Captain’s Log
Welcome to Surfari Charters Captain’s Log. We have created this page to keep our friends, family, and sponsors updated on the latest happenings in Nicaragua. We would like to thank everyone who has visited us for making the Nicaraguan dream possible! Va Pue!!!!
 |  Entry 441, September 3, 2010Jump onboard as we fish with the Casa Vieja Lodge crew from Guatemala in Northern Nicaragua! Special thanks to William Haycox and hi... |
 | Entry 440, September 1, 2010 Here is a video I made of the renovations we did to the Va Pué at the beginning of the season. Special thanks to Captain Dave Harr... |
 | Entry 439, August 31, 2010 Jump aboard the Va Pué with Team Surfari Charters as they compete against a international fleet of some of the worlds best fisherma... |
 | Entry 438, August 26, 2010 Stephanie and Ari were the only two out for this fun morning surf session. ... |
 | Entry 437, August 26, 2010 We headed out to a litte Surfari secret spot today with the Weshners and scored some killer waves. Check it out.... |
 | Entry 436, August 25, 2010 Here is video of a little prank we played on our buddy Mel. As many of you know one of the favorite Surfari past times is putting s... |
 | Entry 435, August 24, 2010 Torneo Flor De Caña 2010 was a smashing success!!! 30 boats from all over Central America competed for the coveted Flor De Caña Cu... |
 | Entry 434, August 24, 2010 Here are some sick shots from Paul an Parker Polgar's trip down last week. Paul has been down several times with us and decided to ... |
 | Entry 433, August 14, 2010 Had some good friends from Antigua down. Here are some shots from thier trip. Thanks guys.... |
 | Entry 432, August 14, 2010 Here are some shots from the South American surf contest held at Playa Santana. ... |
 | Entry 431, August 9, 2010 Just made it to Marina Puesta Del Sol for the big Flor De Cana Cup!!!!... |
 | Entry 430, August 6, 2010 We have Cliff, Graham, and Morgan down with us again this year. These guys have come down with us a bunch of times and are always t... |
 | Entry 429, August 5, 2010 Here is a video from my 32nd B-day yesterday. We had a great day catching waves and drinking cold ones with all the crew!! Thanks t... |
 | Entry 428, August 3, 2010 Here is a quick video from the other day at Playa Colorado. The waves have been offshore and super fun! Enjoy!!... |
 | Entry 427, August 2, 2010 Took a little advernture down south to score some great waves. The water was green, the sun was out, and the waves were perfect. C... |
 | Entry 426, July 30, 2010 Here is a sick shot of the Rum Runner sent to us by Capt. Joe Crawford. Joe and owner Carlos Pellas have been an instrumental part ... |
 | Entry 425, July 28, 2010 Mark, Paul, Scott, and Will enjoyed a week of friends, waves, and fish! What could be better!? SUBU!!!!... |
 | Entry 424, July 27, 2010 Headed up North a bit to surf a left point. All the boys were catchig some good ones. Check them out.... |
 | Entry 423, July 26, 2010 Will, Mark, Scott, and Paul have been scoring some great waves and even managed a couple of nice Mackeral and giant Houndfish. Brod... |
 | Entry 422, July 26, 2010 Bien Grande tubos today. With only a few guys out. Check it.... |
 | Entry 421, July 24, 2010 Here are some shots of the Jax. FL boys scoring some fun waves at a left point.... |
 | Entry 420, July 24, 2010 Here are some shots from Jeffrey and Jordan Yee's week with us. These guys have been coming down and supporting us for years and we... |
 | Entry 419, July 22, 2010 Here are some shots of the Texas crew getting it done down in Nica!!! Jimmy got them on a great Roosterfish and the latest news is t... |
 | Entry 418, July 21, 2010 SUBU!!!!!!! We pulled it out again. After losing a huge Marlin, we battled back and won first place in the Torneo Dorado in San Jua... |
 | Entry 417, July 14, 2010 Took our new clients for a surf today and scored some fun lefthanders. It was a beautiful day. Check out the action.... |
 | Entry 416, July 12, 2010 Here are the shots from the final day of the Santana Surf Contest. Special thanks to Marianna for the great surf pics! It was a su... |
 | Entry 415, July 10, 2010 Here's some shots from today's surf contest at Santana. The waves were super fun and there was some ripping going down. Joel, Brod... |
 | Entry 414, July 10, 2010 Here are some shots of the South Carolina boys catching some super fun waves on thier last day. Great trip guys and hope to see you... |
 | Entry 413, July 8, 2010 Here are some shots of our clients from last week. We caught some really fun surf. Check it out.... |
 | Entry 412, July 8, 2010 The past couple of days we have been warming up for the upcoming tournament season. We managed to release a sailfish two days in ro... |
 | Entry 411, July 4, 2010 This week we had a big family trip of 8 Brothers, Dads, and Cousins from New Jersey. The boys had a blast SUBUing on Fish and Waves.... |
 | Entry 410, July 1, 2010 Lorenzo and Tarah came down and celebrated their Honeymoon. They just sent me these great images of their trip. Right on guys! It ... |
 | Entry 409, June 30, 2010 The Surf Kings were back with us again this year! Craig and Tim are keeping the stoke alive, and this time they brought with them R... |
 | Entry 408, June 22, 2010 Went surfing with the Venice Beach crew and found some fun surf. Hope to see a little more swell fill in towards the end of the wee... |
 | Entry 407, June 20, 2010 Here are some shots or our man, BroDizzle shredding up some sic ones!!... |
 | Entry 406, June 15, 2010 Took a trip up north Leon, Las Penitas to support our surf circuit here in Nicaragua. We had events of Juniors, Open Mens, Womens, ... |
