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Popoyo Nicaragua Surf Report, March 10

March 10, 2010

Woke up to a beautiful new swell at Popoyo this morning. The winds had been hard offshore for days. This morning it was about 5-10 knots offshore. We hit Popoyo first thing with our guests Albert and Dana from SC. There were a lot of solid nuggets coming through Popoyo and the outer reef had [...]

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Popoyo Nicaragua – Outer Reef Roars

August 24, 2009

Been trading photos with good friend Donald Stone lately. Knowing the waves were gonna be good this morning at Popoyo, I called Donald so we could link up and shoot photos. His girlfriend said that he had left for Popoyo 15 minutes ago. Perfect! I left the house and was on top of the hill [...]

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Popoyo Nicaragua Surf Report

July 29, 2009

Super fun waves all day at Popoyo today. A little soft in the early morning with a high tide backing out. The dropping tide revealed hollow lefts and rights with overhead sets. Manuel paddled out to outer reef for 45 minutes just after high tide. He caught 4 waves and came out of 4 barrels. [...]

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Popoyo Nicaragua

July 26, 2009

We’ve been getting a very large swell for 4 days now. The swell has had a little too much west for some of the breaks to work at their best. The bowl at outer reef popoyo, namely, has been closed out because of the swell direction. There has been a few boogies catching some waves [...]

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Perfect Popoyo

June 22, 2009

Popoyo Nicaragua offered up waves in the excellent range today. A strong south swell around 190 degrees combined with an incoming lunar tide and light offshore winds. Popoyo outer reef, the inside corner of outer reef Popoyo, Popoyo proper, and the peak at the river mouth bordering Guasacate were all firing. Nicaragua does it again!
Shot [...]

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Popoyo, May 3

popoyo nicaragua May 3, 2009

Fun Waves at Popoyo. We also hit Santana later on today.

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Surf Report, April 28th

popoyo nicaragua April 28, 2009

I arrived at Popoyo this morning at 6 am. There were three surfers out. Sets were head to overhead. A group of three more surfers arrived, and sets were plentiful. A group of five more surfers arrived and hit the water. One of the group of five was just about to make it out to [...]

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Surf Popoyo Nicaragua, April 27th

April 27, 2009

April 27th, 10:30 am
Just got in from a fun session at Popoyo. Walking toward the break around 8 am, a lot of people were exiting the water, and two vehicles from Popoyo Surf Lodge were on the beach gearing up for a session. Over the next couple hours, the crowd averaged around 4-8 people. J.J. [...]

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Popoyo Nicaragua Surf, April 20

April 20, 2009

Surfed Popoyo from 7-9 am this morning. High tide was at 11:17 am. The strong offshore winds continued at about 10-15 mph with gusts up to 20. When I got there, I could tell it was running a little smaller today, average waves ridden were about chest high, with few head high sets. The crowd [...]

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Popoyo Surf, April 16, 2009

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I arrived at Popoyo a little late at 9 am. The sun was already getting high above the coastal hillsides, and strongly reflecting off the waves. There were 3 other cameras on the beach, shooting their perspective groups. The waves were super fun, good shape, with occasional overhead sets. The hard offshores had slowed a [...]

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