[Craig T]

Originally Posted by Gears

The computer age did us no favors in CR .. For a couple years, we had it uncrowded at Pavones. Then the internet brought us wave forecasting, and packs of Floridians would fly in ($300 round-trip fight) and be on the beach a couple hours before the big swells would hit.

For sure. In the winter, it's actually less crowded at Oxnard Shores and other Ventura County beach breaks than it is at most popular Costa Rican beaches now. Rincon, Co Line, and other Ventura Co point breaks are zoos (far worse than the beach breaks), but Witches Rock, Roca Loco, Pavones, are just about as bad when they're breaking.