[1] The competition was originally scheduled to take place at Punta Roquitas Beach, located in Miraflores District, which had hosted the previous edition of the games.
[2][3] Eventually, it was moved to Punta Negra, 50 mins south of Miraflores.
It was the first time that the competing events had full gender equality, with the quotas for male and female competitors being the same in each one.
[4] Defending champions Peru won the competition for the fourth time with a total of 13,901 points and 3 out of the 8 gold medals at stake.
* Host nation (Peru)The final ranking per teams was drawn up by adding each surfer's individual points earning in the events in which they competed.