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Surf Spot Characteristics |
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Surf Quality |
| | wave quality | Regional Classic |
| | experience | experienced surfers |
| | surf frequency | very consistent (150 day/year) |
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Wave |
| type | reef-rocky |
| | direction | right |
| | bottom | flat rocks with sand |
| | power | - hollow
- fast
- fun
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| | normal length | short (<50m) |
| | good day | long (150 to 300 m) |
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Tide, Swell and Wind |
| | swell direction | - West
- SouthWest
- South
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| | wind direction | - SouthEast
- East
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| | swell size | starts working at 1.0m-1.5m / 3ft-5ft and holds up to 3m+ / 10ft+ |
| | tide position | all tides |
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Author: Pico Alto Surf Camp
Contributors (2)
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La Isla Access |
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This spot is right in front of the resort of Punta Hermosa, at 43km on the Panamerican (South). |
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distance | take a car |
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walk | instant access (<5 mn) |
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easy to find? | easy to find |
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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 |
ok |
| week-end crowd |
ultra crowded |
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dangers | - urchins
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Surf Business Directory listing (2/2) |
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Additional Surfing Infos |
| | Park up front in Punta Hermosa. Two access points for the wave. Either go to the middle of the bay and paddle directly ou, usually there is a direct channel to the wave, or walk right to the small headland/island and go in off the narrowest part of the causeway, paddeling through the remnants of the soft left.
La Isla is essentially a right, but a softer left wave peels most days. On big days this re-forms close to the beach and is enjoyed mostly by bodyboarders. The right, picks up steeply out in the middle of the bay over a rock platform, giving quality waves. In really big conditions, the bommie can throw up some huge faces. However, as it is between Pica Alta and Kon Tiki, it is less famous than these bigger brothers.
This area has little tidal movement, so the quality of the wave depends more on the size of the swell than on the tide.
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Atmosphere |
Usually a mellow beach, but it can be one of the more popular places around, so the usual problems can and do occur: thankfully Peruvians are pretty cool people and haven't (yet) been influenced by the American and European 'attitude surfers'.... |
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General |
A very popular spot, due to the quality of the wave, and to the fact that it is one of the few good rights in the area (see als Caballeros). A challenging wave as the take-off is fickle. |
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Geo-localization |
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| Datum | WGS84 [ Help ] |
| GPS Lat. | 12° 20.42526' S |
| GPS Long. | 76° 49.35516' W |
| Precision | Approximate |
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GPS History (1)
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Last Surf Sessions |
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La Isla, Peru
By Splaktar, 2008-02-21 09:00:00
Beach break fun
Took a friend down to learn some bodyboarding basics in the beach break at La Isla. Had a good time and we both caught quite a few waves. Didn't hit the sand too hard, but certainly had some solid wipeouts. Buddy bloodied up his knee with a co
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La Isla, Peru
By Splaktar, 2008-01-20 17:30:00
Paddle-fest
Checked out the surf earlier in the day, but due to it being a Sunday, every decent spot was over crowded. Decided to wait until around 5pm when most of the Sunday crowd heads back to Lima. Was looking for somewhat of a beginners spot for
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La Isla, Peru
By Splaktar, 2008-01-17 15:00:00
Decent
Took out the longboard for another session. Sprained my ankle a couple weeks ago and Doc said not to stand up surf until the 18th. So mostly just worked on paddling and such. Did catch one decent wave that was a good deal of white w
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La Isla, Peru
By Splaktar, 2008-01-14 17:00:00
First solid session of the new year
This was my best surf session yet this year. The waves were much larger than last week (6-9 foot swells, 13s period). Playa Norte was pretty sloppy so we went to La Isla which was great (low crowds on a Monday). Kon Tiki was huge (not quite ready for
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comment by Justin, 2008-08-13 07:15:44