Freestyle cliff divers gracefully launch themselves off La Quebrada every year on 12 December, the Day of the Virgin of Guadalupe. Piercing the sea below in an impossibly narrow inlet, the divers pay homage to Mexico's patron saint.
The dives range from the simple to the hair-raising that make your insides curdle, some of these involving torches of fire. The most impressive is the famous "Ocean of Fire". The sea is lit with gasoline, making a circle of flames into which the diver has to skilfully land or be singed to a crisp.
Diving at La Quebrada first attracted attention back in the 1930s when a friendly game developed to see who could dive from the highest point - with the sea crashing against the rocks below, this was no easy task. The locals who came to see the divers began requesting dives for a tip.
Today the divers are professional, taking part in competitions and demonstrations worldwide. The inlet below La Quebrada is only seven metres wide and four metres deep. Unfortunately the dives are not without their accidents - there have been many broken bones and burst eardrums. Nevertheless, this amazing but risky feat is well worth seeing.
Diving at La Quebrada first attracted attention back in the 1930s when a friendly game developed to see who could dive from the highest point - with the sea crashing against the rocks below, this was no easy task. The locals who came to see the divers began requesting dives for a tip.
Today the divers are professional, taking part in competitions and demonstrations worldwide. The inlet below La Quebrada is only seven metres wide and four metres deep. Unfortunately the dives are not without their accidents - there have been many broken bones and burst eardrums. Nevertheless, this amazing but risky feat is well worth seeing.
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