Is This The Best Right Point In The World? | SURFER Magazine | Wish You Were Here: Point Perfection

[@drawerskis]

the first part of this is totally annoying: "some people like comfort. I like to surf perfect waves with just me and my friends". No you jerk, everyone likes surfing perfect waves with just their friends. Just some of us have lives where we have to work and can't just jump on a plane and travel to the desert on the other side of the world when a swell pops up.

[@ymatT601]

Well these guys used this as a money making endeavour by making a surf film about it.

[@crazy4wavescoasters741]

If you have a bad job, that's your problem! One of the guys is a pro surfer, and the other one is a pro photographer. They both have to work.

[@DeadSezSo]

You sound incredibly bitter lol to be that upset over such an innocuous statement...you're gonna stroke out one of these days

[@drawerskis]

@@DeadSezSo you sound incredibly bitter regarding my bitter statement. Lighten up!

[@alphonso238]

Eat doo doo. Surfing is pure joy

[@jasonjackson5696]

You can’t fool me - this is Malibu. They did some clever CGI to get rid of the pier & crowds.

[@ApriliaRacer14]

Jason Jackson Buah ha ha! They deleted out the 150 snakes dropping in on the shoulder on every wave.

[@coinraker6497]

Geez, do you last two repliers not recognize sarcasm?

[@alejandrotobienne584]

Haha Malibu wish it had white natural sand like the Caribbean.

[@ejectoraircoasters222]

@@coinraker6497 I think you're the one who can't recognize sarcasm lmao

[@scrumpymanjack]

Well, I guess Malibu IS just up the road from Santa Monica so you were closer than you could have possibly imagined!

[@alextheskaterdude07]

4:50 something about clear water waves makes getting pounded so much less scary

[@jimmythefish]

@Alexander MCINTYRE seeing the bottom when it's crystal clear water and sharp jagged coral and urchins a few feet below you is not fun. I think this is nice because it's just sand.

[@__sm1441]

jimmythefish I surf in New England and a lot of the spots are boulder fields and on the rare occasion that we have clear water it makes it less scary bc I know where not to fall. When the water is murky you might just land on a boulder and that always sucks

[@Wess-S]

@@jimmythefish ill take the reef, and sea urchins vs murky waters.

[@TheZacdes]

@@jimmythefish "Sand" broke my neck when i was lip launched on a very shallow 8 footer!! Dont underestimate sand!!!

[@ighfee]

@@TheZacdes I fractured my tibia on a sand bank and I was only body bashing. Happened at boojidup, neat Margaret River

[@GP-yc2it]

Saw a plane, saw a ship, saw some local folks, saw the beach. This spot will be crowded by lunch.

[@willbuchanan2863]

These guys act like people dont know how to use google earth...

[@ejectoraircoasters222]

@@willbuchanan2863 well if you can find this on google earth, please let me know

[@djsqueaks]

@@willbuchanan2863 it may take a while bro to find a this

[@scotthayes7491]

The ship looked military any help .good luck with Google earth let me know too .Their was about four blokes out at one stage the word will spread people can't help themselves a comp will b held by search so they can lay claim.

[@ejectoraircoasters222]

@Mono Superior you're saying that like you know where it is lol

[@illcuration]

Here's an idea. If you like solitude, go surf the waves, snap a few pics for your memory, then go home and lock it all away. Doing a big exploitive video on it and them claiming to be hardcore explorers is hilarious.

[@kayat9000]

thats a pretty idea. All chill yeah whatever in the video. then secret location PR stunt. Surfing is caught up in the instagram whirlpool of branding like everything else.

[@marksheehan8026]

Yes they are the best memories ..private ones with your mate ..

[@polocu23]

That is what i was thinking as i was watching. Bullshit 100%

[@desireemorrow2063]

none of you still no where this is so....... just saying

[@polocu23]

Desiree Do Couto its well explained here in comments

[@nickc3856]

By this time next year there's gonna be 150 guys out at a time

[@peacepuffz]

Yep

[@CarlosSilva13]

No it wont. This is not Bali.

