The herd mentality is a curious thing. I lived right on the beach in Mexico for 3 weeks in the early 90's. Long stretch of beach breaks, with a very popular surf break just 1 km north of where I was. I surfed mainly on my own, or with one or two guys out, one day we had a crowd of 4. Epic A-frames, 10-12' faces 2 or 3 times, averaged around head-high during the 3 weeks I was there.
That popular break, 1 km away along the single-lane road that followed the beach? Checked it out a coupla times, always crowded with Texans, Californians, & some Aussies, go figure.......
Gotta go back there one day, just to see whether the herd has finally worked out that you can get uncrowded waves just down the road
