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Surf session counter: 12
Session: Costa Verde Closed!
Written by Splaktar 
Thursday October 23 2008 07:30:00 AM
Session's Rate: 
Wind direction: No wind
Wind Strength: Glassy
Surfboard ridden: Funboard
Fins: 3
Weather and water temp: Air 62F, Water 63F
Description:
Headed down to the Costa Verde today hoping that I could get in after hearing the news about a foot bridge that had been damaged by a truck last night. I knew that Almendrez was closed but I was hoping that I could get to Makaha via another route. I was wrong. The whole Costa Verde area for surfing was completely closed and blocked off by numerous police. It was closed from Chachi Dibous to the north and Bajada Balta was closed in Miraflores. Also the entrance San Martin from San Isidro was closed to the south. So there is no way to get to any of the surfing today other than walking from somewhere on top of the cliffs.
I imagine that Rosa Nautica is going to be loosing a lot of business/money from this today as well. I don't know why the police had to close the entire thing to surfers. I know many people use it to pass through, but not everyone is going all the way through the Costa Verde. It would have been nice to stop and park before this bridge and then walk a shorter distance to the surfing.
Oh well, this is Lima. You can never count on anything other than the authorities doing stupid things and the truck drivers breaking the law.
Buddies:
Created: Thursday October 23 2008 03:39:40 PM
Modified: Thursday October 23 2008 03:39:40 PM
Hits: 2773
Session: Leash broke and board washed into shore
Written by Splaktar
Friday February 29 2008 02:00:00 PM
Session's Rate: 
Wind direction: Onshore
Wind Strength: Established
Nb waves ridden: 6
Length of the surf session: 3 hours
Surfboard ridden: 9" Longboard
Fins: 3
Weather and water temp: 78 F, Water 70 F
Waves height: 1.5m-2m /5ft-6ft
Waves Quality:
- Bumpy
Waves Shape:
- Multipeaks
Description:
Hit Makaha in the afternoon with a friend. Constant good sized waves and no rip or chanel made paddling out a real effort. My friend decided to stay out there looking for good waves and trying to get breathers in between sets... he ended up catching very few waves and constantly paddling back out after getting pushed in.
I just caught about every wave that I could rather than deal with getting pushed back to shore constantly. Had one set where I managed to catch all 3 waves (only for 5s or so each though). My wave catching ability has increased a good deal and I was able to catch almost every wave that I paddled for. I kept the tip up and didn't do any crazy pearling head first dives. Rode a couple waves on my knees. Was my first session with surf boots. They made a lot of difference on the dirt areas where there's so much broken glass and rusty nails. They helped some with the biggest rocks but they still aren't comfortable. They gave good grip on the board, but it took a number of tries to get used to standing up with them.
Buddies:
Created: Monday March 3 2008 02:58:57 PM
Modified: Monday March 3 2008 02:58:57 PM
Hits: 896
Session: Chop chop, trash
Written by Splaktar
Monday February 25 2008 03:00:00 PM
Session's Rate: 
Wind direction: Onshore
Wind Strength: Strong
Nb waves ridden: 1
Length of the surf session: 1 hours
Surfboard ridden: 9" Longboard
Fins: 3
Weather and water temp: 77 F air, 69 F water
Waves height: 1m-1.2m / 3ft-4ft
Waves Quality:
- Mushy
- Soft
- Bumpy
Waves Shape:
- Walls
- Multipeaks
Description:
Went back in the afternoon with a friend. The waves were much more choppy and the onshore wind was very strong. The waves seemed to only break when we were paddling out and once we got out there, all we got was crap waves and wind pushing us back to the shore.
I stepped on a dirty nail or something that put a hole in the bottom of my left heel while walking from the car to the rock beach. The exit via the rocks was especially painful and frustrating. I hope to progress my surfing a bit more so that I never have to come back to Makaja again. Most of my paddling strokes hit some kind of trash that was floating in the water.
The cheapest rental price for a foam board that we could find was S/. 20 per hour. If you do 2 sessions a day, this equates to S/. 80 (about $27) per day which is outrageous considering the board's tip was held together with duct tape! They wanted us to pay even more (S/. 30 / $10 per hour) which was just a straight rip off. If you're going to be surfing in Lima for more than a couple weeks, it's better to just go down to the Sunset shop and buy a brand new board for about $280 and then sell that used when you leave.
Buddies:
Created: Tuesday February 26 2008 05:13:54 PM
Modified: Tuesday February 26 2008 05:13:54 PM
Hits: 940
Session: First time riding a wave all the way!
Written by Splaktar
Monday February 25 2008 09:00:00 AM
Session's Rate: 
Wind direction: Offshore
Wind Strength: Glassy
Nb waves ridden: 5
Length of the surf session: 2 hours
Surfboard ridden: 9" Longboard
Fins: 2
Weather and water temp: 75 F air, 69 F water
Waves height: 1.0m-1.5m / 3ft-5ft
Waves Quality:
- Soft
Waves Shape:
- Walls
Description:
Went down with a friend and rented him a board. We both caught our first waves where we were able to stand up all of the way to the shore (10s+). After catching our first good ones, we managed to catch a lot of lesser rides (4-5s).
Water was dirty and there was a ton of trash and even some used tampons in the water. My eyes burned some and got a bit blurry from the polluted water. The rocks on the shore really hurt our feet when we exited the water. There were broken nails and broken glass all over the parking lot and the dirt areas that separated the sidewalk from the rock beach. Going to have to buy surfing booties just to manage all this crap. The waves are great but the evironment around the beach is really frustrating and dirty.
Can't wait to get good enough to go somewhere in the south that's more clean and actually be able to catch waves there.
Buddies:
Created: Tuesday February 26 2008 04:55:25 PM
Modified: Tuesday February 26 2008 04:55:25 PM
Hits: 835
Session: Terrible decisión
Written by mmoragues
Wednesday February 21 2007 05:00:00 PM
Session's Rate:
Wind Strength: Strong
Nb waves ridden: 3
Length of the surf session: 1 hours
Surfboard ridden: 9'7
Fins: 3
Waves height: Less than 1m / 3ft
Waves Quality:
- Bumpy
Waves Shape:
- Multipeaks
Description:
Buddies:
Created: Thursday February 22 2007 05:22:09 AM
Modified: Thursday February 22 2007 05:22:09 AM
Hits: 1019
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