Overhead, good form. Both lefts and rights working earlier in the day before the winds increased. Blustery side shore winds through the middle of the day reduced for a fun sunset session. Should hold head high through the weekend. Looking small early part of next week and another longish period swell due in Monday 24th.
Forerunners for tomorrow's swell rocking up. Mostly on the left (even though today's best pics are rights) which is consistent with the more southerly angle we're anticipating from the new swell.
Carlos barrel sequence, 1st swell of the season. The waves haven't been much since the South Pacific Swell Machine mysteriously shut down August last year. Since then its been one long LULL. March we usually get a taster of things to come the rest of the March > Oct season. If today was anything to go by, Colorados is back in business...
Once again good size today in spite of the pathetic forecast. 4-5ft, clean as a whistle and all in all a Happy day here at Colorados. The rest of the week looking, err... weak. But then anything could happen as the forecast has been undercalling it lately.
Thanks to the forecast we had a load of cancellations... NO complaints!!! Empty line up! Moral of the story, if you're going to surf... SURF. Don't go trawling the web tying to predict the future!
Glassy start to the day with 1mph offshore breeze. Size down from yesterday, but still some head high to overhead sets coming in. Clear skies and perfect sunshine through most of the day; convective clouds bubbled up late afternoon and early evening thunderstorms.
Big, mostly closed out and strong rips. Occasional rideable shoulders coming through. Should improves as swell fades.
On the fat side first thing, but cranked as the tide dropped and swell intensified mid morning. Clean, consistent 5-6ft against moderate offshores. Weather forecast looking good through the end of the long range but there's an unseasonal lull looming mid August.
Forecast was calling for sloppy 2ft surf on a weak 12 second swell. At the beach it was a different story with conditions solid overhead, clean and consistent. Mostly on the left again as there's a lot of south in this swell. Should be getting bigger tomorrow with the arrival of a fresh 20 second southwesterly. We'll likely see more rights opening up as the predominant swell angle veers through 210.
Swell angle beyond 220 degrees, meaning mostly rights here at Colorados today. Stirred up and rippy out front the beach club and the middle area of the break. The best peak was the right up the west end of the break (out from Altos) that fires up on these swell conditions.
Latest swell started showing up early morning, as promised. Glassy head high surf through the first part of the day became messy in the afternoon as the swell intensified the rips kicked in.
Day 6: Every point, reef and beach break up and down the coast fully lit up. No signs yet of weakening swell; if anything it was coming in stronger today than yesterday. Partially overcast and occasional heavy rain with passing thunderstorms. Swell due to intensify Friday and Saturday, decent weather looks set to hold. Most of today's photos are from Popoyo Outer Reef.
Day 5 and no signs of weakening. If anything, it felt like there was more energy in the water today. Overhead, pushing double overhead on the sets and great weather all day. Quick but heavy rain in the afternoon to keep the place green and beautiful.
Day 4 and absolutely no let up in the swell; Colorados FIRING from dawn to dusk. Size will reduce Tuesday through Thursday, then Friday swell strength will intensify once again for the weekend. Fair weather forecast throughout.
Day 3: Slight reduction in swell strength today and angle seems to have veered a few degrees opening up the right here at Colorados. Wall to wall sunshine, 10-15mph offshore wind. Weather and surf forecast looking promising through the end of the long range.
Day two: swell coming in at full force and once again perfect weather. Wall to wall sunshine and light to moderate offshore winds. Looking forward, it appears we've turned a corner with the weather leaving the early season rains in May and June and are now entering the 'Canicula'. This being the case, the prognosis is good for super consistent surf for the rest of July and August.
Its here. 22 seconds of purest South Pacific fury lighting up the entire coastline. Coming in clean from the first sets, both lefts and rights working. Perfect weather, light offshore wind. This is a thick swell from a huge storm expected to deliver 5* surf conditions for three to four days. Mid week next size will drop off a little. Then Thurs/ Fri a second powerful swell will fill in.
Once again, PERFECT weather and waves. Clear skies, light offshore breeze and more swell in the water than on the forecast :)
Unexpected, perfect conditions. Was expecting morning sickness and onshore wind today, but in spite of storms through the night the offshores held throughout giving perfect glassy conditions at dawn and light offshore wind kept it that way all day. Swell which was expected to be less today was coming in stronger. Classic Colorados :)
Day 1 of the ISA Jnr World Champs
Offshore wind back with us so once again enjoying clean surf conditions. Pounding swell, looking good for tomorrow. Should be some swell lingering for the first heats Sunday.