[@owennicholls4327]

Nah ... these waves are fickle as... they mabey break 3 or 4 times a year... It ain't Bali ... kirra .. Lennox ... now thats a crowd !! ... good luck to whoever has the coin to drop every thing on a whim and score it.. it ain't me that's for sure ..lol Even if I knew where it was !!

[@SurfStrands]

acai bowls and vegan boardshorts, hahaha love it

[@nickc3856]

Carlos Silva you're wrong., There is a new hotel and resort being built close to this wave right now. Someone pointed it out on reddit. The place is going to be packed as soon as it opens.

[@aarongreer1657]

Those that know don't talk. And those that talk don't know. What you folks clearly don't know is that some things are worth never talking about. My condolences to the locals who call this home.

[@DannyTaddei]

Aaron Greer most of the locals there don’t surf. Some do and they run a surf camp. It’s hard to get there but not so hard you can’t and it is fairly close to several major resorts. They actually surfed several spots in the same area and the wave is no where near as long of a ride as they say. It could potentially be that long on a perfect angle swell but no one there ever claimed it was. I have sailed into there twice and stayed a good long time. I’ve got great waves there but Malibu first point long, not what they say.

[@dlvox5222]

This reminds me of discovering Punts Mita and Sayulita in the early 90’s before the road north of Puerto Vallarta was paved to get up there. 4-5 great breaks. Warm water. No crowds and only locals. It was heaven on the right swell. We used to watch the bouys and charge from San Diego on a 180-190 south swell in late summer. Some of the best sessions ever. Now there are 2 hotels and it’s swarming with people.

[@yannreux8105]

Veneros

[@jeffmilum5858]

I remember those days. Never saw other surfers. Total zoo now

[@A_Pt_9298]

The same for Mundaka, when we surfed it was absolute perfection in the late 80s, early 90s, then the oil spill occurred, they had to dredge the banks for wildlife and oil and it was messed up proper bad, it still hasn't really been the same. Same with Playa Des Americas and Los Christianos in Tenerife, some perfect waves, Spanish left for example, but then they put the jetties in and they are no longer... It seems like the rest of society just don't want to make surfers happy 🙄

[@timothymartin76]

A little after early 90s, but I was lucky enough to "house sit" for someone nearby at Punta Burros in 2001. I had that place almost to myself for an entire summer and surfed it every day. Only a few people in the water, and so many waves to go around. What a time...

[@roscatres]

@@A_Pt_9298 The dredge in mundaka had nothing to do with the oil spill and the wildlife. The dredge was only to be able to deliver a boat made in the Murueta boat maker down the river. It screwed mundaka really bad for a couple of years

[@Freeflowzeek]

Haha "I wanna get away from the crowds...solitude." Great, let's make a video and show the crowds. "No we won't share location." Let's make a video. Neurotic.

[@SVChaos]

Lol www.reddit.com/r/surfing/comments/9kaos5/if_youre_after_the_secret_right_from_surfer/

[@nicholaskiefer1689]

I don't think "neurotic" is the adjective you're looking for. "Moronic" is more like it.

[@keefah85]

Haha, I just read this, and you said pretty much the same thing I just did! :-)

[@Omgalchemy]

“Praia Santa Monica” good luck getting there unless you have a sailboat ⛵️. Cape Verde. October-November.

[@marksheehan8026]

Pin up boys blowing another location... certainly not soul surfers.

[@Bighag100]

Just what this place needs, loads more Brazilian surfers with their terrible etiquette and attitude. I'm sorry for the locals.

[@sepkorn]

Don't need to be man, they can be as ruf as the Brazilians

[@xacute2937]

Lol the locals are dangerous and don’t even surf. You need to hire guys with ak-47 to gaurd you safely in the car while you go to this spot.

[@sebastianaramburu4197]

I remember this brazilian that dropped on my wave, I didn't say anything, just did the same to him like 15 min later and I got barrelled 8 seconds and came out through the foamball, small wave though, I have a pic sequence, almost like 12 pics

[@chigchug283]

@@xacute2937 can you atleast tell me which country this is in mate?

