Surfing Chicama: Should You Take the Boat at the World’s Longest Left?

Editor's note: This is a contribution from an up-and-coming surf writer, Taylor Damron.

After 12 hours of travel, you’ve finally reached the desert moonscape of Puerto Malabrigo, home to Chicama aka “the world’s longest left”. It’s a beautiful sunny afternoon, a light offshore breeze applies a bit of texture. You jump from the van to see wave after chest high wave peeling into the bay. There’s no one out. 

A bleached blonde and sandalled somebody scrapes up to you, croaking out a hello...