Nicaragua Surf Report for Friday, October 23, 2026

3:50 AM

PLAYA COLORADO

October 23rd, 2026

PLAYA COLORADO

Hey amigos! Josh back in town and behind the lens today and tomorrow. The waves still had size this Friday and the wind was offshore pretty much all day. The streak of consistent, quality waves continues. Aiden setting up for a big blast off the top in today’s opening frame here.

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3:50 AM

Josh S.

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9:54 pm

Bang! Aiden didn't hold back on this turn. He went straight up into the critical part of the pocket.

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9:55 pm

My brother, John, is back in town for a couple of months and was stoked to have some clean waves as a welcome back present.

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9:56 pm

He took his time finding his pace on this left.

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9:57 pm

But fully engaged his rail and fins through this powerful carve once he found adequate space to work with.

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9:58 pm

I'm not 100% sure who this is inside this left, but I think it's Jeison.

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9:59 pm

Mateo must've been logging even more surf time while I was out of town. He was charging on the sets today.

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10:00 pm

It looks like his technique has improved in lockstep with his confidence in larger surf.

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10:01 pm

He wasn't scared to go on faster waves either. Once kids get their confidence in bigger surf, they can progress very quickly here.

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10:02 pm

Jeison was primarily targeting the rights this evening. He did a pretty good job of picking the cleaner waves that didn't have backwash or rips running through them.

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10:03 pm

A stylish schralp in the pocket from Jeison further down the line.

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10:04 pm

The inside rights were often cleaner and hollower. Especially the first waves of each set.

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10:05 pm

John found one of the few left tubes that I saw.

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10:06 pm

He did well to stall and get all the way in the barrel. He did have to navigate a chandelier-ing exit-section.

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10:07 pm

Way to bust through brotha.

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10:08 pm

Iggy was patient and took off on a couple of quality set waves during the photo window while I was at the beach.

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10:09 pm

Jeison straightening out on this runaway set wave. I included this shot to show that that there was still good size today on the sets. Hopefully the quality surf continues for us tomorrow! Hasta manana.

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FROM THE ARCHIVES

10/23/2025

PLAYA COLORADO

Hey amigos! Welcome to Thursday evening’s surf report from Colorados. The wind was a little bit wonkier this evening, but the size of the surf was similar to yesterday.

10/23/2024

PLAYA COLORADO

Hi everyone! Josh back on the report again. Yesterday the wind stiffed us pretty hard in the morning. Today we had favorable wind all through the morning and early afternoon. That means tubes!