Playa Negra
Popoyo & Tola, Nicaragua11.503, -86.188Beach break · faces SW (225°)
Spot guide
Playa Negra is an SW-facing beach break in Popoyo & Tola, Nicaragua. It picks up swell from SSE to WNW, and land, islands, reefs or shallow banks block about 42% of the directions it faces. Offshore wind here blows from the NE: light winds or NE breezes usually mean the cleanest surf, while SW onshores chop it up.
- Break
- Beach
- Faces
- SW (225°)
- Best swell
- S to W (185°–266°), 9 s or longer
- Best wind
- N to E offshore, or glassy
- Best surf height
- 3–6 ft at the beach
- Swell window
- SSE to WNW (165° to 298°)
- Offshore wind
- NE
- Tide
- Model estimate
- Wave buoy
- None within 250 km
- Cams
- None yet