 | Entry 405, June 14, 2010 It's Toña time!!! What's better than surfing a great point break?? Drinking a cold Toña while cruising down the line!! Oh Yeah!! S... |
 | Entry 404, June 11, 2010 I think the Malone brothers have some kind of secret sauce going because they always catch fish! Nice work boys!!... |
 | Entry 403, June 11, 2010 Mike, Don, and Derrick have been having a great week catching waves and fish. Here are a few shots!... |
 | Entry 402, June 11, 2010 Here are some pics courtesy of John Mathews of the last big swell! Thanks for the images!!! Make sure to take a look at the slab com... |
 | Entry 401, June 11, 2010 Traveled down south a bit with the Jersey crew to catch some fun ones. Check it.... |
 | Entry 400, June 10, 2010 This week we had Erick Hinote http://www.erichinote.com/ and his fiance Abby down with us. They painted us a kick ass mural on the ... |
 | Entry 399, June 6, 2010 Mike, Kevin, and Bobby brought their A game to NIca again this year. First day on the boat produced the first gaffer Dorado and the ... |
 | Entry 398, June 2, 2010 Forcast calls for solid swell all week with offshore winds. Here are a few shots from this morning. ... |
 | Entry 397, May 28, 2010 Here is the video from the Vail Crew! This was their third trip in one year!!! Thanks for supporting us guys! SUBU!!!!... |
 | Entry 396, May 27, 2010 We have Joe, Dan, Russel, and Bryce down this week. We snuck down south and got them on some fun left handers!!... |
 | Entry 395, May 24, 2010 Here is the video from the big swell on Saturday!!! SUBU!!!... |
 | Entry 394, May 18, 2010 Captain Lance can show you how it's done at Surfari Charters.... |
 | Entry 393, May 12, 2010 Here is the long awaited premier of "Vintage Collective"!!! ... |
 | Entry 392, May 12, 2010 Here are some shots of our very own Jeff-fritata courtesy of Tom Carey!!!... |
 | Entry 391, May 12, 2010 More shots courtesy of Tom Carey. I really can't say enough about Tom's skills behind the lens!!!... |
 | Entry 390, May 12, 2010 Here are some shots of me taken by Tom Carey. These are from the trip we did last year that made the cover of Surfing Magazine!!. ... |
 | Entry 389, May 12, 2010 After fishing at the bay, we headed over to another secluded spot to spearfish, snorkel, and kick back some Flor De Caña drinks. R... |
 | Entry 388, May 12, 2010 Today we headed South with the Vail Crew. This is their third time back in one year!! We started off the day with some fishing off... |
 | Entry 387, May 8, 2010 Here are some pics from this week. We had Bruce, Paolo, Regan, Chris, Jim, Brick, Mike, and Yuri. We had a really nice swell and kn... |
 | Entry 386, May 6, 2010 Looking like we are going to have a good Month of surf.... |
 | Entry 385, May 1, 2010 Here are some pics from Pete, Jim, Jamie, Jay, and Rich's trip this week.... |
 | Entry 384, April 25, 2010 Here are some shots courtesy of John Matthews. One is from this morning and the other two I am not sure. I sure hope everyone is O... |
 | Entry 383, April 24, 2010 Russ, Steve, and I cruised the Nica Coast looking for live baits. We found a nice pile of baits, but unfortunately the wind picked ... |
 | Entry 382, April 23, 2010 Early morning session at Santanas.... |
 | Entry 381, April 23, 2010 Some nice swell in the water. Surfed two spots caught great waves at both.... |
 | Entry 380, April 21, 2010 This is why you don't show off at the rodeo!!!!!... |
 | Entry 379, April 21, 2010 Russ and Steve are continuing their Nicaraguan smackdown. Today we took down a 40 lb Roosterfish on live bait using a kite!! Sick t... |
 | Entry 378, April 20, 2010 Solid swell coming our way Wednesday. Here are a few shots of lastnight with no one out.... |
 | Entry 377, April 19, 2010 Here are some fishing shots from the past couple of days. We did some spearfishing on one day and then headed out with Rus and Stev... |
 | Entry 376, April 18, 2010 Took some nature shots today along with a few waves. We had are first day of rain lastnight.... |
 | Entry 375, April 17, 2010 Next week it looks like we might have some rain and a little bit of onshore winds. Keep checking the site we should have some good ... |
 | Entry 374, April 17, 2010 We have been catching some really fun surf close to home. Swell models are looking good for the whole week. Come down and enjoy Nic... |
 | Entry 373, April 15, 2010 We had some really good waves coming in before dark. The Bro D took the heat for photos once again.... |
 | Entry 372, April 15, 2010 We have solid swell all week and everyone has been enjoying the good surf.... |
 | Entry 371, April 13, 2010 Here are some cool landscape shots I thought you guys would enjoy...... |
 | Entry 370, April 11, 2010 Capt. Jimmy also took out Dr. Aleman and his family for some good 'ole fish catching!! Nice job crew!!!... |
 | Entry 369, April 11, 2010 Here are some more shots from Steve, Randy, Erik, and Kevin's trip this week. Capt. Jimmy got them on some more fish and great wave... |
 | Entry 368, April 11, 2010 Here are a few fishing pics from last week that I just got of Capt. Jimmy's camera. We have EJ, Mike, Joe, and Rick crushing some n... |
 | Entry 367, April 9, 2010 We have some solid swell in the water today with only two guys in the water. ... |
 | Entry 366, April 8, 2010 The swell should be filling in in the next few days so stay tuned.... |
 | Entry 365, April 7, 2010 This week we have Steve, Randy, Kevin, and Erik down for the 4th or 5th time. I kinda lost track how many times they have come, the... |
 | Entry 364, April 7, 2010 This week we also had Tyler and his wife, Carrie, from Castaway Customs down with us. Tyler does custom Seadek installation on boat... |
 | Entry 363, April 7, 2010 Here are some more fishing shots from Joe, Mike, EJ, and Rick's trip this past week!... |
