May 16th, 2024
Somewhere in Nicaragua
Hey everyone! Welcome to Thursday’s surf report from Playa Colorado. We received some rain and onshore wind overnight, but the waves were surprisingly playful during the late morning window.
The waves had just enough punch, the tide was just right, and the wind was light enough to offer up multiple sections. It was a perfect day to work on linking together combos.
You’ll see nice “copings” offered up for maneuvers during today’s report. A really light onshore texture creates the most desirable degree of coping without messing up the overall line or wall of the swell line as it “feels” the sandbar.
When the waves throw you an air section, then you gotta boost up, up and away. You know, lemons and lemonade?
The surfers in the water knew the program today. They did an excellent job of capitalizing on the ramps for sharper turns as opposed to executing drawn out carves and cutbacks.
It was a good day to work on sharp snaps and putting your fins to work. How perfect of a “spray fan” can you throw?
Getting inverted. UST yield curve still inverted too haha.
When the waves are a bit smaller and you find yourself on a softer wave with less of a wall, then staying in the pocket is the key to getting full value from the ride.
This ripper from yesterday and today’s report laid it all on the line amidst a pool of foam slush.
Wind onshore = Time to attack the lip
That wraps up today’s surf action. The vegetation loved the steady rain from last night and the increase in humidity. Green jungle vibes are here until closer to Thanksgiving when things will start to dry out again. Tomorrow’s forecast looks near identical to today’s, so hopefully the motivated shredders from today’s report are out again tomorrow making the most of the given conditions.
RECENT REPORTS
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Hey amigos! Welcome to Monday evening’s surf report from Colorados. It wasn’t as big as I was expecting, but there was still some push.
Hey everyone! Welcome to Sunday evening’s surf report from Panga Drops / French Fries. It was very clean, but smaller than yesterday which caught me off-guard. There were still some pretty waves for the handful of surfers that were out.
FROM THE ARCHIVES
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