Spot guide
Popoyo is an SW-facing reef break in Popoyo & Tola, Nicaragua. It picks up swell from SSE to WNW, and land, islands, reefs or shallow banks block about 44% 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
- Reef
- Faces
- SW (225°)
- Best swell
- SSW to WSW (195°–240°), 11 s or longer
- Best wind
- N to E offshore, or glassy
- Best surf height
- 4–8 ft at the beach
- Swell window
- SSE to WNW (168° to 298°)
- Offshore wind
- NE
- Tide
- Model estimate
- Wave buoy
- None within 250 km
- Cams
- 3 (1 plays here)
Cams at Popoyo
- Popoyo (Beginner Bay) · Nicaragua Surf Camp at Magnific Rock · plays here
- Beginners Bay, Popoyo · watch on Nicaragua Surf Camp ↗
- Popoyo Nicaragua Beach · watch on The Surfers View ↗