Where is the longest left wave?

Hailed as the longest surfing wave on Earth, Chicama provides a left-hander that peels for up to 2.5 miles (four kilometers). The take-off point is near the headland, and the ride will take surfers all the way down to the local pier, i.e., the Muelle de Malabrigo.



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But this one was different. “I observed a sea of unusual height,” Harrington wrote in an understated logbook entry. In 1914, Fred Harrington looked out this window and saw a 200-foot wave coming in his direction. The red brick and stucco lighthouse is 25 feet tall, with its light shining from 196 feet above sea level.

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