May 10th, 2020

Somewhere in Nicaragua

You know the swell charts are pretty accurate then your see this indicator breaking like this.

And if you know where this indicator is, then you’ve surfed here before, and that also means that you should be paddling hard to the outside for that giant set that’s about to blow up the river-mouth lefts.

Without any surfers out, it’s really hard to show how big this really is, so you’ll just have to trust me…. it was big… REALLY BIG!

Big and unruly. So much that pretty much everyone in the area went to other places that could handle the size and amount of water moving around.

A small but very dedicated crew left our shores early today and headed up the coast to tackle some of these super west bending waves.

This is the kind of place you need when the waves go XL. That and it’s so isolated you need a boat or ski to get to it.

It’s a wave that sits pretty much out in the middle of the open ocean. So if you want to catch this fast moving monster, you have a good paddle game!

Bryan here back-dooring a thicky.

Isolation while in isolation…. could there be any better place to be… that is while you’re in isolation?

Chris Conner nabbing one of the biggest set waves of the day.

Manny is another local standout not only here in Nicaragua, but he’s been putting in a lot water time at most of the other well known big wave spots on the planet.

However, it’s Nicaragua where he’s put his years of practice to use at all those other well known big wave locations.

The boys had a really good time out there all morning and early afternoon. Good call todays stealth mission!

A quick and much appreciative shout out and thanks to Mr. Chris for taking all those killer pics you just saw from up north. This was his first time to ever see this wave and he even put the camera down to paddle out and catch a few for himself too! I wish I could have been there to capture you surfing your first waves there hermano!

Since I was here locally, I was checking the waves periodically all throughout the day.. Here’s how it was looking in the afternoon.

Some BOMB sets coming in up at the reef as well! (if you look closely, that’s a surfer on the wave too!)

I was checking the waves here with Derek the last two days of this massive swell and there’s one thing about Derek that’s nice to have as him as my amigo. He LOVES BIG waves! The bigger the better actually, Check this sequence to see what I’m saying…..

Thick lips like this aren’t for the faint of heart.

Pulling in under them isn’t either.

Especially when you know the kind of beatdown you get if you don’t time these kinds of waves right.

Luckily Derek’s a stellar surfer and feels about as comfy in these kinds of waves like walking in a park.

I’d claim this wave too if I ever got one like this!!!! So sick D-man!!!!

Alright, the swell is supposed to be coming down a little by tomorrow, but the conditions hopefully will be back to calm and not out of control like it was today. I’ll be checking it early, so if it’s on….. then I hope to see you out there! Hasta manana ~