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Nicaragua Surf Report for Thursday, January 04, 2018

8:55 PM
Playa Santana
Javier Baldovinos

Nicaragua Surf Report - Report Photo 01/04/2018 8:55 PM
Hello everyone, this is Baldo bringing you another great surf report from Santana beach. The waves are small, the offshore decent, and the water a little bit chill.

8:56 PM
Playa Santana
Javier Baldovinos

Nicaragua Surf Report - Report Photo 01/04/2018 8:56 PM
There were some waves, small but the size was not the problem, they were breaking really close to the sand so it was kind of intimidating to go for them, just a quick drop, small ride and then jump back or slide back as flat as you could.

8:56 PM
Playa Santana
Javier Baldovinos

Nicaragua Surf Report - Report Photo 01/04/2018 8:56 PM
Etienne was having a blast today, he caught a bunch of waves like this one, fast-hollow little peaks great to calm the itchiness of not surfing that often, specially knowing that it’s going to be even smaller for a whole week starting tomorrow.

8:57 PM
Playa Santana
Javier Baldovinos

Nicaragua Surf Report - Report Photo 01/04/2018 8:57 PM

There were a few locals trying to do the best they could with the conditions… here is one with a nice floater.

8:57 PM
Playa Santana
Javier Baldovinos

Nicaragua Surf Report - Report Photo 01/04/2018 8:57 PM
Some other locals decided to check the waves for a while before making it into the chill water. After a few minutes this kid shook the sand off his butt, turned around and left… I guess he wasn’t impressed.

8:58 PM
Playa Santana
Javier Baldovinos

Nicaragua Surf Report - Report Photo 01/04/2018 8:58 PM
Or maybe he saw that Mario Martinez was back in the country after 4 months in California, and he was killing it like always, and got intimidated and left.

8:58 PM
Playa Santana
Javier Baldovinos

Nicaragua Surf Report - Report Photo 01/04/2018 8:58 PM
For a moment the waves looked real good, wave after wave broke with a really good shape all the way to the (very close) sand.

8:59 PM
Playa Santana
Javier Baldovinos

Nicaragua Surf Report - Report Photo 01/04/2018 8:59 PM
“To Infinity and Beyond!!” This guy hit the Eject Button right on time!

9:00 PM
Playa Santana
Javier Baldovinos

Nicaragua Surf Report - Report Photo 01/04/2018 9:00 PM
Check out Mario again, passing the vertical line on his back side… sadly I had the sun right in front of me and couldn’t adjust the camera on time to have a better picture.

9:01 PM
Playa Santana
Javier Baldovinos

Nicaragua Surf Report - Report Photo 01/04/2018 9:01 PM
After a couple of bad photos (too much light) I went looking for a better angle and from here the waves looked way better.

9:02 PM
Playa Santana
Javier Baldovinos

Nicaragua Surf Report - Report Photo 01/04/2018 9:02 PM
I continued looking for a better angle until I found myself at El Pez Rojo restaurant which has a nice sitting area with shade overlooking the surf… and they accept all mayor credit cards.

9:02 PM
Playa Santana
Javier Baldovinos

Nicaragua Surf Report - Report Photo 01/04/2018 9:02 PM
And by “pure coincidence” I found my old friend Andrew having a cold Toña by himself and, as the good guy I am, I couldn´t let him drink all alone, people will think he is an alcoholic or even worse… a weirdo, so I joined him for one or two (or was it three?) beers while catching up on what he is doing now.

9:03 PM
Playa Santana
Javier Baldovinos

Nicaragua Surf Report - Report Photo 01/04/2018 9:03 PM
This photo of Etienne was taken directly from the table… with a few more beers I would probably call it a perfect barrel on that one. Almost though!

9:04 PM
Playa Santana
Javier Baldovinos

Nicaragua Surf Report - Report Photo 01/04/2018 9:04 PM
Is it the beers or this wave looks pretty good?

9:04 PM
Playa Santana
Javier Baldovinos

Nicaragua Surf Report - Report Photo 01/04/2018 9:04 PM
The beer was getting hot and the conversation was getting interesting so, I decided it was time to put down the camera and focus on what’s important in life… family and friends (and surf of course!).

The next few days is going to be small(er) so, please, be patient, resist, hold strong there, I promise the waves will come back sooner than you know it (hopefully!). Cheers!!

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