🇵🇪 Máncora
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Best directionSSW
Wind speed15–22kt
SeasonApr – Dec
Skill levelAdvanced
WaterWaves
Ridden forKitesurfing
Peru's best-known beach town, with a peeling point break that's drawn wave riders for decades — the same Humboldt-current-driven side-shore wind that powers this whole stretch of northern Peruvian coast.
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Getting thereNorthwestern Peru, about 1.5 hours north of Talara Airport (TYL) or 2 hours south of Tumbes (TBP) via the Pan-American Highway. A car or local moto-taxi is…
HazardsGenuinely crowded, with beginner surfers, swimmers, and local fishing boats packed into a narrow nearshore reef zone. Competent upwind steering matters to…
Best time of dayAfternoon, July-January, when equatorial trades blow cleanly cross-shore with intense local thermal building…
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