 | Entry 362, April 6, 2010 We survived the week of semana Santa and had some good surf monday. Bro D taking the heat with the surf shots.... |
 | Entry 361, March 30, 2010 Here are a few shots of some fun surf at Santana.... |
 | Entry 360, March 29, 2010 ICE !!!!!! Come by Surfari Base and load up on some ice for that Flor de Caña drink. We now have bags for sale!... |
 | Entry 359, March 28, 2010 Justin and Mark waited no time to get into the SUBU swing of things. They started off today with a couple of long surf sessions and... |
 | Entry 358, March 27, 2010 EJ, Mike, Joe, and Rick just got in to town and started off nicely with some topwater action with Captain Jimmy. Nice work boys! Hey... |
 | Entry 357, March 27, 2010 Here are pics from Va Pué's first two days out after her remodle!!!... |
 | Entry 356, March 27, 2010 Here are the pics of the new and improved Va Pué! Special thanks to Captain Dave Harris for spearheading this massive project. Be ... |
 | Entry 355, March 25, 2010 Some big swell in the water today. Took a ride down to check a spot today. Check it out.... |
 | Entry 354, March 23, 2010 The surfari crew have all been working hard to get the Va Pue and the camp ready for action. Here are a few shots I took of the sur... |
 | Entry 353, March 20, 2010 Some fun looking waves were coming in before dark, with only one super cool dude out.... |
 | Entry 352, March 19, 2010 Waves are building the next few days, so stay tuned. We're also tying up all the loose ends to start the season...... |
 | Entry 351, March 18, 2010 The finishing touches are being put on the Va Pue. Getting ready for the season to start. Let the games begin.... |
 | Entry 350, March 17, 2010 I have been having some computer problems for the last couple of days. Sorry for the lack of pictures. The waves have been fun and... |
 | Entry 349, March 13, 2010 We have been having some onshore winds the last couple of days. Can't complain because the water is warm and the waves are still fu... |
 | Entry 348, March 9, 2010 The wind has lightened up a bit and some fun sets were coming through today. ... |
 | Entry 347, March 8, 2010 Strong offshore winds have been chopping down the swell. Forecasts show the wind calming down in the next couple of days.... |
 | Entry 346, March 7, 2010 We had some chest to head high sets coming in this morning with strong offshore winds. Captured some photos of the ol' captain and ... |
 | Entry 345, March 6, 2010 Here are some random shots from the past couple of days. Highlights are the dragon haircut in Rivas and the guy grinding with no go... |
 | Entry 344, March 5, 2010 We have been catching some fun waves the last few days, but still waiting to see some improvement. Been hanging out with our good f... |
 | Entry 343, March 5, 2010 SURFBOARD RENTALS: Here is a shot of Nicaragua Surf Shop's complete line of Rental Boards. Rentals are from 10-15 a day. If you a... |
 | Entry 342, March 4, 2010 Here are some shots from yesterday. The waves were small, but still fun. Hope to see a little improvent this week.... |
 | Entry 341, March 3, 2010 While Lance has been busy busting out the work on the boat with Cristobal, I have been making sure to get some beach and pool time w... |
 | Entry 340, March 2, 2010 Here are some shots from last season to get you amped for the up and coming surf season. Come down and get some of the action.... |
 | Entry 339, February 28, 2010 Today we had strong offshore winds and small surf. We hope to see improvement in the surf by mid next week.... |
 | Entry 338, February 27, 2010 Today we had a tsunami watch from an earthquake off the coast of chile. A few surfers still made it in the water for a surf. ... |
 | Entry 337, February 26, 2010 Here are shots from yesterday. After two days of onshore winds, it turned back offshore. Although the waves were small, it was sti... |
 | Entry 336, February 25, 2010 Just got back to Nicaragua after our Costa Rica trip, and Lance got right back to work on the Va Pue. Loaded up with boat supplies ... |
 | Entry 335, February 25, 2010 Here are some more pics of Dave and Lance getting dirty on the old Va Pue upgrade program...... |
 | Entry 334, February 16, 2010 We are down in Costa Rica fishing with Team Contendress of Contender Boats. Warming up for the big tournament that starts this Thur... |
 | Entry 333, February 6, 2010 We finally made it back to Nica after a long break in the States. Got back into the grind immediately...and literally! Our friend,... |
 | Entry 332, January 15, 2010 This season we also had Surfer magazine stop by. Check out these pics and the following links for their take on Nica! http://surfe... |
 | Entry 331, January 15, 2010 Here is a quick video we made of the operation. Copy the link and blast it out to your friends!!... |
 | Entry 330, January 9, 2010 Here is the first video from Surfing Magazine's trip down with us this season. Timmy Curran scored the cover of the newest issue! Y... |
 | Entry 329, January 7, 2010 Merry Christmas and Happy New Year everyone!! We had a great Christmas out here in Texas. I was lucky enough to harvest a Texas sla... |
 | Entry 328, December 3, 2009 We also just celebrated Kristin's B-Day. We had a blast throwing horse shoes on the beach and then brought the party up top to Surf... |
 | Entry 327, December 3, 2009 Happy B-Day Zack Attack!!! We just celebrated Zack's B-day and had a crazy day. First we started off with Nica Baseball game that w... |
 | Entry 326, December 3, 2009 A little while back we had Jim, Charlie, Christian, JD, Tom, and Win down with us for the second time this season. They scored once... |
