[Geary]

No, look up Rio Claro on the map. Rio Claro empties out right at the center section of the 1 kilometer wave (also happens to be the tubular section), which was part of 17 miles of coastline owned by Danny Fuller (reportedly an old time pot smuggler).

During the time we were there, it was like the wild west. Gun fights between the gringos and squatters, who were paid to steal gringo beach front real estate via "squatter's rights". We were immune from all that, because we purchased up on the hill, from one of the well respected local families. There was a pretty good write up on Pavones in one of the Surfer's Journals maybe 15 years back.