[@daratheprofessional1827]

@@chigchug283 Island of the coast of West Africa

[@sbnqy]

You like the unknown and exploration? Yet you waited for a local to tell you it was on then you flew out there? Captain cooks legacy’s in no danger

[@sticks2478]

I said from my comfy armchair

[@sbnqy]

It’s not that comfy

[@nick8841]

Hahahaha

[@MrAdamspencer2011]

There were people here already when Cook went exploring. These guys didn't discover anything either. Their legacy is following in the footsteps of those before them who said "check this place out, its hard to get to so should be quiet".

[@allensaunders449]

You expect them to go on this adventure spend all this money on just a hunch. Don't want to go to all that for nothing. This isn't endless summer

[@hohepa1004]

Looks like Praia Santa Monica (Bona Vista) Africa, that’s for all the wankers saying its a secret, waves are there to be enjoyed they’re not owned by anyone. My local is Ship Wreck Bay Ahipara New Zealand, anything over a 2m swell with a south westerly wind gives very nice left handers

[@gabrielyoung9886]

Shippies is one of my favorite waves.

[@snnneto5]

Praia de Santa Mónica is a sandy beach in the southwestern part of the island of Boa Vista in Cape Verde. The nearest village is Povoação Velha, 5 km to the north. The beach is adjacent to the protected area Morro de Areia Nature Reserve, which is important for endemic birds and turtles

[@idirsurf585]

are you sure that's the place ?

[@danguee1]

@@idirsurf585 If you go on google earth, zoom down into the bay then the backdrop looks uncannily like it. You can see the distinctive shape of Rocha Estância in the background (like shown at 4:50). The terrain is a photofit, too.

[@saadifadel7103]

Good guess. I guess lol

[@MOO67204]

@@saadifadel7103 Laughing out loud is underused - please use it more - especially for at the end of comments that aren't even remotely funny

[@saadifadel7103]

@@MOO67204 your life must be boring as hell. If you have one. (see ? Same joke style.) Get Lost mate.

[@littlebear2477]

All I’ve ever wanted to do since my first surf trip was to “IF “ I had the money I would just go look for un surfed never heard of waves but it all comes down to money and time! For a surfer this is extremely hard to do!!

[@standupforgood7810]

As soon as The Venus project city is built, it will have 26 perfect waves circling every city, all day, every day and these secret spot can be kept secret. Peace, Love and stay stoked.

[@thomasrandle2902]

Old Jacque Fresco is no longer with us ,but the dream is still alive .

[@P3teR0cK]

guys, please delete the video how can you expose such a well kept scecret??? shame on you really. thats so bad.

[@ilyaescario3117]

I agree

[@scubawerlum]

@Arthur Van Lierde no.

[@randymarsh7019]

@Arthur Van Lierde thanks

[@relativetruth8889]

Ah, no no no!... I used a magnifying glass on that tanker, it's flagged to uh, Japan, so that point-break is really somewhere thataway... Tropical and way North of Oz...no doubt.

[@zalodelsolar3366]

😜

[@bexdreaming3793]

Total Muppets! Blowing up spots for your egos.

[@bryanhopkins2856]

It's easy to tell this is False Cape State Park in Virginia Beach. No open flames. Propane only. It's a lot of work. I recommend bringing an air mattress and a manual can opener too.

[@DonM340i]

wooow i never knew Praia Santa Mónica beach was so nice and a nice video about it is pretty cool to watch

[@tom7865]

This video is very ironic.

[@Jetty-xd9yc]

At 4:48, if I was out there.... just the water color alone is so unreal. I've had sessions at my home break, it's a jetty w/a river mouth and at a -.04 low tide the color in summer is similar. So very stoked for you guys. You stoked me out just watching and being humble about the trip. Much Aloha from 1502 🤙🌊

[@A_Pt_9298]

Clearly you haven't been to indo or South East Asia yet then 😄😉 crystal clear water and bath water temperature

[@spo7878]

The video gives all the clues: the language spoken on that country, even the goddam airliner, short google map checking and boommmm.......now lets all go there and destroy the place !!!!!!! Congrats António Silva and Surfer. Well done !