 | Entry 325, November 17, 2009 This weekend we went down the the 8th annual panga tournament in San Juan del Sur. Onboard we had Casey, Wayne, Norling, and myself... |
 | Entry 324, November 16, 2009 Hello to our tried and true Captain's Log checking friends! We are trying to keep our word and update the log as often as we can...... |
 | Entry 323, November 11, 2009 Here are some more pics of the Vail crew getting it done in Nicaragua! Yeah, SUBU!!!!!!... |
 | Entry 322, November 10, 2009 Took a walk to the beach for sunset this evening to get some more pics and get ourselves back in the swing of running current Captai... |
 | Entry 321, November 10, 2009 We have got our Vail crew down this week for the second time this year. They have started off strong with some great Dorado catches... |
 | Entry 320, November 6, 2009 This week we have Jim, Gary, and David down from the Northeast. The onshore winds that did not come in October showed up this week.... |
 | Entry 319, November 6, 2009 First off, I have to apologize for slacking so hard on the Captain's Log. We did not even get up an entry for October and it was th... |
 | Entry 318, September 26, 2009 Here is footage from the swell on Sunday and Monday. Hope you guys enjoy it!! SUBU!!!!!!... |
 | Entry 317, September 25, 2009 A couple of weeks ago, we also had our good buddy Tom Carey from Surfing Magazine down with us. He brought down Tim Curran, Gavin B... |
 | Entry 316, September 25, 2009 A couple weeks ago we had our Texas crew down for the third time. Once again they whooped up on some fish and waves! Nice work boys... |
 | Entry 315, September 11, 2009 Our good buddy Gibson went out and showed his SUBU prowess today and speared this great snapper! Nice work!!... |
 | Entry 314, September 22, 2009 Here are pics from yesterday and the day before. Special thanks to Donald Stone for the epic shots!... |
 | Entry 313, September 4, 2009 We took Marc Brown and his family out fishing today. The girls absolutely whooped up on the fish!! SUBU!!!... |
 | Entry 312, September 3, 2009 Here is the video from our spear fishing adventures!! SUBU!!!... |
 | Entry 311, September 2, 2009 The crew headed out and took care of some business today. With our new Riffe guns, the snapper in NIcaragua do not stand a chance. ... |
 | Entry 310, August 27, 2009 Here is the video from Richard, Lang, and McCord's trip here at Surfari Charters! Thanks guys for coming to stay with us and SUBU!!... |
 | Entry 309, August 26, 2009 The Jacksonville crew had Erin "EBO" O'Kon along for a few sessions to document their Nicaraguan wave slaughtering! We've got Brodi... |
 | Entry 308, August 26, 2009 Wednesday August 19 Capt. Jimmy took our guests Lang, McCord, and Richard and headed out for some serious newcomer SUBU. McCord had... |
 | Entry 307, August 14, 2009 Today we finally opened our new venture "Nica Surf Shop". We sold our first shirts, tacos, and beers! Be sure to stop by when you ... |
 | Entry 306, August 12, 2009 Check out this video from the 2009 Bay Point Invitational Marlin tournament. I was lucky enough to get to mate on the Hat-A-Tak wit... |
 | Entry 305, August 10, 2009 2nd time in one season!! Eric and Jason got back down here after a May trip to see what the tail end of the season had to offer, an... |
 | Entry 304, August 10, 2009 RECORD 82.5lb WAHOO CAUGHT Friday August 7, 2009! Randy "Pops" Moss is down here for a visit, and after some serious trash talking ... |
 | Entry 303, August 10, 2009 HERE IT IS!!!!!! It took us a little while to nurse our 31st Birthday Hangovers and get this video together, but EBO (www.ebosurfph... |
 | Entry 302, August 1, 2009 For the past two days we have been trying to get my good buddy, Timmy Couvillion on some big fish. He pulled into town from Louisia... |
 | Entry 301, July 31, 2009 Here are a few fishing shots of the same crews of guys from last week. Coach was making sure to try and keep the guys fishing as lo... |
 | Entry 300, July 31, 2009 Booz and Dave kept their word and came back down to see us again this year, even though the rest of their crew from last season wasn... |
 | Entry 299, July 31, 2009 July 18 - 25 we had a new crew of Virginia Boys down here with us for the first time. They fit into our program right away sharing ... |
 | Entry 298, July 31, 2009 Here is the video from JP, Jason, Mike, and Matt's trip here with us in Nica. Thanks for coming to see us again. SUBU!!!... |
 | Entry 297, July 29, 2009 Check out the video from last weeks monster swell. Super sick ones. SUBU!!!... |
 | Entry 296, July 23, 2009 Here is the same FL crew doing it right with the fishing as well!! Good ol' FL boys know their stuff, and brought home dinner and s... |
 | Entry 295, July 23, 2009 July 11-18 we had some of our friends come back from FL who have been with us for the past few seasons. JP, Jason, and Mike got dow... |
 | Entry 294, July 23, 2009 Ok people, we're playing a little bit of catch up here! Sorry about the delay on these updates! We are going back to the week of J... |
 | Entry 293, July 23, 2009 Here is the Outer Reef video from July 7th when Jesse Hines and Will Tant came into town. Myself, Manuel, Chris and Drex also made ... |
 | Entry 292, July 17, 2009 Finally, the video from Mike, Juls, Billy, and Rob trip with us in Nicaragua. Thanks guys and hope to see you again next year. SUB... |
 | Entry 291, July 7, 2009 Mike, Juls, Billy, and Rob scored some sick waves this past week and EBO was with them for two days to capture it. There were tons ... |
 | Entry 290, July 7, 2009 This week we had Mike, Juls, Billy, and Rob arrive from Cali to come and stay with us at Surfari Charters. Their trip started off s... |