Billabong pro Diego Cardenas alone in the lineup today catching perfect right after perfect right. Good swell conditions expected to last all this week AND next week too. Looking unsettled on the long range May 30th through the first few days of June.
Mixed bag today: some from Popoyo, a few from Panga Drops and the rest from Colorados. Swell size definitely down from the weekend but some BOMBS coming through every now and then. Panga Drops was going off on the mid tides and some sick unridden rights at Los Perros.
Swell down from yesterday, but decent conditions once again. After a good start Carlos Perez (Colorados) managed to get disqualified. In the sub 16's Jackson Obando took first place and Kevin Cortez second. Both qualifying for the ISA World Champs in a few weeks also here at Jiquiliste.
Surf was pumping for the semi finals of the Circuito Nacional de Surf Nicaragüene. Colorados boys on form finding the best barrels. Carlos Perez (Colorados) leading heats in mens section scoring the wave of the day, a beefy left with four seconds behind the curtain. Jackson Obando (Gigante) leads the boys with Kevin Cortez (Gigante) hot on his heels.
Slightly improved conditions today with sets coming in head high and more consistent. Several hammerhead sharks washed ashore at Panga Drops. A female and two newborns. The mother weighed about 150lbs and the young in the region of 2lbs-3lbs.
Swell veered round through 200 degrees today, giving us an equal mix of right and lefts. Some Kodak moments being had on the close out section up the Gigante end of the break. Colorados doing its best impression of Pipeline.
Strong southerly rocking the outer reef. Early morning session not so good, but it all came together in the afternoon.
Perfect conditions once again on 22 second Southerly. Looks as though the swell peaked out yesterday afternoon, as it was a foot or two smaller today. Great weather, light offshores. The forecast is showing a second 20+ second swell arriving Sunday.
Thursday, April 11th. One of those days that will go down in memory with a powerful southerly giving near perfect conditions today at Colorados. The beach break often can't handle long periods; so with this swell peaking out at 23 seconds it will be interesting to see how things evolve over the next 24hrs. Perfect weather, light offshores, light crowds.
Overcast, rippy and generally not happening early morning. Tide is critical on long period days. Switched on momentarily mid morning on fuller tide. Good sessions through the afternoon on the falling tide, too. Hot, hot, humid day once again.
Light offshore, perfect draining rights as swell filled in. Cloudy start to the day, some lightening through the night. Hot and humid. First rains not far away...
Colorados was rocking today on mid size swell, delivering a lot more than expected. Overhead and glassy with light offshores all day. T -1 for 20 second south westerly, due in sometime after midday.
Uptick in the swell, light offshores all day. April 1st so the April FOOL made a showing!! Massive swell on its way, due in Thursday. Period maxing out at 20 seconds.
First Popoyo Outer Reef session of 2013 on 18 second, 2.5ft swell from the SSW. Grey and still at dawn, 5mph offshores mid morning thorough the rest of the day. Light offshores expected to hold through the weekend and for the peak of the swell tomorrow, Saturday.
Steady 15 second southwesterly delivering consistent head high to overhead surf; both lefts and rights opening up perfectly. The offshores are blowing hard at the moment, in the 15-25mph bracket. Several swells due in over the upcoming week, the most powerful maxing out at 2.5ft, 18 seconds on Saturday 23rd.
Consistent 14 second swell at 3ft accompanied by moderate offshores and not too much tidal movement mean its an all day barrel fest up and down the coast. Miguel went to Santana today with some of the O'Neil team. They caught it good on the incoming tide. MASSIVE swell just appeared on the end of the long range, currently showing arrival Thursday, March 21st.
Swell cranked up a notch through the night, was GOING OFF this morning at Colorados. This swell has exceeded expectations with wave size pushing double overhead on sets. Wind and weather conditions have been perfect; light offshores & sunshine. March is supposed to be the month when the Nica Surf Season kicks off, and that is EXACTLY what it has done. Macking 19 second swell tracking in steep south expected Monday morning and multiple pulses showing behind that. Nica Surf Season 2013 is ON!!
Swell filled in overnight; both earlier and more than expected giving consistent overhead conditions from first light Thursday. Super clean, perfect form especially on the rights out front Altos. Wind was offshore in the 15-20mph range, sunshine all day. Forecast is showing an intensification in the swell tomorrow, Friday, then it will pump overhead through the weekend at 15 seconds, 3 foot.