[@gkj8765]

So what country bud?

[@spo7878]

@@gkj8765 check the comments, there are 3 or 4 of them right on target....

[@daviddntait]

I swear I seen Ehukai sandbar break like this once in my life! I'll never forget it. But THIS wave here is just pure perfection period.

[@charlesalexander1711]

Huh. How would that even happen at ehukai

[@daviddntait]

@@charlesalexander1711 its called a sandbar...

[@cameronbahar2871]

No lies

[@jasonjackson5696]

_”ok, you SWEAR you won’t tell anybody?”_ Then in 2020 they will have a pro contest there & your buddy says _”the pressure was too much, Surfer Magazine gave me $500 & a year free subscription, how could I say no?”_

[@jasonjackson5696]

Mpanada13 - maybe, but it will get crowded just like Skeleton Bay, Western Oz, Puerto Escondido etc. - you cannot hide from today’s technology. Someday soon with the aid of the now available underwater geography mapping, you’ll have UAV’s hired to fly all of the coastal waters looking for surf spots.

[@fernandogil745]

it´s even harder to break than skeleton bay. needs a really big swell.

[@jasonjackson5696]

Fernando Gil - I ain’t buying it & neither will anybody else.

[@joshuavazquez5766]

hahahaha

[@OBlockShooter]

@@jasonjackson5696 That's actually a very good business idea...

[@mark7denzer]

There are a lot of empty waves around the globe. The dedication required to get there on the right day is daunting. A lifetime effort. I have succeeded a few times. I loved it, but it did not change my life or make me a better person. Guess what: they were all hard to ride, and sometimes you still walk away unfulfilled. Enjoy all the amazing people and experiences all around you. When you get lucky in surfing, better yet.

[@87gn199]

care to share any stories

[@LibyanSoup]

at 1.54 on the bus window is written 'CV Handling' - that clue led me to Cape Verde and on to Boa Vista Island. There the volcanic peaks seen clearly at 4.56 reveal the location as Praia Santa Mónica.

[@jordanmorrow4757]

Yep saw the same thing, best part is there’s Surfline spots on that island just above that beach

[@brodyvanunen]

I'm just a 19 year old guy from Canada who loves too surf and I was able too find where this wave is. Shame on surfer for posting this, you just gave away one of the most beautiful points in the WORLD for a couple hundred thousand views on a video. Hope what you made on this was worth it and same goes too the egotistic surfer and filmed because it's no longer a secrete you kooks

[@gwstomper8185]

they don't give a fuck, that's why they do it another spot exposed shame on those two cu.nts , shame shame , shame their names are to be written in the dirt , with dog shit , Dog shits in the dirt , shame em

[@lourencocachinga]

Shut up man. There are 300 breaks like this one around the world. How could u know which one it was. In fact, saying that just shows that you know nothing about the search.

[@joshrblaylock]

@@lourencocachinga You are wrong, this one is 100% definitively identifiable. Just because you didn't spend the time to "search" doesn't mean that others with tedious perseverance and attention to detail didn't nail it. They definitely gave it away. I'm all for sharing an experience, but they should have followed the cardinal rule regarding footage from secret spots and left no identifiable backdrops, landmarks or clues of any kind.

[@shanewalter896]

FUCK SURFER! THEY DONT GIVE A FUCK AND HAVE LOST TOUCH WITH REALITY, GUESS THEY HAVE BEEN UP SLATERS ASS FOR TO LONG? THEY DIDNT EVEN NOMINATE BEN GRAVY THIS YEAR FOR HIS VLOG. FUCK THEM THEIR DONE!