 | Entry 289, July 7, 2009 Here is the first video from the Marlin Magazine shoot up north on the Rum Runner! Thanks to Don Carlos Pellas and the Rum Runner cr... |
 | Entry 288, June 29, 2009 Day 2 of the Rum Runner Northern Excursion started out with super sick conditions, it just felt fishy. There were slicks everywhere... |
 | Entry 287, June 29, 2009 This weekend was a little different than our normal season weekends. We have Marlin Magazine in town shooting photos for an article... |
 | Entry 286, June 17, 2009 Here it is Boggy Week 2009... "I'm on a Boat"! SUBU!!... |
 | Entry 285, June 15, 2009 As always the Boggy's came back and killed the fishing. Sailfish and Dorado were no match to the boyz. Powell took down a nice sai... |
 | Entry 284, June 15, 2009 Boggy Week continues!! The Boggies came back this year for their 5th year in a row!! Holding it down strong! As usual, the guys s... |
 | Entry 283, June 10, 2009 Boggy and Friends week! We have had our hands full so far this week with the Boggies down, and we also have Sarah Bell visiting us ... |
 | Entry 282, June 9, 2009 Here is the video from Kevin, Mike, Bobby, Doug, Kent, Marc, and Matt's trip here with us at Surfari Charters. Thanks guys and hope... |
 | Entry 281, June 8, 2009 First timers Matt, Marc, Kent and Doug showed us some of the goods they had to offer in the lineup the past few days. Matt was kill... |
 | Entry 280, June 8, 2009 The Malone's scored yet again!! Must be the family karma kicking in for their 2nd trip, because these guys keep on getting better a... |
 | Entry 279, June 7, 2009 Surfari SUBU Monday! Erin and Kristin made their bartending debut this week for Happy Hour at the Surfari Bar. Mike Parsons droppe... |
 | Entry 278, June 4, 2009 The Malone brothers, Kevin and Mike, are back again with us this week. They were so stoked on last year's charter that they decided... |
 | Entry 277, May 31, 2009 Here is the video from Tim, Joe, Craig, Terry, Jim and Ben trip with us at Surfari Charters. Thanks guys and hope to see you again ... |
 | Entry 276, May 27, 2009 Surfari guide Jimmy got these guys on some sick waves again for their second day of shooting with EBO. The guys were tearing it up ... |
 | Entry 275, May 27, 2009 Here are the first round of photos from Craig, Tim, Joe, and Terry's trip. We want to welcome back Joe, Craig, and Tim who are wit... |
 | Entry 274, May 27, 2009 Evening SUBU mission for Jasco's new rig!!!! Team Surfari went out with Jasco yesterday afternoon to give his boat a once over, and... |
 | Entry 273, May 27, 2009 Astillero Surf Contest Success! For the first time ever, Astillero hosted a Saturday/Sunday contest for the Nicaragua Surf Circuit,... |
 | Entry 272, May 26, 2009 Here is the video from John (JZ), Tommy, Tyco, David, Paul, Matt, Duke, and Chris's trip here at Surfari Charters. Thanks guys and ... |
 | Entry 271, May 25, 2009 Trip organizer John (JZ) came on down for his 2nd trip with us, and brought his friends Tommy, Tyco, and David to come check us out ... |
 | Entry 270, May 25, 2009 Duke, Chris, Matt, and Paul hired EBO for a couple of days and got some sick shots. The waves started out pretty small but got pro... |
 | Entry 269, May 21, 2009 Here's a sneak peak from this weeks action. There is more on the way, but we wanted to get these fishing shots up for everyone to c... |
 | Entry 268, May 20, 2009 Moss Family Fishing day!!! Big ups to Mom and Pops for bringing some of their normal good luck to the Va Pue! A few hours on the w... |
 | Entry 267, May 20, 2009 Here they are!!! We had to show off these guys' fishing shots too. Everyone had some major SUBU action while they were here with u... |
 | Entry 266, May 18, 2009 Not only did Tony Montana and his boys return for a second go, but Chris actually got everything lined up for the week, and brought ... |
 | Entry 265, May 18, 2009 Here are the surfing pics of Bruce, Regan, and Paolo. The guys scored not only fish but some great waves. Tony Montana and friends... |
 | Entry 264, May 18, 2009 This week we had Bruce and Paolo back with us again, and they brought down their buddy Regan to round out their crew. These guys kn... |
 | Entry 263, May 10, 2009 Here is the video from Denzel, Craig, Eric, Joey, Jason, and Spencer's trip. Thanks guys! SUBU!!!!... |
 | Entry 262, May 10, 2009 The guys hired EBO for a couple of days and everyone got some great waves and pics! She also got out with the water housing and was... |
 | Entry 261, May 10, 2009 We had a nice change of weather patterns this week with the winds switching light onshore just before mid-day for the first half of ... |
 | Entry 260, May 10, 2009 This week we had a crew of buddies from Colorado and Florida join us for their first week at Surfari Charters. Craig (more widely kn... |
 | Entry 259, May 5, 2009 Here is follow up video from Hayk, Andy, Oneil, Jt, JJ, and Greg's trip with us. Thanks guys and hope to see you next year. SUBU!!... |
 | Entry 258, May 2, 2009 RODEO CLOWNS!!! Today we had an annual May 1 event come through Las Salinas...the riding of the BULLS! The crew was all stoked and... |
 | Entry 257, May 2, 2009 This week we had Andy and Hayk come back for round 2 of Surfari SUBU! Andy spread the word for us, and brought down his boys J.T., ... |
 | Entry 256, April 28, 2009 We finally got the video from the Jones brothers and Feiblels trip. Thanks again guys and hope to see you back next year. SUBU!!!!... |
 | Entry 255, April 27, 2009 Here is the video from Steve, Randy, Kevan, and Tom's trip. SUBU!!!!!!... |
 | Entry 254, April 25, 2009 Here are some more surf pics of Kevin, Tom, Steven and Randy. Kevin was dropping in on some macking sets making the whole crew prou... |
