Coast at Salna Cruz.... note the beach break peeler going off and trucks in frame for size reference....
Off the gringo tourist trail luscious spot #461. These spots give you some great value and haven't been spoiled like Costa Rica, Panama, or the gringoized portions of Mexico. Immersion to learn your spanish.... with a shit ton of great sand covered point breaks, beach breaks, etc. in (usually) uncrowded conditions.
The whole coast from Salina Cruz over to Huatulco is undeveloped and portions are rural and some wild. Wild buns, melon farmer..... good times.
Most folks prefer Huatulco, or maybe Puerto Escondido, over to the west a bit on the Oaxacan coast. Salina Cruz is on the "istmo", or the isthmus where it's only 100 miles between the gulf and the pacific. Wind in winter whistles through this funnel when the northers blow down. And conditions the air.
What it does do is dry the area significantly: cactus country. And that dry humidity, to me anyway, makes the area so much nicer to live in then over the coast a bit at Escondido. Over there the towering coastal sierra range cuts off that northerly flow and it is t*r*o*p*i*c*a*l with sticky nights.
Bahia Ventosa is Salina Cruzes little beach hamlet. About 3 miles out of town and to the east a bit. Maybe 1000 folks live there.........
No tourist infrastructure for gringos here.... locals come here though..... it ain't half bad........ and cheap to boot
Salina Cruz (pop. 80K or so) is a working mans town with a big oil refinery. A trans istmo pipeline brings the gulf oil fields crude over here where it is processed and shipped out to northern mex pac coast nodes. Folks have money here. Not crazy tourist town money but a sound little city with everything you need.
Point about 4 miles to the west of SC..............
But the treasure of the SC area and points just a bit west, to Huatulco, is its waves........................
