SWELL TIME
Originally we planned to stay a week, but we checked the forecast and saw there were waves coming and to have waves here is magical! There aren’t many swells that hit Los Roques, but when they do it is amazing, probably my best videos and pictures are from here. So after looking at the forecast, even though it didn’t look amazing, we decided to stay for a few more days, score some waves and do some fishing and go to the far islands, which are not often visited. One of the reasons I come with my boat is that I can go anywhere and whenever I want. Normally you have to take a little ‘penero’ (local name for a boat) but they won’t go very far.
When we finally got some waves, we sailed in a place called Cayo de Agua, the furthest island of the whole archipelago and also one of the most impressive as there is a sandbar right in the middle so you basically have a ‘bridge’ of sand with a blue lagoon on either side. It was the first time someone ever windsurfed there and also my first time surfing there. For windsurfing it was very tricky as the wind was super light and almost cross offshore. The wave was powerful and beautiful, it wasn’t huge but the size was more then enough to have fun. I managed to get a few waves but it was super hard to turn. I think if the wind was a little bit stronger I would have had a better time riding. I was the only one windsurfing, though later my friend Vrinda went kiting on the waves too. I got a few waves and then decided to go surfing with my friends. I have never broken a surfboard in my life but that day turned out to be the first time! I went for a little barrel and the lip hit my neck and then my board and snapped it. As you can imagine the wave is quite powerful and the reef is sharp but it was worth it. Aahh, I almost forgot, before that when I was sailing I also broke my mast and had to swim back to the boat!