🇵🇪 Pacasmayo
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Best directionSSW
Wind speed15–22kt
SeasonMar – Dec
Skill levelAdvanced
WaterWaves
Ridden forKitesurfing
One of the longest left-hand waves on the Pacific, breaking for close to two kilometres, with a steady side-offshore wind most of the year.
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Getting thereNorthern Peru, about 1.5 hours north of Trujillo Airport (TRU) or 2.5 hours south of Chiclayo via the Pan-American Highway. A car is necessary for this remote…
HazardsA genuinely excellent left point break with a real Pacific shorebreak and rip current tracking along the cliffs — not the world's longest wave (that title…
Best time of dayAfternoon, April-November, when Peruvian desert heat triggers a thermal suction accelerating the Humboldt current sea breeze. On by around 12:30pm…
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