¡Hola a todos y welcome back to the afternoon surf report for Saturday on this magnificent weekend! Today the swell dropped off quite a bit compared to yesterday, but people still showed up - including myself; looking for that magic window that can make a sub par day turn into something special. Take a stroll with me to see what I could find out there today. Enjoy ~!

I decided to throw the water housing gear together to see if I could get out there in the mix and take a much needed closer look at what the diminishing swell had to offer up close. Here's Joe visiting from CA with his family finding some pre-Semana Santa Nuggets.

Talking about getting in there like some CSI work, hows this take off behind the lip (from the ski look)… Gotta make the angles fun, right?

As you can see the size has gone down quite a bit, but if I ever saw this kind of wave back at my home brake in CA, I’d be SO STOKED for many reasons!! It’s all in the eye of the beholder and just remember that it could always be much worse.. like onshore all day for months on end, COLD and super sharky (to name a few)… all very un-favorable things we need not worry about here in Nica! 

Makes all the little difference now when you think of the latter, right? Makes this wave look Yummy!

Playful Hawaiian, Oahu south shore-like waves in Nica! minus the reef.

…it’s definitely time for a Toña !

This is a super fun time to bust out anything other than your expected round pin tail and have some fun mixing up your quiver before the waves here at the Nicaraguan Pipeline call back for your fastest barrel gun!

 I really like how backlit this photo is.. but it would be even cooler if this guys was hanging ten or a cheater 5 on a log (IMHO).

Small but clean conditions. Maybe it’s a good thing so everyone can save their energy for Semana Santa, which is right around the corner.

Micro Backdoor… ?