December 6th, 2009
Somewhere in Nicaragua
What’s up folks, this is Pancho here with your Sunday Surf Report. We are all stoked that the waves came up a little bit today. It looks like we are getting a short, late-season groundswell for the next day or so. Waves today were running about head-high on sets, the winds were offshore all day long (as usual) and the crowds were light. Overall, it was a great day to go surfing. Today we are posting photos from Mike D at Nica Waves who sent in the shots from the Popoyo area. Thanks Mike!
When we get a late season swell, the locals are on it. This is Tony from Surf Sanctuary, dropping into a nice little left-hander.
This shot is of Mike, another Popoyo local who has it dialed. We don’t see much of him these days but he definitely still rips!
I guess it’s kind of funny calling gringo’s locals, but they do live here and have earned their spots in the lineup. Here’s a shot of a real local, Darwin from Limon. Darwin was born and raised here and as far as I know, he’s never left Nicaragua. He surfs almost everyday though, and it shows.
Whoa Junior, that’s a frothy one! Keep in mind, the surfers in the this photo and the last 3 average about 5′ 6″ – they sure make the waves look a little bigger than they actually are! Speaking of big waves, Joel Parkinson edged out Sunny Garcia and Mick Fanning to win the Sunset contest in Hawaii today. The N. Pacific has been huge and the surf was MACKING today for the contest. The N.PAC system (some are calling for the biggest waves ever!) is so big it’s supposed to show up down here by next weekend! Could be interesting with a NW swell angle, so we’ll keep you posted on that.
Here’s an unknown surfer with a nice off-the-top. That’s going to do it for today’s report. We should still have some fun waves around tomorrow so please check back with us!Special thanks to Mike at Nica Waves for the killer photos. You can check out his website by clicking on any of the pics above.Hasta manana!
One last thing before we sign off for today – we’d like to give a shout out to our new friends from Canada. Stu and Tanis came to San Juan Del Sur and stayed at NSR for a week. During that time, we were fortunate enough to get to know them and even hang out a little. Of course, the went to the beach everyday and caught waves. Here’s a killer water shot of Tanis dropping in on a nice one!
Check out Stu, stylin’ on the longboard! He said he normally rides the boogie, but he didn’t have any trouble when we busted out the longboards. Stu and Tanis made it a point to take advantage of all the SJDS had to offer – the traveled to different beaches everyday, check out our different bars and restaurants and most importantly, made lots of friends along the way. It was great having you both down this past week – come back anytime!
RECENT REPORTS
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Hey everyone! Welcome to Saturday’s early afternoon surf report from French Fries and Pangas. Bruno found the best waves of the photo window. Someone could’ve split the peak going left with him here too.
FROM THE ARCHIVES
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Pancho here with the surf report for Thursday…somewhere in Nicaragua. We’re stoked to have a bump in this late season South Swell. We’ve got consisent overhead sets coming through and the winds stayed light/offshore until about mid-day. Today, we continued to explore the nooks and crannies of the coast and what we found, well, why..
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