 | Entry 253, April 25, 2009 We were stoked to have our good buddies Steve, Kevin and Randy return for another week of SUBU with Surfari Charters and this year t... |
 | Entry 252, April 18, 2009 EBO's back! Check out these shots she got of Brodie and some of his friends from Cali and Virginia. Also, Jeff the chef in a nice ... |
 | Entry 251, April 18, 2009 This week we had the Jones brothers return for another year and they brought down their good buddy Feibel. We had to battle the stro... |
 | Entry 250, April 7, 2009 Here's some shots from yesterday and the day before. We had Captain Joe of the Rum Runner (the Flor de Caña yacht) down with his g... |
 | Entry 249, April 7, 2009 Here are some more pics from Warren, Pete, Brian, Jeol, Bernie, and Jeff's trip down with us. They put a serious smackdown on some ... |
 | Entry 248, April 2, 2009 Here are some shots from Warren, Jeff, Brian, Brian, Pete, and Joel's trip this week. The fishing has been super fun and everyone h... |
 | Entry 247, April 1, 2009 Here are some shots from last week. We had our good buddy Mickey down here (Jeff's Dad) and he SUBU'd some nice fish. The fishing ... |
 | Entry 246, March 23, 2009 On the 14th we had the first "proper" swell of the year. Unfortunately for me, I was in Texas for the week that it showed up. Bein... |
 | Entry 245, January 23, 2009 Check out "Don Brodie Johnson's" new video. Miami Vice... Yeeeeaaaahhhhh!!!!!... |
 | Entry 244, January 15, 2009 Here is the full length video from the 2008 Flor De Caña Cup!! SUBU!!!! ... |
 | Entry 243, January 10, 2009 Here is the 2009 line of Surfari Gear!!! We are working on our new online store at this time, but if you are ready to order right no... |
 | Entry 242, January 5, 2009 Merry Christmas and Happy New Year Everyone!!! I am finishing up my tour de Texas 2008 and had a great time hanging with the family... |
 | Entry 241, December 26, 2008 Everyone has been bugging me to get the footage up from this years Flor De Caña / Toyota Cup of Billfishing. I have been in Texas ... |
 | Entry 240, December 26, 2008 These pics are actually from the 24th of November, the same day we re-powered the Va Pué with her new SUZUKI. After dropping off ... |
 | Entry 239, December 26, 2008 This was a big day for the Va Pué. Auto Nica came out from Managua to give her the first re-power she has ever had. That's right,... |
 | Entry 238, December 26, 2008 Here are some pics from George, Dan, and Mike's charter in late November. Thanks to Donald Stone for the great surf shots!... |
 | Entry 237, December 23, 2008 Here is the video from Kristin's first Marlin release in Cabo this October. We had an awesome charter, releasing 5 Striped Marlin i... |
 | Entry 236, November 23, 2008 Last weekend we cruised down to San Juan for the 7th annual panga tournament in San Juan del Sur. We left Surfari Base at 3:00am t... |
 | Entry 235, November 17, 2008 Here is footage from Craig, Tim, Joe, and Lon's full charter. This was their second trip this year! Thanks for coming down again a... |
 | Entry 234, November 8, 2008 Here is our 2nd of 3 videos from Cabo San Lucas. Hop on board with Team Bite Me as we search for the winning fish and have a ton of... |
 | Entry 233, November 5, 2008 Just wanted to share this photo gallery taken by our friend Nate Adams. He took these pics a couple of months ago on his trip to Ni... |
 | Entry 232, November 2, 2008 Here is our first of three videos from the Bisbee's Marlin Tournament in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico. Special thanks to Carlos Pellas an... |
 | Entry 231, October 22, 2008 We made it to Cabo and this place is insane! We were really not expecting it to be so big and built up. Really amazing stuff. Ca... |
 | Entry 230, October 20, 2008 Here are some pics from Texas. We stopped in for a few days on our way to Cabo San Lucas for the Bisbees Marlin Tourney. We got to... |
 | Entry 229, October 6, 2008 Today we cruised to Astillero to donate some baseball gear to the school there. The kids were amped to get new bats and balls. If ... |
 | Entry 228, October 5, 2008 Here is Brodie's photo montage we cranked out for him. If you are interested in sponsoring Brodie, you can contact surfaricharters@... |
 | Entry 227, October 5, 2008 Well, it is still raining pretty hard each day and we have been holding the fort down. Brantley showed up yesterday and brought dow... |
 | Entry 226, September 21, 2008 This week we also had Sara, John, and Wolf down with us. They scored some great waves and caught a pile of fish to boot!!... |
 | Entry 225, September 21, 2008 This week we had Eric, Andrew, Darrick, and Eddie down with us for the second time this season. Once again they scored and had a gr... |
 | Entry 224, September 18, 2008 Here's the Marlin video! Go to entry 224 to read the full story!... |
 | Entry 223, September 15, 2008 We did it!!!!! 7 1/2 hour fight... 318 lbs... Holy crap! We finally did it! A five year search for w... |
 | Entry 222, September 11, 2008 Here are some more fishing shots from this week. The water is still not the deep blue we would like to be seeing, but there are sti... |
 | Entry 221, September 9, 2008 The wind finally went back offshore and we scored some good waves the past couple of days. The rivermouths are all groomed out and ... |
 | Entry 220, September 3, 2008 Here is a photo montage of Erin O'Kon's surfing images from this year and last year. Log onto www.ebophoto.com to check her out. E... |
 | Entry 219, September 3, 2008 Here are some fishing shots from the past week. Some really nice Dorado showed up in town and have been bending rods all week at Su... |
 | Entry 218, September 1, 2008 Here is a montage of Surfari fishing shots! Enjoy!!!!... |
