As unfortunate as it sounds, our weekends are often compacted into a single day; usually Sunday. The city has a lot of energy on Sundays since a lot of the local families head out to the beach and the various plazas. In a way, it’s routinely a festive day around here and it it always gives us a day to look forward to.
On any given Sunday we’ll do a variety of things: browse some shops, go to a park or the central plaza, partake in a ‘mini-excursion’, and often we end up at the beach basking under the sun and enjoying a few hours of good swimming. Last night I told Laura that a really lazy Sunday at the beach sounded nice so this morning we headed down to the sea.
It was not to be a lazy day, however. The sea was extremely high, producing powerful waves and washing up over 3/4 of Playa’s main beach! The soccer goal posts had to be moved up near the boardwalk as the soccer field was covered in a newly formed intracoastal waterway! The beach was the busiest we’d seen in a couple of weeks and children were getting tumbled by the enormous force of the waves. There was hardly a place to leave your things as the entire beach was practically inundated with the tide. The lifegaurds were out in force today and the yellow flag (caution) was put up for the first time since we’ve been here. I’ve uploaded a couple of short videos to give you an idea 
Rough surf in Playa part 1
Rough surf in Playa part 2
And here is a picture looking down the beach towards the Cozumel ferry. I’ve marked a pink line showing the typical point where the tide and beach meet; and where we normally set up our little camp.
