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Nicaragua Surf Report for Friday, January 16, 2026
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January 16th, 2026
PANGA DROPS

Hey everyone! Welcome to Friday’s surf report from Panga Drops. The surf was tiny and the swell direction was weird, so not even French Fries was working. John and Koji made the right call to pull out the hand-lines.

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Only the middle peak was that consistent. It took some serious paddling and positioning to get the waves on shortboards.
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Mariana found a few lefts that dredged on the inside.
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Bruno had a more suitable board for the waves. Can't be the longboard in small surf.
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This was the upper-bound on the sets today.
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A barrel for Mariana!
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The chica from Rancho got a few keepers today too.
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If you were going to ride a shortboard today, it was a good idea to have a wider one like this guy's so that the board didn't burn speed on the soft sections.
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He snuck it a solid floater on the inside closeout section.
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It was hard for me to get around it being super small, but not breaking at French Fries. The swell direction must've been fairly South.
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Style points!
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John with a little bait fish haha. The boys didn't pull any keepers today. There's always tomorrow though! Tomorrow should be a little bigger surf-wise. Hasta manana.
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