 | Entry 217, August 28, 2008 The other night we were all partying with the Flor De Caña Girls for the first ever Cowboy and Indians Party!!!!!! Check out the V... |
 | Entry 216, August 28, 2008 Here are some extra photos of Hubble, Brandon, Harlan, Jimmy, Lance, and Craig. Thanks again guys for coming to Nicaragua and hang... |
 | Entry 215, August 24, 2008 This week we were stoked to have our friends from St. Augustine join us for some serious SUBU action! Brandon Richardson, his Pops ... |
 | Entry 214, August 22, 2008 We're finally posting the video from Erin's Birthday on the 16th. So much partying went down that it took us a few days to pull it ... |
 | Entry 213, August 18, 2008 Here are the surf photos from the Texas boys trip out in the boat. EBO was shooting from land and water and got some sick ones of e... |
 | Entry 212, August 18, 2008 It's not too often that we have guests come down from Texas, but whenever we do they pretty much always slay the fish. This week we ... |
 | Entry 211, August 15, 2008 Ok, today we are breaking out the backlog on the family trip photos. We hit up Pelican Eyes in San Juan del Sur for a night to show... |
 | Entry 210, August 15, 2008 Here are some photos from my parents and I out fishing. Also included are some other fishing pics we had laying around and wanted t... |
 | Entry 209, August 12, 2008 Today...Tuesday the 12th of August...we had some pretty serious stuff going down in the lineup. It was one of the little seen "ladi... |
 | Entry 208, August 10, 2008 Today we hit up some surf with the family who is still here after my birthday party. Paul and Reade caught some fun ones to make th... |
 | Entry 207, August 9, 2008 The Billabong crew was in town today and EBO got some shots of Ryan, Cody and Jeff. They were pulling into lots of sick ones, and p... |
 | Entry 206, August 2, 2008 Ok, finally got the video up and edited from my 30th B-Day party!! Choppers, Flor de Caña Girls, Dancing, Boozing, BBQ, Family and... |
 | Entry 205, August 2, 2008 Here are more photos from the party. The madness continues! Once again thanks to everyone who came!!! Photos by Erin with www.eb... |
 | Entry 204, August 2, 2008 Here are the pics from my 30th B-Day. Thanks a million to everybody who came and helped organize the event. It was an incredible p... |
 | Entry 203, July 31, 2008 Here are some surf pics from the Cali guys' trip. This was Scott, Matt and Dean's first time down to Nicaragua and they were amping ... |
 | Entry 202, July 29, 2008 Here are some photos from our evening session. The lighting was low but EBO was able to capture a few barrels. It's hard to tell w... |
 | Entry 201, July 29, 2008 Here's an assortment of lifestyle photos we've gathered over the past few days, just to keep you all current on what's been going on... |
 | Entry 200, July 28, 2008 Here's my first attempt at water video while the Mels and the groms were here with us. Stan Roper, professional video Dad, took all... |
 | Entry 199, July 26, 2008 Here are some more photos of the rest of the Wilmingotn crew: Warren, Bill, Jeff, Deanes, Parker, and Josh, with Brodie making a cam... |
 | Entry 198, July 25, 2008 This week we had the Wilmington, NC crew join us for their first time in Nicaragua. These guys travel all over the world together a... |
 | Entry 197, July 17, 2008 Finally organized some of the photos from the end of last week of the 2 Mels, Frank, Patrick, and some cameos from Brodie and Lance.... |
 | Entry 196, July 1, 2008 Check out the video from the Clark's family trip to Nicaragua. Cliff, Graham and Morgan were tearing it up Surfari style!... |
 | Entry 195, June 30, 2008 Here is the video from Erik, Andrew, Jim, and Simone's trip with us. Enjoy!... |
 | Entry 194, June 24, 2008 Here is video from Mitch, Andy, Hike, Adam, Brad, and Ken's trip with us. Special thanks to Andy and Erin for the pics!... |
 | Entry 193, June 22, 2008 This weekend we had a 2 day Surf Contest held at Playa Santana. This is the second to last contest in the Nicaraguan Surf Circuit S... |
 | Entry 192, June 15, 2008 Finally, I was able to get all of the video together from the III Torneo de Pesca Dorado, held in San Juan del Sur on June 14 and 15... |
 | Entry 191, June 21, 2008 Today we had a special treat for the students of La Escuela Primaria del Astillero (Primary School of El Astillero). We had a group... |
 | Entry 190, June 20, 2008 Here are some still photos of Jack, Dan, James, Eric, Justin and John during their stay. Thanks to Erin at www.ebosurfphoto.com for... |
 | Entry 189, June 18, 2008 Jack Dyer, our good buddy from Flagler College, has been visiting usregularly for the past few years. This season, Jack brought a fr... |
 | Entry 188, June 14, 2008 Here is the video from Dave and Jasper's trip down with us! YYYEEEEAAAHHH!!!... |
 | Entry 187, June 13, 2008 Here is some video footage of Andy Irons, Cory Lopez, Freddy P., and MikeParsons on their trip through Nicaragua.... |
 | Entry 186, June 12, 2008 Jeff, Kristin, Erin and I got lucky, once again, to get a session with Andy Irons, Cory Lopez, Freddy P., and Mike Parsons. Here ar... |
 | Entry 185, June 11, 2008 Today we decided to head over to one of our favorite beach breaks. While there Andy Irons, Cory Lopez, Freddy P. and Mike Parsons s... |
 | Entry 184, June 4, 2008 Here's the final batch of water photos from the Boggy Boys trip. We have Casey with the sequence of the day, Mark Powell, Cunningha... |
 | Entry 183, June 5, 2008 Here are the Boggy Boys holding it down in 2008! Yeeeeaaaahhhhh!!!!!!... |
 | Entry 182, June 1, 2008 Here's our first batch of Boggy photos from the aftermath of Hurricane Alma. The seas cleaned up and all of the guys took advantage... |
