The town of Hanga Roa features two surf breaks, one on either side of the entrance channel to the small harbor. There’s a right that’s popular with beginners and boogie boarders – we counted up to 40 surfers in the water in the afternoon after school lets out. The other side of the channel has a more serious break that attracts more experienced surfers.
What Hanga Roa doesn’t have, though, are any surf shops – it’s not that easy for local surfers to get boards. Since we’ll be in sheltered waters after our passage to mainland Chile, we probably won’t have that many chances to surf. So, we left our boards on the island in the hands of a very grateful Joaquin, who crews on a sail charter boat.
No more surfboards aboard Madrone for now, but hopefully we’ve padded our karma account.
