Panama's Santa Catalina Island home to surfing adventure
Panama's Santa Catalina Island may seem like an unusual place to find a surfing adventure, but if you know anything about the area or just look up the Punta Break, you will find that it is one of the challenges of the surfing world. Getting a room at Rancho Estero is also a challenge at this time of year, which will also verify that this is not an ordinary vacation spot that people so soon get tired of.If you drive up to Rancho Estero, you can't miss the fact that Santa Catalina is a surfer's paradise by the number of boards either outside the rooms or strapped to vehicles. That will mean lines at the Punta Break.
So, you may ask one of the staffers at the Rancho Estero to set up a ride for you to Coiba, where there are several lesser-known but equally challenging breaks waiting, without the long lines of surfers waiting their chance at the Break.
Or, if you want to dive, you can also set up a diving expedition with the staff at Rancho Estero. Indeed, the diving expedition, aside from surfing the La Punta Break, will likely be the highlight of your trip to Panama's Santa Catalina as you find yourself nose to nose with a humpback whale or a sea tortoise just going about its business. The coral reef you are swimming near is one of the most prolific in this hemisphere. It helps to protect schools of brightly colored tropical fish.