Just outside of El Rosario is a point break called Punta Baja. Baja is a pilgrimage for regular footers in search of long sweeping rights with off shore winds. I checked the reports in El Rosario the evening before and it looked promising.

Waist to shoulder high with light offshores, it was just enough to get me to suit up and jump into the frigid 45 degree water. I got into some fun waves for a few hours and then headed over to the fishing village to see if I could barter my way into some fresh catch.

Francisco and his amigo work at the local restaurant and told me that all the pescaderos were over at Guadalupe Island and they wouldn’t be returning until manana. So we hung out for a little with little said between us. The one thing we had in common was a love for the sea. So we stared off onto the edges of the world, listened to a little Buena Vista Social Club and sought out the answers to our questions.