Certainly a visit to the balsa factory and a surf session on a balsa board can be a treat. You can easily arrange the purchase of your own balsa blank as a side or stop over trip. Heading to the North of Guayaquil opens up recently charted breaks where crowds are few and amenities are scarce. Although you will travel with a guide in a small group with set departures, this is not necessarily a disadvantage. The areas are remote and you will travel by boat, by truck, by 4x4, and stay in bamboo style lodges.
Food is simple but abundant and there are a few breaks which are still virgin.
Puerto Cayo known as Puerto Cayo Pipeline. Known to get huge and hollow. Santa Rosa Cabo San Lorenzo is a hollow beach break in winter. Only good in winter, north and west swells. Mompiche good lefts and during low tide forms huge barrels and hot dog wave.