High In Mexico Monday Surf & Culture Report



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Up around 6,000' in the central Mexican highlands north of Mexico City, you'll find San Miguel de Allende.  An artist colony, popularized during the earlier part of the last century, it's home to music, art and literature in Mexico.  A beacon to expat Americans (why they don't call them immigrants, we have no idea) it looked like someone had tipped Palos Verdes and Beverly Hills on edge and all of the old culture hounds poured into SMA.  A beautiful city it's a UNESCO site and despite all of the Americans there it's quaint and charming.  Some great food, we teamed up with the Miloe's to eat our way through the centro and on to Guanajuato.  Photo #1 shows Miloe caught in the headlights of the fruit course of his three-part breakfast.  The larger pastries in the basket are called "orellias" or ears.  Listen, Miloe loved them with coffee.

Here the dawn broke cool (51.5) with some high clouds and 10 miles visibility.  Winds were light offshore at 2 to 3kts, until they flipped abruptly at 7:30 and proceeded to bump things out.  The water is still unseasonably cold in our opinion at 57.9.  High tide was at 5:50am +4.7' and we have a series of minus tides in the afternoons starting today at 1:21pm -0.3'.  It was a west swell out of 262 degrees at 3.3' and it was 3' to 4' with some good outsides until the wind bruised things a bit.

The main church in San Miguel is on the plaza and is dedicated to St. Michael (#2).  Some great St. Michael imagery for those who like the sword carrying angels and saints.  Of course the other sword wielder, always a favorite, is St. Iago who championed the Spaniards against the Moors.  We like St. Iago because his symbol is the scallop shell.  

"When the surf breaks, we'll fix it"
The Professor!!





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