[@AnotherBangaTV]

@@joshrblaylock literally took a guess from the color of the water and sure enuff i was right

[@BigErnMcCracken777]

Heaven for me would be an island with this wave on one side of the island and skeleton bay(with clear blue water) on the other. Soooo clean and beautiful. Definitely going to church tomorrow🤙

[@broke-ia]

haha church is what I call it when I grab my board in the morning and head into the water

[@majorpayne8373]

Reminds me of those "Backpacker" magazine articles - 'The Last 10 Secret Spots'.

[@davecannon1523]

I wonder if this is Western Sahara. There just aren't too many places within striking distance of Portugal with uninhabited 20km sandy bays. There are beaches in Western Sahara that are covered in crabs. You can fly from anywhere in Portugal to Gran Canaria, then to Nouadhibou, rent a car, and cross back into Western Sahara. The Canary and Cape Verde islands are all volcanic and quick to get around, so I'd rule them out. Mauritania proper is even more remote, expensive, and unsafe. It's dangerous to drive around unless you're in a company caravan and know where the minefields are.

[@tommybrewer2983]

You have it in first paragraph.....

[@Tyler-mz2sm]

its already been answered where it is, but i do agree that western sahara is holding more of these kind of waves than we could count on 2 hands. The only problem is the isolation and as you mentioned, landmines. Towards the bottom of western saharah are a few waves that I believe are possibly the best rights in the world.

[@SurfStrands]

The very definition of a hypocrite

[@johngarin8290]

Snapper, Really,? Point Perf looks nice but very weak wave , there's a dozen places in WA better with nobody except occasional white pointer for 300 km, perfection in the eyes of the beholder eh, ?

[@jasonjackson5696]

john garin - yes, Western Oz is still a surfing frontier with an untapped thousand+ mile coastline.

[@existinguser7788]

john garin yes but it’s also riddled with sharks and you’ll be the only one out, fuck that

[@ianmasek71]

FFS, this isn't a secret! The only exploring they did was finding the number of their concierge mate who works at the hotel two bays around and a little bit of storm knowledge. This wave is so damn fickle you're better spending your coin at KS's bathtub for the returns. Can't wait for the hyped Surfer/Inertia/Surfline expose on it ;-) Seek. Find. Share only with loved ones.

[@Zepster77]

There’s a critic in every crowd

[@wolf-yw9wk]

this is just a 7:52 video about two surfers being smug about a wave “no one” knows about. “i surfed here and you didn’t it was so good, i guess you’re just not willing to put in the sacrifice like i am to surf these kinds of waves”

[@kokemf]

My bet? West africa north atlantic, mauritania my first thought, but cabo verde and azores fit on it too. This video shows LOT OF THINGS, the whole point, the bush vegetation, the ground and sand colour, and two characteristic mountains at the horizon which looks like volcanoes. Don't think it's Fannings wave, cause water colour and sand colour and even vegetation around the point are completely diferent, they have wetsuits and sun light appears to be a the other side of the coast. With that great water colour forget about the whole west africa shore line (continent) because it has all that chocolate shit colour almost always. That leave us with Cabo Verde or Azores, they fit with that water conditions of colour and temperature, and even more, with the volcanoes landscape, and vegetation; but would be really dificult to have kept on secret that jewell being on these islands, isn't it? And there's not many places on these islands with a bay like that... Anyways looks crazy but not an easy ride folks, this wave will defend by itself jj

[@ducatela1]

It has nothing similiar to Açores.

[@Logan-gi2lm]

kokemf you are very inquisitive

[@nomadhabit]

lmao açores! the other thing about crowds is it hardly ever breaks this way without wind interfering, but you are good my friend ;)

[@garrettmiller6667]

kokemf look at those places an google maps and you will prob see it

[@Jerrymc1975]

Definitely not the Azores

[@DeanJFord]

this clip is so great . it reminds me of the endless summer. i wish i was with you guys

[@dylancooper8497]

See you all out there next year :)

[@kreefaas]

For those who are dying to know where this wave is, it is on an island off the coast of Africa on a stretch of beach called Praia de Santa Monica which means "beach of Saint Monica". So, all you have to do is go to google Earth and Paste "Praia de Santa Mónica" into the search bar and you'll find it.

