It was apparently a once-per-year happening where the waves kick up something fierce and they end up crashing all the way up the beach, leaving none of the beach dry. When we got there, it must have just gotten up that high because people were still sitting out on lawn chairs and vendors were still toting their carts. The crashing waves were pretty intense and they were dragging pretty much everything not heavy or attached back into the water. Flip flops, tables, chairs, small pets. If you click the Maresia link, you can see that there normally is a sizeable beach there. From the pictures, you can see that the water was coming right up to the restaurant where we spent most of the day.
The most amazing part was the surfers - later in the day, some dudes ended up out on the waves surfing! The waves were huge, as you can see from the photos. I don't have the world's best zoom lens on my camera so you'll have to look hard to find the dudes on their boards. That'll give you some perspective on the size of the waves. (FYI - click on the images to see larger versions where you can actually see the surfers)
Both nights we went out to a really great bar. It had live music and the band just made absolutely awesome song choices. It was a ton of fun to get out to the beach with friends. One of the most fun parts of the group dynamic was answering the question, "Where are you guys from?" The five of us are from five different countries: Peru, Argentina, Uruguay, Costa Rica and, of course, Canada.
I thought this picture was funny at 4am ...
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