CHICAMA, Peru — The cold Pacific waters massage my dusty feet as I survey the perfectly peeling break just 60 feet in front of me. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free ...

A viral photograph supposedly showing the "Chicama Wave" has been digitally edited. While a famous surfing spot does exist off the coast of Chicama, Peru, which features the world's longest ...

Arguably the longest lefthander in the entire world, Chicama gains additional prestige by becoming the first wave to be protected by a Peruvian National Law. For example, from now on it is forbidden ...

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 ...

I can’t get enough of Peru and though I’ve never been, I’m fascinated by it. I’ve fact-checked our May/June feature on taking the “High Road” to Machu Picchu, and our editor-in-chief wrote about ...

When most travelers think of Peru, they conjure up images of majestic mountains, rainforests, dense jungles and the remains of its ancient civilization that once prevailed throughout the South ...

Sure, february is wintertime in the Northern Hemisphere, so that's where our most severe storms and strongest swells will be found. But this doesn't necessarily mean that a Northern Hemisphere locale ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. August—the height of the northern hemisphere summer. The great oceans in this half of the world are at the peak of their annual ...