This is the best spot around here to learn how to surf - the water currents swish around kind of like a toilet bowl, so if you get on one side, the current will help you paddle out to where the waves are breaking. Behind me, you can see El Pozo de Jacinto - which is a big spurting well. You can see two people standing behind me; the white in front of them is water spurting up. The first one is a small spurt, the second one is more impressive. I look a little brain damaged in the second. It was a hot day.
The legend is, Jacinto was a farmer who had a favorite cow. He tied himself to the cow wiht a rope while he was pasturing his herd around the cliffs so he wouldn't lose her. Said bovine got too close to the edge and tumbled into the sea, taking poor, hapless Jacinto with him. Today, you can stand at the edge of the cliff and should "Jacinto! Dame la vaca!" (give me the cow) as the spray comes up for good luck.
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