Rosarito Beach - Baja California, Mexico

Located 20 minutes south of the border from San Diego, California, this proximity to the border and scenic location between the Pacific Ocean and coastal foothills, makes Rosarito Beach (or Playas de Rosarito) one of the leading resort towns in Baja California.
Surfers - Visit K38
K-38 used to be one of the dusty crown jewels of Northern Baja, attracting a steady stream of California surfers through the '50s and '60s longboard era due to its consistency, ease-of-access and well-shaped walls. As development moved south of Rosarito, a condo highrise and health retreat took care of the ease of access part -- now, rather than parking on the low cliffs overlooking the break like it used to be, everyone is forced to find parking elsewhere. It's no longer an epicenter, really -- though the quality and consistency hasn't gone anywhere.
On lined-up south swells, K-38 is a bowly and tapered right point/reefbreak, allowing for numerous schwacks and the occasional tube through the inside; as the swell gets more north, the wave tends too spill wide and mushy -- though still plenty fun. Due to an underwater canyon and its south-facing direction, short-period northwest windswells don't make it into K-38 like they do at some of the other beachbreaks in the area.