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Guam 2020: Post 32 Surfers at Telofofo Bay and Jeff's Pirate Cove


Telofofo Bay is reguarded as the main place for surfing on Guam.  It is the only surfing site with a sandy bottom.  Other sites are advanced and have risk because you are surfing near the reef.



I've never seen surfers there before, and we've driven by numerous times in the past.  But this was the weekend with the high surf warning, so I guess we had good timing.  We saw lots of family surfers there with parents teaching their kids how to do it. 


And there was actually one guy out there who looked like he knew what he was doing.  Everyone else mostly bobbed around in the water.


Jeff's Pirate Cove has been in operation for years.  It is famous.  They have a restaurant, a gift shop, a museum, a park, volleyball courts, and a hammock hanging station. 


Rob and I stopped for mango smoothies. 



We took advantage of the goofy photo opportunities.    I guess we are surfer kids now. Rob sure does look talented.


In the museum there was a WWII coke bottle collection, a shell collection, and collections of all kinds of other things from around the island including WWII items, and Japanese glass floats.


I found the size of the turtle shell to be impressive.


We found Jeff the Pirate's fishing fleet too. 


If you have been keeping up with reading my posts, you have successfully made it around the southern half of the island.  Happy surfing.

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