This is a long beach break. The beach has a reef point break, and a beach break in the middle. The beach break is very powerful and when there is a large swell it tends to close out. Generally, it gets much bigger at First Beach than any of the other breaks (except Silver Backs), so when the other breaks are only a 1-3 feet, you typically can get fun 4-6 foot beach break surf here.
First and Second Beach, Bastimentos
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Carenero Cay, Northern tip
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This is a reef with three different sections. Which section breaks the best depends on the swell direction. Surfing this beach can be a little dangerous because there are many coral reefs close to the waves. Here there is a left hand reef bottom point break that breaks on the outside of a round shaped reef and wraps along the edge of the reef for a ride about 200 yards long. The wave is powerful and pitches some very long tube sections. When conditions are perfect you can expect 5 to 6 second tube rides.
Silverback
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This is a right hand big wave reef bottom point break, breaking out in the deep ocean, but close to an outer island, about a 30 minute boat ride from Bocas. You have to be committed to make this wave, there’s no turning back over this lip. The wind, tide and swell direction have to come together to make this spot fire. Its usually an airdrop to to a thick lipped barrel that spits. The wave breaks on most swells. When the other spots are 6 to 7 feet, this place can be twice that, and gets sometimes to 25 foot faces.
