We arrived at Benao Cove and anchored behind a huge rock/island next to a Catalina 40. We met the family onboard who just finished a circumnavigation of the world (Bruce, Lisa, Tristan, and Matthew), which took four years (search for their website under their boat name "Ohana Kai"). We all loaded into their dingy and went surfing together. The surf is a beach break with sand bars. It was breaking about 4 foot faces but fun, mostly lefts. They sailed off the next morning heading North back towards home. We stayed a couple more days surfing each day as the swell was building. The best surf we got was early afternoon with a rising tide. It was a consistent 6 foot face right with a good hollow section. I surfed until the locals started showing up after work. We asked around but couldn't really tell where they were coming from because there was not much happening on the beach, just a small hotel and a couple of houses. We enjoyed our stay here but needed to get ready to round the famed "Punta Mala" which means the "bad" point in Spanish. It is going to be an over night sail to the Perlas Islands with possible heavy winds and many ships rounding the point into the Panama Bay.