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Surfing in PichilemuCL
Chile's surf capital, home of Punta de Lobos: South America's most famous left point, a World Surfing Reserve, and a big-wave venue with 20-foot winter walls.
Why here
Punta de Lobos is South America's most famous left, a point that holds from head-high to genuine big-wave size and carries World Surf League big-wave heritage plus a Save The Waves World Surfing Reserve designation. Long-period southwest swell arrives with metronome regularity, and cold water keeps the crowd a fraction of what a wave this good would draw anywhere warmer. Pichilemu behind it has Chile's most complete surf infrastructure: beachfront schools at the forgiving La Puntilla point, ISA-certified coaching, video analysis, and week-long camps, so the town serves the learner and the hellman on the same swell.
Best months
March through October is the serious season, June through August the heaviest, with winter faces past 20 feet at Lobos. November through March runs three to six feet with lighter winds, ideal for learning and progression. Wetsuits year-round; 4/3 in winter.
Getting there & around
Fly to Santiago (SCL), then about 3.5 hours by car or bus; there is no regional airport. Lessons book days ahead; January-February camps two to four weeks out.
Skill levels: beginner, intermediate, advanced
Schools & guides (2)
Escuela de Surf Manzana 54
SchoolA Pichilemu institution at La Puntilla, coaching beginners and intermediates for over a decade at the town's teaching point.
Oceanos Chile
SchoolAn established Pichilemu surf school running lessons and coaching across the town's points.