Mizata is the last point heading west (seems like north) from La Libertad.  The drive from La Libertad will lead you through 5 tunnels as it winds through the mountains, cliffs and valleys.  It is far enough away that people rarely make the drive to surf here.  Which means you will most likely surf alone, unless it's the weekend, and in that case there may be 2 people.  Most of the local surfers actually come from Sonsonate, which is a town 30 minutes west of Mizata.  Regardless of how many people you surf with, always practice good surf etiquette.  Mizata is a very small town and there is no American presence.  No surf shops, no stores and only one restaurant (barely).  However, what it may lack in 1st world luxuries, it more than makes up for in character and Beauty.  It's got a cool small town feel and it's a true Salvadoran culture without any touristy surf economy take over.  We fell in love with it, that's why we call in home. 

The Surf
There are 5 waves to choose from on a little stretch of beach.  The Point, Boulders, 2 Beachbreaks and the Slab.

The point. The point is a cobblestone rivermouth psuedo point, with rides up to 150 yards.  Breaks best on a lower tide although it can be surfed at any.  It can handle waves up to double overhead +.  The wave forms a peak at the take off and sling shots down the line.  There are two barrel sections, one on the take off and another about half way if it's working.  It's usually offshore in the morning before the seabreeze kicks in.  The point can be sensitive to wind.  It's best with no wind at all.  There are typically two take off spots; one at the top of the rivermouth (bombs) and another that is wider and more inside (better shape).  On the best days it just connects all the way though  There is occasionally a good left off the same peak.

Boulders.  Boulders is a wave in between the point and the beach break.  It's all rocks with an occasional VW sized boulder that'll pop up.  At low tide the rocks seem to go out forever.  At highest tides you'd never know there were rocks.  The wave is constantly changing throughout the year.  Sometimes it's a hightide wedgy inside wave, other times its a way outside peak, and then sometimes it turns into a perfect left point.  There's usually a nice A-frame with both a right and a left.  The left is usually best.  Best with offshore winds and mid to high tide. 

Beach break.  There two distict beach breaks only 200 yards apart.  The main beachbreak (in front of our property) breaks mostly on sand.  There are some big rocks on the outside that will boil and you'll occasionally see some rocks uncovered on the inside, but for the most part it's all sand.  Prefers mid tide to low tide, although, it too can be surfed at any tide depending on the day.  There is a rock formation offshore that seems to magnify the swell and creates a consistant A-frame in the center of the beach- directly in front of our property.  The wave can get very hollow.  Both rights and lefts.  It can be a tricky wave to surf because the wave seems to shift around a bit.  It can handle onshore wind better than the point.  200 yards down there's more of an inside break that prefers higher tide.  There are no rocks at all down there.  This break produces some nice hollow tubes on the right day.  This wave doesn't have any refraction from rocks or a cliff and it doesn't seem to change shape much.  It's really the most straighforward wave in Mizata.  Even though it's steps away from the main beach break, it's typically a lot smaller and it can be closed out sometimes.

The Slab.  The Slab is a right at the very end of the beach.  It breaks over a shallow rocky ledge.  It can be very hollow, but it rarely looks better than the other waves.  It has awesome potential, and I've heard of dreamy barrels, but I've never seen it.  Nor surfed it.

The beachbreaks can be more inviting than the point at first look, but the point is often much better than it looks.  And each has it's days or even hours as the best waves will move with a tide change.  Sometimes we'll surf the beachbreak, boulders, then the point and then the beachbreak again all in the same session.