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Surf Spot Characteristics |
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Surf Quality |
| | wave quality | Standard (means good) |
| | experience | experienced surfers |
| | surf frequency | very consistent (150 day/year) |
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Wave |
| type | beach-break |
| | direction | right |
| | bottom | boulders |
| | power | - hollow
- fast
- powerful
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| | normal length | short (<50m) |
| | good day | short (<50m) |
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Tide, Swell and Wind |
| | swell direction | - NorthWest
- West
- SouthWest
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| | wind direction | - SouthEast
- East
- NorthEast
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| | swell size | starts working at 1.0m-1.5m / 3ft-5ft and holds up to 2.5m+ / 8ft+ |
| | tide position | mid and high tide |
| | tide movement | rising and falling tides |
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Author: Pico ALto International Surf Camp
Contributors (3)
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Playa Norte Access |
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From Punta Hermosa (about 43 km south of Lima) head into the town and look for the island (La Isla): the first beach to the right (north) of this is El Paso, further north is a small beach - Playa Norte, the surfing is on the northern end of this beach.
There is a beach break onto sand with mixed large rocks which isn't bad for bodyboarding. The main surf spot is a point break that is used for bodyboarding and short boards. |
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distance | take a car |
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walk | instant access (<5 mn) |
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easy to find? | OK |
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public access? | public access |
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special access | Don't know |
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More Details on Surfing |
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week crowd |
empty |
| week-end crowd |
ok |
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dangers | - urchins
- rocks
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Surf Business Directory listing (4/4) |
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Additional Surfing Infos |
| | This is a beach-break straight onto rocks, so beware of the rocks. As with many spots in this area it has 'boulder' type rocks not reef-rocks...
Access to the water is on the beach to the left (south) of the point. All rocks have sharp shells and occasional urchins.
The locals have been digging up the sand along the beach lately. They have used it to make a more 'protected' beach area directly in front of the point break. This means that the beach break has many more rocks than last year and the waves come up the beach much higher during high tide (much less area to safely suntan/keep your stuff/etc). It seems like the wave shape of the beach break has been effected slightly as well.
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Overview |
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Atmosphere |
All these spots work all year, but the summer months of January-March are always crowded. Other times of year you could have this spot to yourself! |
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General |
A fun, but dangerous, wave: not radical, but not for beginners either! Nice spot if La Isla is too crowded, which is most of the summer. |
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Geo-localization |
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| Datum | WGS84 [ Help ] |
| GPS Lat. | 12° 20.39005' S |
| GPS Long. | 76° 49.68475' W |
| Precision | Approximate |
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GPS History (1)
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Playa Norte, Peru
By mmoragues, 2008-02-23 18:00:00
Escenario Inmejorable
La lluvia en el mar, la puesta de sol imponente, el arcoiris suplantaron las pocas olas que pude agarrar.
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Playa Norte, Peru
By Splaktar, 2008-02-23 17:00:00
Nice sunset
Playa Norte shorebreak bodyboard session with my friend. Saw dolphins earlier in the day. Got some really good waves in the shorebeak, but ate some sand and got pinned down against the sand a couple times by breaking waves. In close
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Playa Norte, Peru
By mmoragues, 2008-02-10 17:00:00
Playa Norte Biginers
Para ser primera ves en playa norte, sacamos alguito. No nos metimos en el momento más brutal, pero igual bueno. Harta piedra
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Playa Norte, Peru
By Splaktar, 2007-03-04 16:00:00
Crazy day
I'd been here before, but on a small day. This time it was a good sized day but with a super short period. Looking out from the hotel in the morning it was all foam and quite a mess out there. No one surfing here on a summer morning is rare.
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Playa Norte, Peru
By Splaktar, 2007-02-17 16:00:00
Smooth day with great waves, but a little short
This was my first trip to Playa Norte. I was a bit of a beginner, but was looking for some larger waves than some of those found on Costa Verde. I had trouble catching small waves in Costa Verde, but when I got to Playa Norte, I was catch
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comment by fumateste, 2005-10-26 07:06:24