December 17th, 2006
Somewhere in Nicaragua
Greetings and saludos. A bigtime beachday as last night’s partiers made it to Maderas to rest off the festivities. We hear that the disco was full last night. Some slept it off, while others kept the party going.
Not everyone was hungover on the beach. Plenty of people made it out to surf as well. Bobbing obstacles were a serious factor in today’s conditions. Here is Koki about to run the gauntlett. Otherwise conditions were flawless.
The waves were in the shoulder high range with a few sets providing some bigger peaks before high tide. The combination of ground and windswell from both hemishperes was working for the beachbreaks. The wind was light and offshore for the whole day. The water has been hovering around 79 degrees for the last few days (shouts out to the PA crew). Today was a surf day – in December!?!
Always more photogenic than functional the point was putting on a nice show today.
Here is Gerardo showing us a creative way to avoid the obstacles in his line. Impressively there were only a couple minor collisions, and noone lost their head.
There continues to be swell forecast for the coming week. It looks like we’ll be getting some long period energy from the south pacific for a handful of days. We don’t quite know why the water is still so warm and the waves are so good, but we aren’t complaining either. This has been another surf report from NSR.
RECENT REPORTS
Hey everyone! Welcome to Thursday afternoon’s report from Panga Drops. The waves were definitely cleaner and better today, but still fairly small.
Hey everyone! Welcome to Thursday afternoon’s surf report from Panga Drops. The ESE devil wind flared up this afternoon. I had to coax John into paddling out and playing stuntman at French Fries.
Hey amigos! Josh back behind the lens for the next few days. This Wednesday’s report is coming your way from Panga Drops. It was a little inconsistent, but there was a bit more size today on the sets. All of these peaks had their moments today too. Lucy setting up for a super clean right..
FROM THE ARCHIVES
Fun waves today at Maderas. We’ve still got waist to chest high sets and offshore winds. We grabbed these pictures at Maderas this morning before heading up north in search of new and undiscovered surf spots.