[@taonflorian2]

it's CGI. They're surfing Kelly's ranch, with a background added.

[@mitseraffej5812]

Kelly’s ranch is piddle when compared to this.

[@JIMJAMSC]

Perfection is subjective regardless of what you are talking about. Waves, beach, hiking tails, ski slopes etc. I found out that the pros and cons balance out. Seclusion might = danger, lack of emergency help, food. Incredible = crowded, touristy etc. I found my invisible cobalt blue water "heaven" on earth similar to above but it was a live razor sharp reef, shallow with fire coral, angry fishermen and shady local authorities towards Americans.

[@vickmargaol]

Men like Bukele awaken the dignity, decorum and desire for justice and freedom of an entire continent.

[@amchmontesdoque5154]

"And this, my dear friends, is how localism woke up at the place"

[@conspiraciesarejustgreatst2059]

If your surfing such a remote location like that, do you surf with a knife strapped to your leg? In case you come across some sharks or locals?

[@tommyhofer1176]

isn’t this the same wave from “a dream to share”?

[@gsmarin1]

That place will be toast in 3 - 5 years, why in hell would anyone with a clue post this video?

[@joecollin560]

Bye bye wave...marina coming. “As the Island's most prized asset, planned development will play a key role in the future prosperity of Boa Vista. Fully endorsed by the Cape Verdean Government, Santa Monica Beach is the spectacular location for six new developments planned by The Resort Group PLC. The master plan will incorporate an impressive marina, developed in partnership with some of the world’s leading hotel brands. This will transform Santa Monica into a truly exclusive and unparalleled beach destination, whilst preserving the Island’s unique and unexplored edge.”

[@timothynorton3943]

4:51 the best shot ever

[@joaomiguel1988]

that shot pretty much reveals the place

[@stevemccart9109]

the camera work was so bad I couldn't really tell how good this spot really was.

[@ejectoraircoasters222]

ok. Search up "Skeleton Bay surf" then mirror the image. That's how good this wave is

[@mynhardtvanschalkwyk]

Anyone know what the name of the song is that starts at 2:50? Cheers ✌🏼

[@sushimamba4281]

We are building a surf resort here with a capacity of 500 surfers at any one time.

[@peacepuffz]

there building far worse then that there.

[@scotteastman7219]

YOU THERE MAY YOU LIVE FOREVER ! 300

[@TheZacdes]

@@peacepuffz yehh, they have now,lol. Place rarely gets like this anyway:/

[@Wess-S]

4:50 thats what surfing day dreaming looks like.

[@ed7412]

I was on a boat in Northern Sumatra for 11 days in July with both of these guys. They are both stand up humans, care takers of the planet and don't deserve to be bashed. Your all a bunch of keyboard warriors.

[@ed7412]

Hahahaha thanks Doinker

[@thebomb1393]

So it’s a case of good people doing really dumb shit. They may as well have built the resort themselves.

[@ed7412]

So for every amazing wave on the planet there is " good person who did really dumb shit" ?

[@dodorey]

Ed legend!

[@phoarey]

Well I won't be going to a third world country Africa. Thanks for showing this guys. Our beach apartment is at Fanning's (Snapper) . Great to see a near virgin, uncrowded break.

[@marksheehan8026]

Surfing mags and alot o pro surfers have screwed surfing and local quiet breaks for their big egos and lined their pockets . When you meet them they are so entitled. . Been a sad story for surfing beautiful places ..

[@dougclark4025]

How do you ,... I've been surfing for 35 +/- years .And God Blessed you both w/ this wave....of which when I Observe... Speechless...Beyond words....

[@dasright1905]

Wow sandbar perfection I wish I was regular footed for this wave😂

[@ejectoraircoasters222]

don't worry bro, nobody knows where this is, plus Skele Bay exists

[@ggexpeditions867]

Why would you not surf this backside lol

[@TheZacdes]

Visit the Cape Verde islands, but dont expect to score that right. there are other good setups on a few of the islands.

