You need balls and have to be an above average tuberider to handle The Entrance. If you pull up undergunned and think you can handle you will have your ass handed to you.
Overview
Atmosphere
This place is heavy. Imagine Mundaka meets Pipe with a lot of closeout sections. A bomb right pits into the channel while the left goes below sea level sucking up, spitting and chewing all the way till the end. The place rips your wetsuit off if you screw up on a big day and you'll be lucky if you pop up from the most violent underwater thrashing you've ever experienced in less then 10 seconds. Be prepared: the rip takes you out of the bay right in the impact zone again and again and again
General
This is a heavy break. The wave is scary, the locals are scary, and the sharks are scarier. Come with a gun, respect, and by yourself and you may get a few.
Buncha clowns
Folks writing comments on here are mostly kooks with no firsthand knowledge of this spot. Yes, it's cold and heavy and you have to study it and know when to surf it. But come on! Comparing it to Jaws? Give me a break. Jaws holds like 70 foot faces. This place holds some size, is frigid and sharky, and is definitely powerful but just give me a frickin' break with the international comparisons. 99% of the people commenting here haven't even watched it on a big day, let alone surfed it. It's just a symptom of the internet age we live in. Anyone can pretend to be an expert, older or younger, the opposite sex, or whatever.
comment by Anonymous, 2008-10-14 00:38:42
This Ain't Hawaii
I agree with Coldwater Fool. I read what the "Big Wave Surfer" had to say about comparing Jaws to the Harbor. OK, not the same...just like Cortez Bank and Ghost Tree are not the same. Making comparisons are moot, and just plain stupid.
Don't forget, Mark Foo (who was a damn good big wave surfer and very respectful of everyone; mad props R.I.P.) was an accomplished Hawaiian that died on an average day at Maverick's.
Tell ya what---come on down and show us what ya got. If a big "Jaws" guy can handle our weak little sandbar, we'll buy you a beer and give you all the respect you deserve.
Until then, if you wanna make more comparisons, you can tell us how much more fun it is to hump your mom than your sister
comment by Coldwater Fool, 2008-09-22 23:21:46
Clueless Punks
To the dwid that likes jaws; Your 80 degree water and warm weather won't prepare you for what this place will dish out. I've surfed barrels you could put a bus in there. Also been rubbed down hard...mercilessly worked. You have no clue until you do it, so shut your punk a$$ up until you have.
comment by Anonymous, 2009-02-06 03:04:00