September 21st, 2010
Somewhere in Nicaragua
This Saturday, September 25, is International Coastal Cleanup day and Nicaragua is mobilizing. With the heavy rains lately rivers have been sending out garbage along with the regular flotsam of branches and silt that nature produces into the ocean and towards the beaches. So the coastline here is in more need of our assistance than usual. Armies of volunteers will descend on the coast this Saturday with the goal of collecting, recording, and removing trash there. We’ll be doing our part in cooperation with other businesses, local and foreign residents, workers, and guests to make Playa Colorado sparkle from Rio Dulce to Los Perros. If you are around and would like to participate we’ll be meeting at 7am on the road at the round-a-bout in the middle of the beach (behind Mark and Dave’s Place).The Ocean Conservancy is leading the effort to organize this event globally. To find out more or to see how you can get involved at your local beach visit their website www.oceanconservancy.org/cleanup
As Gretchen and I were doing our rounds spreading the word and looking for volunteers for Saturday we stopped in at the little Santa Martha School. This is a two room school that was built by the developers of Hacienda Iguana/Playa Colorado and serves 33 students from the community of Santa Martha and nearby families. We found teachers and students alike excited about getting together with their families for the cleanup effort.We’ll report back on Saturday to let you know how it went down. Now on to the day’s report.
Down in San Juan del Sur, we went to the beach trying to score some waves but unfortunately the winds were blowing super strong onshore.Ā A few guys paddled out but it was svery hard to sit in the right spot.Ā Check it out!
There were not manyĀ waves to be takenĀ but this little kid took advantage on some of the better ones.Ā Check him out riding one of the cleaner ones.
This guy from Venezuela was having a blast out there.Ā Maybe that’s because he’s used to ride these kinda waves.Ā Nice turn buddy!!!
A few beginners tried to catch some waves on their own and they did.Ā Here I caught this one doing his thing on this mushy wave.
Here is another local kid dropping into a nice little nugget.Ā The local kids were having a good time out there.
It’s not rained in the last days but thereĀ are still lots of trees on the beach.Ā Maybe you can surf on a couple of them.
Dum and dummer just got back from Canada and here he is on his brand new transport.Ā That thing is so fast than even the camera couldn’t get the speed, that’s why the picture is blurry.Ā Dale Codo, buenas Noches!!!
RECENT REPORTS
Hey amigos! Welcome to Saturday evening’s surf report from Colorados. The size of the waves dropped even more today, but it still had its moments.
Hey everyone! Welcome to Friday’s surf report from Playa Colorado. The size of the surf dropped notably today. There were still head-high waves on the sets, but it was a wait between the stronger sets. Keith setting up for a left set-wave here.
Hey everyone! Welcome to Thursday’s surf report from Colorados. The wind was onshore again today, but it was actually cleaner than most of the day yesterday. At least it was more manageable.
FROM THE ARCHIVES
Hi folks, we definitely got some swell in the water today, so we packed up out stuff and headed out to the beach so excited to score some good waves.Ā It was well over head on sets and the wind was straight offshore.Ā Check out the lineup!!!
Whatās up guys, this is Jairo āCome Panā bringing you the Sunday surf report.Ā Today the waves were super small and the wind was onshore, and it has been raining off and on all day. Today we took the camera out with us to see some of the different things going on around town, and..
We’ve got Jairo “Come Pan” Garcia with the surf report for today. It looks like the swell is already hitting us, we have some head high to over head on sets and the wind was light onshore this morning at Maderas. Check out the lineup folks.