waves, man!

we just got back from some fun in the surf. it's been stormy here the past few days, so the surf is UP! we took a stroll down cabarete beach and then decided to jump in the water. wow! the waves were probably 6 feet or perhaps more. it was deceiving from the shore, as they did'nt look as big as they were. we got tossed around a few times and had to dive under the waves to avoid being pummeled. we both looked at each other at one point, smiled, and said "this is kinda scary actually." we then kinda chickened out a bit and moved back in towards shore.

there were a few other guys out there doing the same as us but being more daring. alongside of us were a bunch of surfers. normally people don't surf on cabarete beach itself as it is not known for its surf. instead they go to encuentro beach which is about 3 miles down the road. if you see surfers on cabarete beach, it means the surf must be really high out at encuentro. next weekend is a surfing championship out there. should be fun to see that!