. Fortunately, the ocean here is powerful and uncomfortable enough to keep the core surf community small relative to other parts of CA, so that only the small days are filled with people with bad attitudes. The bigger days are still for the committed few and most of the locals here are totally cool people.
comment by Anonymous, 2008-03-22 13:14:12
It's hilarious that there's so many ratings and comments for this break when only a small proportion of the surf population here surfs it. It just goes to show that you should take these posts with a grain of salt. Most of the people who post on this website do not have sufficient skill or ocean knowledge to evaluate a spot like this.
comment by Anonymous, 2008-03-05 21:27:26
To surfer guy
This isn't surfer magazine guy, this is a whole other world. Rough local economy, few people, and bitter conditions, what do you expect. Its not exactly "Gidget" up here. Go do something with your life instead of chatting to your 300 "friends" on myspace.
comment by Anonymous, 2008-03-22 13:20:06