Cabarete Blog » 4 metre waves on the reef http://cabareteblog.com Daily life in the Caribbean surf town of Cabarete Wed, 01 Sep 2010 12:05:41 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Cabarete back to ‘normal’ http://cabareteblog.com/cabarete-surfing/ http://cabareteblog.com/cabarete-surfing/#comments Thu, 28 Jan 2010 23:51:21 +0000 CabareteBlog http://cabareteblog.com/?p=636 OK so nothing even changed for Cabarete after the awful earthquake in Haiti.  Still Cabarete has apparently suffered somewhat from the association.  It’s a shame for businesses who have made it through a difficult tourism year to have this one landed on them just as the world’s economy was looking up.  Cabarete though has what it takes to survive and so it will.

We used the conditions of earlier in the week to get some photos of Luciano Gonzalez as he prepares for the Master of the Ocean event which will take place in February (roughly 3 weeks from now).  Huge waves and good wind created a fine photo opportunity for this talented Dominican………. Luciano is looking for a Sponsor for his kite equipment by the way.

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]]> http://cabareteblog.com/cabarete-surfing/feed/ 0 BIG and I mean BIG http://cabareteblog.com/big-and-i-mean-big/ http://cabareteblog.com/big-and-i-mean-big/#comments Fri, 27 Mar 2009 17:52:10 +0000 CabareteBlog http://cabareteblog.com/?p=176 As I left the apartment complex this morning and walked the few yards to the beach, i admit to saying the ‘f’ word a few times as I approached the sea. Confronted by 2.5 metre shore break and waves on the reef of up to 5 metres, this is a pretty BIG spectacle and the ugly language understandable; whopping great waves, the size of which I have not seen for some time here. I woke Jim up and he went to take a look before declaring it too big for surfing. It’s not the size that is the problem, more the ‘mess’ of getting through the white water on your way out.

After spinning this morning, I will enjoy watching today rather than taking my chance kiteboarding. I’m not big on BIG, and tend to get mauled by waves like this. Jim, on the other hand, relishes kiting in swells like this when there’s enough wind to get powered up and right now, at 11.34am, it looks like the wind is arriving that he needs for a really ‘juicy’ day.

We have just returned from the beach and have got some nice photos to publish later so check back tonight or tomorrow. Now we are off to kite…………

…………………..and the photos, taken today at Bozo Beach, Cabarete by Jim; 
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