Can you surf Chicama?

CHICAMA (EL CAPE) There is always surf here, every day of the year. However, it works best in the summer, between December and March, when the northerly and northeasterly swells arrive in the neighborhood.

Can you swim in Chicama wave?

It’s a very SUP friendly wave with friendly locals (as long as you play by the wave rules!) The water temperature varies throughout the year but reaches over 21°Celsius during Peruvian summer. So you’ll be fine in a 3/2mm full wetsuit or boardies out on the water and a sweatshirt in the evenings.

What is Chicama wave?

Chicama is located in Puerto Malabrigo in the central north coast of Peru. It is considered the longest wave in the world, breaking along a spectacular beach all the way to an old pier at the end. On a good day, you can have a ride that is almost 3 km long.

How long is the wave at Chicama?

The small coastal town of Puerto Chicama, in northwestern Peru, is home to the longest, the most perfect, left-breaking wave in the world. Here, the wave stretches for about 2.2 km from the point —an isolated rocky outcrop where the wave breaks— to a long pier on the barren coast, where the wave ends.

Is Chicama wave protected?

Chicama, the Peruvian left-hand break that’s famous for being one of the longest in the world, is now protected by Peruvian national law, Surfline reported.

How big are the Chicama waves?

2.5 miles
Hailed as the longest surfing wave on Earth, Chicama provides left-hander the peel for up to 2.5 miles (four kilometers).

Where is the longest wave in the world?

Puerto Malabrigo
The waters off the Pacific coast of northern Peru routinely build what has been called the world’s longest wave. There’s no way to know for sure, but the seemingly endless waves that roll up to the fishing town of Puerto Malabrigo (Chicama) are legendary among surfers.

Why is Chicama protected?

In protecting this wave with national law, the Peruvian government intends to ensure that nothing can be built within a kilometer (3/5 of a mile) of the wave that could affect the shape of the wave- including altering the way the wind hits the waves/coast line, Surfline reports.

What wave is protected by a law?

Along Peru’s Northern Pacific coast there’s a small village of fishermen named Chicama, home to a legendary wave, the world’s longest left. This extraordinary wave is today a little bit safer, to the joy of local population and surfers: Chicama has become the first wave in the world to be protected by a national law.

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