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Surf Spot Characteristics
    Surf Quality
 wave qualityRegional Classic
 experienceall surfers
 surf frequencyvery consistent (150 day/year)
    Wave
typereef-rocky
 directionleft
 bottomflat rocks with sand
 power- hollow
- fast
- powerful
- fun
 normal lengthnormal (50 to 150m)
 good daylong (150 to 300 m)
    Tide, Swell and Wind
 swell direction- NorthWest
- West
- SouthWest
 wind direction- South
- SouthEast
- East
- NorthEast
 swell sizestarts working at less than 1m / 3ft and holds up to 2.5m+ / 8ft+
 tide positionall tides
 tide movementrising and falling tides
  Author: Gil Westreich
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Mancora Access
  From Lima, fly or take a bus north to Piura (or to Trujillo, if you want to stop first at Chicama). Than take a bus to the town of Mancora. By car from Lima, head north on the Panamericana Highway, it is around the 1162km.
  distancein the city
  walkinstant access (<5 mn)
  easy to find?easy to find
  public access?public access
  special accessDon't know
    More Details on Surfing
  week crowd crowded
week-end crowd ultra crowded
  dangers- rocks
- localism
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 An excellent lefthander with two defined section. Better and longer at high tide. And glassy in early mornings. The first section, after you drop it, is very fast and allows you to break the wave with snaps, off the tops and floaters. After around 100 meters you get the second section, whic is slower. In the second section, the wave becomes smaller and you just have space for roundhouses cutbacks, finishing her with a big floater in front of the beach. Water is warm, but sometimes it gets cold. So take a wet suit. The weather is dry and hot all over the year. Wear sunscream and glasses. The bottom is full of rocks, but they offer no danger. They are flat rocks. Don't worry if fishes start smacking your legs and your boardshorts. It is really fun. They might think you are food...
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  Atmosphere This small town is a live! There's art, There's nightlife, and the people are very friendly. Local surfers are fine, but don't mess up at the line up. Be carefull the girls in the line up too: they are really stupid and boring and very unpolite. There are many places to log in, and realy good food at Faro and Spada Restaurants. Everything is cheap. You can spend the whole day with 10 dollars. Don't drink any water: buy mineral water bottles. Unlike the southern Peru, this area is green with warmer water. There are tourists from all around the globe and the place will keep you busy in and out of the water! Take condoms: night clubs are really hot! Yeaaaaaaaaaaah!
  General Good but crowed waves at a place with great atmosphere.
 
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Geo-localization
DatumWGS84 [ Help ]
GPS Lat.4° 6.36839' S
GPS Long.81° 3.58223' W
PrecisionApproximate
 
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Mancora, Peru
By mmoragues, 2007-12-31 18:30:00
Máncora feeling
Entramos al mar casi de noche, con miles de tablistas inexpertos y a pelo. El mar estaba realmente caliente y la música nos acompañaba. Olitas chiquitas pero divertidas. Con muy poco fondo, pero se pudo correr algo divertido. Salimos completamente de
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Mancora, Peru
By pachuco, 2004-07-31 14:29:36


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Trip: Surf trip north 2007 - 2008
By mmoragues, From 2007-12-27 to 2008-01-02
Jueves 27  Todo comenzó en ancón, sin poder entrar a nuestra morada porque el portero nos cagó. Terminamos durmiendo esa noche en la casa de un amigo de Kevin Bacon. Viernes 28 De mañanita salim
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comment by Anonymous, 2007-07-29 20:06:35

You can rent or buy a board easily
Decent places to stay with lots of hotels but don't expect uncrowded waves especially around holidays. I was there over New Years and never had a wave to myself. Better off renting (really cheap, like $7-8 for a day with surprisingly lots of choices) venturing outside of Mancora during the day and coming back to stay overnight. I was even considering buying one of their better used boards and then selling it back when I left. Prices were around $100-150 US. Probably would've been about the same as renting.

comment by Anonymous, 2007-03-22 02:00:54

enough is enough
I have been coming to Mancora for years, and it is sad to see the decline in the manners used in the lineup. It used to be fun to surf there, you'd wait for your wave, you'd get it, and have fun with it, rinse...repeat. Now you wait longer than expected because people monopolize the break, and should you happen to get a good shoulder and position, there are at least 3 guys dropping in on you to snake it away. Too much of a hassle, go to Huanchaco instead, better waves, smaller crowd.

comment by Anonymous, 2007-03-17 18:21:37

what are they thinking down there?
They must be really stupid or something, have they got Tamales inside their brains? or frijoles?

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