Final day surfing we left Engenhoca and headed to Boca da Barra… much, much harder! Its where the river meets the ocean, and you have to go pretty far out from the mainland to catch the waves. We actually took a boat out and then paddled (forever and ever) to get out to catch the waves where they break.
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So they let us out from the boat one by one, and I was at the end of the group… there were still a few instructors left in the boat, plus a student who was from a previous week… needless to say, by the time I got in the water the rest of the pack was way ahead of me…. So much so that despite my efforts to paddle out in the channel, I could not see anyone in front of me given the height of the waves. And then the scary part happened – the waves started breaking before I could get fully out, and I was having to duck underwater… they taught us the turtle dive, which I used, but when you get hit one after another by pretty strong waves, well, eventually you are just trying to keep from being pummeled. I spent about two or three scary minutes out there alone, not able to get past the waves, until one of the instructors came over…. Needless to say I was a little bit shaken up….but I got back out there, this time not going until I knew someone was behind or with me!!! My surfing was not so good – it's much harder than where we were the first few days – but I got up there a handful of times, so go me on the last day!
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