Hi
still in portugal,having fun and missing Santa Catalina already,back in Panama the 31st,will go straight home and try and surf and dive a bit.speaking of which,put a video on you Tube of a whale shark we saw while diving coiba here is the link VIDEO
Have fun wherever you are and remember,if you want to come to Santa Catalina to surf, fish, snorkel, dive , travel to coiba island,come stay at sol y mar,we have the best rooms and promise you a good time

hi

still in portugal but already missing panama and santa catalina.even more now that received

some pictures from the surf that shows me its going off.soon will be surfing the point again

hi
just letting everyone know that Luis Silva,the owner of Sol y Mar is not going to be in Santa catalina till the end of March,he is on holidays in Portugal,after two years non stop in Catalina.But Sol y Mar is in business and being managed by his friend Alan Page,who is taking good care of our guests as is the standart in our hotel.he can be reached at the hotels nr (00507) 60415411.take care

hi
again no internet,so not able to update the blog as often as would like.
if you wonder what has been going on in Santa catalina,the waves have been small but today we have some and looks like tomorrow will pick up a bit more,so surfing is going to be making my day tomorrow.Have been wanting to go scuba-diving to Coiba Island for the last few days,but the Hotel has been too busy and couldn´t get away for a full-day trip.
also if you are looking to book a room at sol y mar,expect two days maximum for your mails to be answered,for we have to go to Soná to get internet.
but the good news is we already have cell phone coverage at Sol y Mar (not yet the rest of Santa Catalina,but a cell tower is going to be built in the next few weeks ), so you can reach us at (00507) 60415411
see you soon,good surfing and diving wherever you are
Luis

no,this was not today,actually we had a few,but no photos and nothing like this either.the waves at santa catalina have actually been weak for two weeks now,best days so far the 5th Jan and yesterday/today.soon the southern hemisphere will start sending us the goodies,feb ,march and april are usually the months with most perfect waves,for the size starts coming and its full off-shore season.the first photo is one of the biggest days I surfed here,an honestly I was taking off on the smaller ones,once in a while a set would come that was just unreal,20-25 foot faces,but no one was handling the sets.

the second photo was taken for sure also around march a few years ago,that´s a very normal size for that season. SANTA CATALINA PANAMA IN MARCH ROCKS

hello

here I am again,after a long absence,we did not have internet at santa catalina,and been surfing and diving in coiba island a lot.Panama is still sweet!!!

we saw whale sharks already like 20 times since christmas,here is a photo

hi
been a while since my last entry,been busy with opening a dive operation,suposed to start 1st november.
just got a few websites from a guy that was moving his dive operation to another country.
if you want to check them out,go to www.scuba-charters.com ,also www.divecoiba.com and www.coibapanama.org
they all talk about diving in coiba island,which is a national park in panama.
also today my board hit my head surfing santa catalina and had to had it superglued.the waves were quite good,anyway.take care
Luis