[@Dylansails]

Surprised by all the negative comments.. It's not hypocritical to enjoy adventuring/getting away from crowds and documenting the experience.. I love seeing people find secret spots and I don't blame them for not sharing the location! Definitely wouldn't want any of these trolls in the comments to show up at my secret spot. However, my secret spot is much less desirable than this one haha

[@JEFFGUITAR]

Heavy!! Soo sick. Water color is insaane!! Creds to the aliens for giving this to us 😄✌️✌️

[@edinhapy6053]

Thanks for sharing this, time to party waves!

[@DJ8457]

Guys this is my country Cape Verde Boa Vista Island

[@JoeMmt347]

So much negativity in these comments! Get over yourselves and the Egos.

[@theitineranthistorian2024]

excellent find. surely inspirational for the many spots unfound.

[@Sprint-jj3fe]

Kind of wave i used to draw on my paper bag book cover, beauriful.

[@LotrinKotrin]

People in this comment section, are you living in 2018? In the world of social media NOTHING is secret anymore, and for most of you videos like these are the CLOSEST you're ever going to get to a location like that. No one wants to spend the money or time to go anywhere, but everyone has time to be a hater on the internet. Go get a job.

[@dodorey]

Lotrin word!

[@teenagewasteland11]

an unfortunate hypocrite this guy seems. a nice speech of exploration and solitude but here you are selling your content to Surfer and in doing so very likely disappointing many locals. don't come and say this was done in the name of surfing

[@laniakea777]

I'll take it. Sign me up. Bubble Drain Pipes all day long. Dreamy .

[@misteryoso2011]

Ohhh God jesus. Where is this place?

[@tolbaszy8067]

Lonely, scorched planet captivates hunting, ice moon. Oceans arouse Earth!

[@mkgci]

Where is this place?????

[@WhiteGhost21]

on an island

[@noseeumproductions2709]

beautiful wave and water color

[@tomlambrix8320]

If a local told you it was going to be working then it’s not a secret. You take video and post it on social media come on. You ruined a great wave. Get it while you can

[@KallyJones]

I always feel bad for locals who have their favorite hit by interlopers, but I also think that's just tough. People want to explore and find and read swell reports and get on a plane spending money to find these blissful spots. To the locals I'd say that unless surfing is native to your land then your favorite spot for your favorite passion is due to transients and visitors who brought surfing with them to you and your life. Sorry, but everything popular is due to the migration of ideas and good luck pushing against that tide.

[@fiddlestickzmuzik]

lol the comments are hillarious, no one is going to give up their life or their job to come and stay and surf this 'fickle' wave, it will never get crowded because it's just too much hassle to get to quickly and it's costly for 95% of people, so many people go nuts posting hate before they think.

[@sepkorn]

finally some common sense here

[@WarriorBulldogs]

We have now obtained the necessary construction permits for a beginners surf camp and will be having surfline email everyone 10 times a month for a free 7 day surf trip for you and a buddy.

[@QueEstaPasando_YT]

Yes but where exactly is this at!?

[@adanmaxwell]

Does anyone know the exact location, like 100% sure? If so please tell me! I would love to use this place for a surf film in the future.

[@tomweingarth4825]

16,0017651, -22,9193014

[@Estovitch]

Works only 3+3 months per year?

[@Estovitch]

Some years ago, you could see that wave on Google Earth but not anymore… if I’m not wrong.

[@scatman1036]

That local who told them to come has shot himself in the foot. Great way to blow up the spot and instanly create crowd

[@carlosaramosss8166]

not if he`s planning on running a surfcamp..

[@alexreid4131]

Awesome but I wish there were more beach angle shots of the guys surfing.

[@baindon719]

Beautiful thanks for sharing

[@suncaribedistributors1308]

Is Cabo Verde the beach is called Praia Santa Monica very nice place

[@Spuki2k]

everyones commenting about how they exposed the spot but none of you would actually go there

[@ahinalu1]

Thanks to this video, I was able to find this spot. It's on my list for sure.

