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Huanchaco Beach


Located in Huanchaco's beach town, very near from the city of Trujillo. It is a rocky ground beach with a very consistent left point, even if sometimes you can ride some right hander. Waves are fun and fast, it can be ridden from 1 to 6 foot. You can enjoy this spot all year long, with boards from 6 to 6'6. Huanchaco is an old fisherman's town in which you can still find some houses built with the old "Spanish colonial style". There are many good restaurants with all kind of sea food specialties as well as many Hotels for all kind of budgets. Huanchaco has an intense and sparkling night life during week ends, especially in summertime. You can reach Huanchaco flying from Lima to the city of Trujillo. Trujillo's airport is located almost in Huanchaco, so you will need only a 5 minutes taxi ride, to arrive from the airport to the beach. You can go also by bus from Lima or any other coastal city. From Trujillo you will need a 10 to 15 minutes taxi ride to arrive to the beach.
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Aspects on favor of surfing in Peru - Why surfing in Perú is so cool!
In our country the coast is shark free, none of our beaches has a shark problem. It has never been reported a shark attack to a surfer, something that frequently happens in Australia, South Africa, Hawaii, Florida and, in less degree, in California. The ocean's temperature is also adequate, and it varies according to the seasons along the year. In general it is necessary to use a neoprene wetsuit, but never anyone that surfed the Peruvian waves has being able to say that the cold water kept them from surfing.