CANOS DE MECA
9.30am: We roll into Canos off the CN340 coast road and it’s blowing a solid thirty five knots with a head high wind swell. The clock is already down to twelve hours before we have to be back at Malaga airport so it’s time to hit the water. Prime time here is low tide on the push and it looks like we have hit the nail on the head, Ben rigs 4.5m and Timo goes for his 4.2m while I survey the beach and check out where we can score the best shots.
10.15am: After half an hour on the water, Timo is already heading in to switch down to 3.7m, while Ben has smashed his arm on his board, a pretty radical start to the day ! Ben heads off in search of a bag of ice as precious minutes tick away while we regroup. The locals start to roll into the car park and it’s pretty obvious that this is looking like a solid Levante day for Canos. Out to the right of the bay is the lighthouse which protects the shipping off Cape Trafalgar. Off this headland is the spot where way back in 1805,
Admiral Nelson, although greatly outnumbered, attacked and destroyed the Spanish fleet. This was considered to be the greatest ever battle between sailing ships after a two year chase around the Atlantic and West Indies.
11.30am: Timo and Ben are back on the water and ripping it up as the tide pushes over the reef. When the Levante blows, Canos is a perfect playground for port tack cross on jumping and riding while the other wind in this area, the Poniente which blows from the Atlantic, brings cross off winds which can groom solid groundswells for great wave riding on the right day.
“ Timo is already heading in to switch down to A 3.7m, while Ben has smashed his arm on his board, a pretty radical start to the day ! ”