Nicaragua Surf Report for Thursday, January 22, 2026

5:31 AM

PANGA DROPS

January 22nd, 2026

PANGA DROPS

Hey everyone! Welcome to Thursday evening’s surf report from Panga Drops. The swell height and interval were both notably higher today. So much so that most of the action was at the middle-peak, with less happening at the sandbars. Asher with a stylish entry on an outside right bomb.

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There was a fair amount of lump while I was taking pics. So Asher took a cautious line and went for softer roller-coaster turns up and down the face of the wave.

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11:36 pm

Pepe pushing through a smooth open-face carve.

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11:37 pm

Pepe sat closer to French Fries and managed to find some hefty outside rights there. He's been in a good rhythm out there lately.

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11:38 pm

Lesther on one of the bigger and cleaner lefts that I saw during my photo session at middle-peak.

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11:39 pm

An overhead wave and a critical snap in the pocket. It's nice to get a change in swell energy after a prolonged run of small peaky waves.

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11:40 pm

Iggy working on her rail game on the open faces.

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11:41 pm

Julio putting his speed to work and throwing buckets and buckets of spray.

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11:42 pm

A quick little slash from a visitor in the pocket.

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11:43 pm

Asher found a quick moment of tube-time as this left connected to the inside section.

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11:44 pm

Lesther with a casual turn in the pocket at French Fries.

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11:45 pm

Aiden coiling up for a big turn. He might be the best at getting compressed of all the surfers here. It's a close match-up between him and Asher.

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11:46 pm

JAMming in the pocket.

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11:47 pm

He's coiled up again. What's he going to go for?

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11:48 pm

A boost! The section wasn't quite ideal, but he still got some serious pop and displayed good style. It was a nice change of pace for the more experienced surfers, finally a bit of power. Tomorrow might even be better as the size should stay, but the swell interval will drop. Maybe more consistent and hitting a few different peaks in the Pangas zone. Hasta manana.

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