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Surfing in Peru
Beaches and Water Sports in Peru
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Peru has 2,600 kilometers of Coastline, which includes a variety of landscapes and climates , the latter being influenced directly by the confluence of two important marine currents, El Nino to the North and La Peruana or Humboldt to the South.
It was the beaches of Northern Peru that inspired Ernest Hemingway to write his Nobel Prize winning novel, " The Old Man of the Sea". There are beaches all along the Coastline ideal for all kinds of water sports such as, swimming, surfing, windsurfing, coastal fishing, spear fishing (scuba diving, snorkeling, skiing, sailing, rowing, yachting and jet skiing.
The Coastal climate is mainly temperate. In Summer (December to April) it is hot during the day and cool at night, temperatures varying between 18 and 26 . On the Northern, there s sunshine almost the whole year round with temperature between 19 and 36.
According to archaeological remains, ancient Peruvians mastered the sea as part of the job of fishing, or just for the sporting hell of it. These aspects are emphasized in pre-Inca eras, by tdexterity of the Mochicas and Chimus, who used small handmade boats of bulrushes.
As in ancestral times, the present day Caballitos de Totora (bulrush canoes) typify the Northern beaches such as Huanchaco in Trujillo and Pimentel in Chiclayo.
The most attractive and widely praticed sport along the Peruvian Coast is surfing and the most popular beaches are: |
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In Lima Waikiki
| Where the first South American Surfing Club was founded, characterized by both left and right waves, which is very entertaining for long boarders. There are other beaches such as La Pamilla, Barranquito, Redondo, with, left and right waves respectively, ideal for those just starting this sports. There is also La Herradura with left waves up to 4,50 meters high. |
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South
| South of Lima, Villa right and left shore break waves; |
| El Silencio, entertaining right waves up to 2 meter |
| Caballeros, long straight, right waves |
| Senoritas, left tubes, preferred by experienced surfers |
| Pico Alto, right waves more than 5 meters high, some of the biggest in the world after Waimea- Hwaii. |
| Punta Rocas (46 Kilometers from Lima) , left and right waves, and the site of international competitions |
| San Bartolo (53 kilometers from Lima), right and left waves |
| Penascal large, right tubes |
| Puerto Viejo (72 kilometers from Lima), beautifully formed left waves |
| Cerro Azul (135 kilometers form Lima), left waves up to 2 meters high |
| In the Department of Ica, in the famous Paraas, Ecological Reserve (278 kilometer from Lima) there is the Isla San Galflan, where there are perfect waves up to 2 meters high. |
| At 126 kilometers from Arequipa, there are the Mollendo beaches, ideal for spear sighin, and 15 kilometors, from Mollendo is the Spa Mejia which has strong shores breaks waves. |
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North
| Towards the North, 44 kilometers, from Lima is Pasamayo with right and left waves |
| Twelve kilometers from Trujillo, which is 561 kilometers from North of Lima, brings you to Huanchaco, with long left waves 2 meters high |
| Malabrigo - Chicam (70 Kilometers from Trujillo) with cold water and off-shore winds with left waves up to 2.5 meters high, considered to be the longest and most glassy waves in the world. |
| In Pacasmayo El Faro, (106 Kilometers from Trujillo) left waves up to 2.5 meters high |
| From Chiclayo, 770 Kilometers North of Lima, is Pimentel, with shores break waves up to 2 meters high |
| In the department of Piura, Cabo Blanco is prominent with some of the best waves in the world, long shallow, left tubes. Cabo Blanco is 176 kilometers from Piura and is also suitable for coastal fishing. |
| Los Organos (169 Kilometers from Plura), fast, glassy left waves |
| Mancora (182 Kilometers from Plura), left waves and warm water |
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