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Surfing
Surfing videos of our breaks
Playa Colorado Surf and Turf, USA number 865-268-9139.
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The beach is the best in all of Nicaragua. There are 2 world-class surf spots located on this 1 mile long stretch of private beach. These breaks are two of the best in Nicaragua and offer completely different surfing experiences.
Playa Colorado (named after the river that forms the bank called Rio Colorado) is on the south end of the beach and is widely recognized as the most consistent and best beach break in Nicaragua. Colorado requires a short paddle out, and offers both rights and lefts with plenty of big, open barrels. This spot breaks best on an incoming tide and can handle swells anywhere from knee high to double overhead and bigger. There are several peaks and plenty of waves to be had. When this beach break is firing it is absolutely world class.
Panga Drops is an offshore, horseshoe shaped rock reef that amplifies any swell and is located in the middle of the beach. It is a shifty wave that offers big take offs, long rippable walls, and big barrels on the inside section. Panga Drops breaks best on a lower tide and can handle any swell that hits Nicaragua. The break requires a long paddle out and is not for the weak paddler. It is a longboarders favorite from November through February, where it picks up any west swell better than any other break in Nicaragua with both lefts and rights. When everything else is flat, Panga Drops will be breaking. When the swell is pumping March through August, this wave turns into a monster holding up to triple overhead faces.
To surf here you have to either stay in one of the condos / houses here or take a boat from another location. While staying at La Playa Colorado Surf and Turf Condos you have the ability to enjoy dawn patrol and sunset sessions, it is up to you.
Many surfers who come to Nicaragua stay at other places or camps and end up spending hours of their time per day traveling. At the camps you will have to load your stuff into a vehicle, travel by vehicle to where the boats are, load your stuff into the boat, and then travel by boat to the breaks. The boat ride take from 30 - 90 plus minutes to get to the breaks depending on where you are staying. At the end of the day you have to repeat the process again to get back to camp.
If you are traveling with your family or with a significant other that doesn't surf, this is by far the best place to be. Your kids and or significant other can lay by the pool, play at the beach, play golf, go horseback riding, go on a day trip to local markets / sightseeing, take sufing lessions or take pictures of you surfing. You can surf all day while your family enjoys other activities. You don't have to feel bad surfing for hours while your family is sitting in a boat or waiting for you to return to camp.
With an average of 300+ days per year of offshore winds attributed to the proximity of Lake Nicaragua, the surfing in Nicaragua remains optimal all day long, with the tides being your main deciding factor of when to paddle out. The best time for surfing in Nicaragua is April through early November, which is when the most south swells hit Nicaragua’s pacific coast.
