Surf spots South America: Surf Atlas - Onlineboarding.com
The coasts of South America are sometimes exotic, sometime dirty, always full of waves. The Pacific ocean pounds the coast of Chile with massive swells year round. Peru, further north enjoys the long straight lines from the same low pressure cells. All along the Pacific coast of South America, surfers will experience cold water and long left point breaks with waves as long as 2kn or 3 minutes! The Humboldt current is strong and will ensure spaghetti arms on any of the point breaks.

On the other side of South America, the surfing is more mainstream. Brazilian surfers have been on the world tour for some time which reflects that country's interest in surfing. The beaches of Rio are packed with surfers, bodyboarders and anything else that floats but the rest of the Brazilian coast has epic waves.