Nicaragua Surf Report - Report Photo 05/08/2026  5:19 AM
Nicaragua Surf Report for Friday, May 08, 2026
5:19 AM

May 8th, 2026
PLAYA COLORADO

Hey everyone! Welcome to Friday’s surf report from Colorados. It was notably smaller today relative to yesterday. The sets still sucked up and offered tubito opportunities though! This guy maxed out his style points here.

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Nicaragua Surf Report for Friday, May 08, 2026
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Even the old-timers were out getting some sets. This was one of the better rights that I saw all morning.
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Nicaragua Surf Report for Friday, May 08, 2026
11:23 pm
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I think this guy is Nacho's cousin if I remember correctly. This wave was a decent find.
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Nicaragua Surf Report for Friday, May 08, 2026
11:24 pm
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He managed to just squeeze in under the lip in time. It was a tight tube to navigate.
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Nicaragua Surf Report for Friday, May 08, 2026
11:25 pm
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He busted through the lip just in time before the tube fully shrunk and pinched.
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Nicaragua Surf Report for Friday, May 08, 2026
11:26 pm
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The surfer from the opening shot looking for some more shade.
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Nicaragua Surf Report for Friday, May 08, 2026
11:27 pm
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This wave had a lot of foam and froth on the face, so it wasn't going to be a cakewalk to make it.
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Nicaragua Surf Report for Friday, May 08, 2026
11:28 pm
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He got deep behind this thing. I kept my finger on the trigger, but didn't think he was going to make this one.
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Nicaragua Surf Report for Friday, May 08, 2026
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He forced his way through the doggy-door just in the nick of time before it fully shutdown.
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Nicaragua Surf Report for Friday, May 08, 2026
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Most of these fellas are all part of the same group. I'm glad that they paddled out and hard-carried the surf report.
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One of the group style maxing again! I'm impressed at how compressed he got here.
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A casual foam climb.
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Nicaragua Surf Report for Friday, May 08, 2026
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The waves were better suited for maneuvers today unless you really found the right set wave.
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Nicaragua Surf Report for Friday, May 08, 2026
11:34 pm
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This was one of their buddies who must've just been starting out. He was humble and took out a soft-top (instant respect points). I could see him smiling from the beach. It's nice to see fresher surfers succeed in conditions that are good for them.
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Nicaragua Surf Report for Friday, May 08, 2026
11:35 pm
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His surf intuition was impressive. Instead compressing equally between legs, he drove his back knee forward and down. That's a more intermediate move there! Functional surfing. It was not as good as yesterday, but still was surfable. Tomorrow, Sunday, and Monday are the big hopes. I'm a bit skeptical. Surfline's "big" calls have been more in line with "busts" lately haha! Hasta manana.
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