Chicama is a port and small coastal town in northwestern Peru,
located in the La Libertad Region, north of the city of Trujillo. The town and
beach are also called Puerto Malabrigo. (Google Earth also confirms these
distances. In comparison, Tracks magazine has stated that a wave has been
ridden at the "Superbank" on the Gold Coast in Australia for
"1.97km"). The distance from 'the point' to 'the pier' at Chicama is about
2.2 km, which locals confirm has been ridden on a single wave, although
the whole cape upon which the waves break, to their most westernmost end, is
4 km long. Although other waves
