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Good wave on bigger days, that is also less crowded than the main point.

Atmosphere:
On its day its world class (Rip Curl have a photo of it in their 'Search' series), very long, and needs a bigger 4-6+ foot swell. Some of my best, uncrowded waves in Peru here.

Additional Info:
Like the main Chicama point, it needs a bit of swell to get going, but it will be a foot or two bigger than Chicama. And like Chicama, it definitely gets better the bigger it gets, getting world class once it hits a solid 4-8 feet, when the main point will be firing at 3-6+. Bigger than this (up to 10 feet a few times a year) the locals say it gets dangerous, as it doesn't break all that far from the rocks. It really needs to be at least 4 feet+ to be good, otherwise its too slow. But if you hit it at 4-6 feet, mid to high tide?, you won't forget it, you can get an incredibly long, fast ride up to 600m and with a clean hollow wall and always howling offshore wind all the way, with the odd barrel section.

It can be an excellent wave, but again, it does need a bigger swell to show its true form.

It peaks just next to a small black jutting outcrop, and walls up into a big clean face, then backs off a little, before running fast up to another 600m towards the main point, dying out towards the end. Most surfers don't paddle back as its way too long, but paddle across to the main point another few hundred metres.

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Access

Walk	Long walk (>30 min)
Public access	Yes
4x4 required	Unknown
Boat required	Unknown

Wave Characteristics

Type	Point break
Direction	Left
Bottom	Sandy with rock
Power	Hollow Fast Powerful
Frequency	Sometimes breaks (50 days/year)
Normal length	Very Long (300 to 500m)
Good day length	Exceptional (>500m)

Ideal Conditions

Wind direction	SouthWest South SouthEast
Swell direction	West SouthWest South
Swell size	3ft-5ft - 10ft+
Tide	All tides
Tide movement	Don't know

Crowd

Week	Few surfers
Weekend	Few surfers

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