Reef
both
Level 5/10
Corn Islands
Big Corn Island, Nicaragua
🪸Sharp reef🦈Sharks🏝️Remote
The Corn Islands are Nicaragua's Caribbean surf outpost—remote islands off the Mosquito Coast with reef breaks that see few surfers. A flight from Managua opens up an entirely different Nicaragua surf experience.
3-Day Forecast
Today's Conditions
Swell
0.9m
E(92°)
Score: 8/25
Period
9s
Short period / windswell
Score: 8/25
Wind
17km/h
ENE(78°)
Score: 0/25
Weather
26°C
0.0mm35%
Windswell Component
0.4mE@2s
Secondary Swell
0.1mE
Forecast Confidence
100%
Sources: open-meteo-marine, open-meteo-weather
Best Session
afternoon
Location & Conditions
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Tide Times
7:00 am
High tide - 0.27m
2:30 pm
Low tide - 0.03m
7:30 pm
High tide - 0.10m
Times shown in spot-local time.
Strike Score Breakdown
3
PoorComponents
Swell Direction23/25
Swell Size8/25
Swell Period8/25
Wind0/25
Raw Score39/100
Adjustments
🤢 Wind History-17
🌊💨 Windswell-3
⚠️ Weak Component-10
📉 Undersized Swell-6
Adjusted Score3/100
Confidence
Multiplier×1.00
Final Score3
🤢 Morning Sickness
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Spot Details
Swell Requirements
- Optimal direction
- E (90°)
- Direction range
- 60° - 120°
- Size range
- 0.8m - 2.5m
- Ideal size
- 2.1m
- Height multiplier
- 0.97×
- Ideal period
- 12s+
Wind Requirements
- Optimal direction
- W (270°)
- Offshore range
- 240° - 300°
- Best window
- morning
Tide Requirements
- Optimal tide
- mid
- Optimal range
- 0.6m - 1.5m
Water temp
28°C
Wetsuit
Boardshorts / Rashguard
Difficulty
5/10
Crowd level
1/10
Access: Caribbean Nicaragua. Flight from Managua.
Best Season
Peak: Nov, Dec, Jan, Feb, Mar
Secondary: Sep, Oct
Nicaragua Caribbean reef.
Getting There
Airport
BEFDrive time
0 minBoat required
$50
Data quality
verified