The Surfer's Guide to Baja

I use it so much that I bought the paperback and kindle version. Its an excellent tool for surfing or just visiting Baja. I've only done north but his descriptions and tips are perfectly accurate.

Very well researched in every possible subject you’re likely to come across.

If you are a serious Baja surfer of the past two or three decades, you've probably relied on a hodgepodge of information, including: The Surf Report (now Surfer Magazine Travel Guides), Surfline, nautical charts, AAA maps, Google Earth, and assorted actual exploration, legends, lies and myths to score waves in Baja. This book is the best amalgamation of that data we've seen yet.While we've only made one quick Baja trip since buying the guide, it was pored over from the backseat of our vehicle for hours at a time by Baja veterans of 100+ excursions, and found to have a lot of great and correct information, with few serious errors. Truthfully, this is about as good as you can get for this wonderful, low population, high surf part of the planet.So, if you are a veteran, looking for the best in collated Baja gouge, this is it.Need an example? Here's an easy, interesting one. The campground at K58, with the big sign that has read Alisitos for at least 17 years is also known as La Fonda. Maybe you knew that, or maybe you've been wondering where the hell this mythical beach break called La Fonda is -- is it like Blacks at Torrey Pines? La Fonda is, indeed, the southern end of Alisitos.You may be wondering if the guide is similarly good for inexperienced Baja surfers. Best $20 you'll spend! Your alternative is 20 years in a labor of love putting together mismatched data points.And, if you're a Baja road tripper? Not a surfer, but a camper, fisherman, etc? Probably not for you -- it is a true "Surfer's Guide". Many thanks to Mike Parise, the author, for staying the course and focusing on our limited, but highly detail-oriented audience.What could be better? Other than more break-specific details (e.g. "Slopey, fun right point with occasional steep barrelly lefts, usually working best on a tide push and solid SW swell of over 4 feet, rarely on a NW unless over 10. If swell is too small, beachbreak just north of point always has something. Usual paddle out is from the keyhole in the reef just south of the big bird-s*** covered rock"), not much.Thankfully, Mike has left a lot of this up to us, and one surfer to another, that may be the only thing keeping a bunch of jetski-towing, meth-head, knuckleheads from showing up at your favorite spot mid-swell.Be safe and enjoy this excellent book!

..even years since the last edition. I’d have never found some memorable surf breaks without it. Highly recommend, just don’t go to my favorite spots please.

I have the California beaches back from the 80's, this now completes California beaches

this read was pretty dang amazing. thank you for writing this book!!

Information is good and up to date but maps are.impossible to read on the kindle. this is a major flaw and I would be inclined to get the hard.copy version over the kindle one

Decent for what it is. I expected a bit more depth as to wave quality and such but overall, an easy read. After 45 years of doing Baja, I retire down there this month. Wanted a bit more to go on than my own journals.I should have wrote a book, lol

Nice guide

Good information, straight to the point, lets you know what you need for surf trip to that part of world.

Pretty standard info. Still good to have but rhe Baja folding map I bought at discover baja will show you all these surf spots. Still glad I had this book.