Just got back from Mexico yesterday. We stay at a small town north of Puerto Vallarta on a bay. There was lots of red flags and chatter amongst locals and gringos alike waiting for some tsunami action. Everyone had pretty much written off anything happening by mid afternoon Friday, as it looked like whatever would come petered out. Just as everyone started to lose interest, the tide went out, like in a matter of 5 minutes, and it went waaaay out. I've always heard how if that happens at the beach you'd better get scrambling. Being dumb (like everyone else I might add), we stuck around. Just as fast as the tide went out it came back in about 15 minutes after it went out, and just as quick. This process repeated for about 24 hours. There was some pretty strong waves going sideways in the bay too. These were as weird as anything. One guy was taken out by them and had to be rescued by some Mexican marines stationed there who luckily saw or heard him. Some neat stuff to watch on a hot, lazy Mexican weekend.
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