[@lincnort]

Drop the location rn

[@chigchug283]

Hey mate can you atleast tell me which part of the African coast it’s on?

[@ahinalu1]

@@chigchug283 It's not "ON" the African coast. Look to the west a bit.

[@MrPipeline100]

@@ahinalu1 - Cabo Verde, perhaps!?!

[@thalesmenegon2041]

Did you find it? Is not Africa, is it? Cheers

[@MultiDirtyJersey]

Amazing footage 🔥 🔥

[@LouisSalaun]

I surfed a couples times and when I see those waves with perfect lines it just giving me the frustration ahahah ^^ wanna leave and go to surf

[@dreadllorrd]

Louis Salaun you’d eat shot and die on those waves. I’ve been surfing for years and those waves are about my level. Surf a “couple” more times before you go on saying you could this shit

[@commie281]

JM A right! he just made stuff up

[@Jesterian]

Noah456 huh? This isn’t a difficult wave at all really.

[@commie281]

Jesterian i hear it’s really fast but it only takes a few tries to get used to it

[@LouisSalaun]

@@dreadllorrd I just wanted to say that I wanted to surf. I was not saying that I'll go and surf Nazare or Jaws... you read too fast

[@avaaymedecine]

This video feels like a dream

[@keithdaris6537]

Let's find an amazing wave, then put it in a video on youtube. What could go wrong?

[@nick8841]

Are we sure it only rarely breaks? I see on Google earth and zoom earth, two different satilite images of it running. Not for 15kms bit still sections of it were running, so that's pretty good odds to me considering it's just random photos taken on two different days.

[@RedLineShortFilms]

Too fast of a wave when it's small

[@paulhetherington3854]

"Whish You were, here!" Hello Kitty!

[@nick8841]

Let's all go surf there and when we see these guys in the water we chase them out and don't let them surf there. I'm joking, but damn that would be some karma. And once again thanks for exposing it so I can surf there.

[@dodorey]

Nicholas Kerr get there first.

[@the10thleper]

The moment you tell where it is...... it will be destroyed. "What does that say about surfers???"

[@kneehigh9861]

3:45 is what you came for...

[@eileenhenryselby-smith9762]

a more beautiful story if you never told it

[@rsyalom]

Any idea where this is? Asking for a friend.

[@antowf6788]

Doesn't seem that secret look at 6:18 we can see at least two other guys in the water

[@LibyanSoup]

At 0.22 there are 3 guys on a quad bike and a 4th standing in the shore break further up the point. Notice the black and white striped board under the arm of the guy on the left of the quad. Naxto Gonzalez rides boards with that same black and white strip artwork plus he has a wetsuit with a lime green left sleeve - just like here. Pretty sure that is him on the quad. As to where they are - that was even easier to work out. At 1.54 on the bus window is written 'CV Handling' - that clue led me to Cape Verde and on to Boa Vista Island. There the volcanic peaks seen clearly at 4.56 reveal the location as Praia de Santa Mónica. 100 % sure.

[@pg-element688]

Libyan Soup Vimeo

[@LibyanSoup]

AshShu Veru Don't know what you mean by 'Vimeo' but anyway I checked Naxto's IG and he was there for this swell and that was him on the quad - just as I thought.

[@tonysmario817]

@@LibyanSoup the real question is, 'how often does it break?'... there's a reason it was empty, and remote. if the wave looked like that regularly, the locals would have structures there, and the place would be full of local surfers on a day like that. my bet is, it breaks once every two or three years.

[@sarahandbillysmith4504]

Great wave, but I'm looking for the left ! So I wont be venturing to this elusive spot and be responsible for crowding this break !

[@osviiii]

So where is that?

[@robkamanda]

This might be Oman or somewhere in the persian gulf. I gotta ask a flora expert to pinpoint where that shrubery is, and maybe a Petrologist abot the rocks. If anything, that right has to be Oman.

[@OceanWaves101]

Solitude is where you find the Stoke.

[@christopherdowling879]

absolutely awesome right hand break wish i was there