 | Entry 181, May 24, 2008 Who says that there aren't activities in Nicaragua other than surfing and fishing! Here we have Jimmy practicing his teaching skill... |
 | Entry 180, May 31, 2008 Here is the video from Pete, Jim, Jamie and Rich's trip back to Nicaragua with us this year. Their Round 2 trip with Surfari served... |
 | Entry 179, May 30, 2008 Salty, Andy, Dave and Casey made it the full 2 weeks with Surfari Charters, and here's the video to prove it! The guys caught some ... |
 | Entry 178, May 28, 2008 Since I started running surfing and fishing charters back in 2002 we have always pondered over the existence of Marlin in Nic... |
 | Entry 177, May 27, 2008 In between on shore winds we finally got a glass off session. Here's some shots of Theo, Andy, Jeff, Dave, Justin and Tony. Thanks... |
 | Entry 176, May 26, 2008 This week we have Jamie, Pete, Jim and Rich down with us again. They came down last May and had such a good time they decided to re... |
 | Entry 175, May 23, 2008 Here is this week's video from the Puerto Rico crew; Frank, Juan Carlos, Javier, and Jose. These guys had a great trip and managed ... |
 | Entry 174, May 22, 2008 Brian "Salty" Saltikov missed Surfari Charters so much in the four years that he was gone, that he organized his crew, Casey, Dave a... |
 | Entry 173, May 20, 2008 This week we had our first heavy rains in Nicaragua. The change in pressure brought in the fish for our crew from Puerto Rico; Juan... |
 | Entry 172, May 19, 2008 Check out these sicks ones from Erin with www.ebosurfphoto.com. We scored some fun waves ... |
 | Entry 171, May 17, 2008 For Tim, Joe, Jeff and the Malone Brothers last night we decided to have a fiesta grill out. With all the fish caught, Jasco was ab... |
 | Entry 170, May 16, 2008 This week we also had Tim, Joe, and Jeff down from California. This was their first time with Surfari Charters and they had a blast.... |
 | Entry 169, May 15, 2008 We had Mike and Kevin Malone down with us this week. The Brothers had a great time surfing and fishing and even managed to catch th... |
 | Entry 168, May 14, 2008 With the good lighting and low wind today Erin decided to hook us up with some water shots. In the line up we have Brodie, Lance, K... |
 | Entry 167, May 12, 2008 Jeff took the Malone brothers from Jersey out today. The guys were stoked to be in some warm water for a change. Officer Mike Malon... |
 | Entry 166, May 7, 2008 Here is the video from Robert, John, Chris, Bruce, Duncan, Pualo, Jason, and Ehren's trip this week. They scored some sick waves and... |
 | Entry 165, May 6, 2008 Cali crew hits big again! They were pretty sure that they were losing in the fishing Calcutta, but they definitely made up for it wi... |
 | Entry 164, May 5, 2008 While the guys from California were here with us this week, they scored some sick waves. Here are some photos of Ehren, Duncan, Joh... |
 | Entry 163, May 2, 2008 Here is the video from Dustin, Jay, Brent, Gray, Mark, Mike, and Rob's trip from this week. This was their second year down with us ... |
 | Entry 162, April 27, 2008 This week we have our South Texas crew back with us for the second time. Dustin aka "Doo Doo" had such a blast last year, he came b... |
 | Entry 161, April 26, 2008 Here are some more photos of Seadek Jim and Tyler, and a cameo from Jimmy. The swell wasn't huge but these guys managed to grab som... |
 | Entry 160, April 25, 2008 This week we had Jim and Tyler down from Seadek. Tyler owns Castaway Customs and specializes in custom installation of Seadek. He go... |
 | Entry 159, April 21, 2008 Today we took Holly, Ryan, Tony, Kristin, and Erin out on the boat to do a promotional shoot for |
 | Entry 158, April 20, 2008 Big ups to Erin """EEEEBBBBBOOOO""" O'Kon for this batch of sick ones. Pics are of Brodie, Tony, Holly, Jimmy, Lance, Jeff, and some... |
 | Entry 157, April 16, 2008 This week we also had Chris, Vicky, Greg, and Rachel down with us from New Jersey. They had a blast cruising around looking for wave... |
 | Entry 156, April 15, 2008 This week we had Charlie, Jim, and Tom down with us. They came down last November and had such a good time they had to get back agai... |
 | Entry 155, April 13, 2008 Here are some surf shots from the other day. We cruised south a bit and found some nice left-handers at a beach break. Thanks to Eri... |
 | Entry 154, April 13, 2008 This is Kristin and Erin messing with the web page. Don't get freaked out!!! More fishing and surfing coming soon!!!... |
 | Entry 153, April 12, 2008 Erin just got back in town and she got us a new batch of pictures to check out. She also brought a new water housing with her this y... |
 | Entry 152, April 10, 2008 I finally figured out how to work the camera mode on the boat camera so I was able to get some footage out on the water. Mike and Je... |
 | Entry 151, April 6, 2008 This week we have Jeremey "The Weatherman" and "Tug Boat" Mike down again with us. They came down last season and decided they had t... |
 | Entry 150, April 5, 2008 Today Jimmy, Jasco, Norling, and I snuck out dawn patrol on the Va Pue to try and catch the first wahoo of the year. Unfortunately t... |
 | Entry 149, April 3, 2008 This week we also had Capt. Dave Harris and his girlfriend Amanda in town. Dave runs a 60ft Merritt in Los Suenos, Costa Rica. He sa... |
 | Entry 148, April 1, 2008 Here is a video of Steve, Randy, Kevin, and Jay's trip down with us this week. They are having a blast. Two good swells, a great Tun... |
 | Entry 147, March 14, 2008 First off, I would like to apologize to everyone for being such a slacker lately with the Captain's Log. The only good excuse I have... |
 | Entry 146, March 8, 2008 Today we finally got the boat in the water to go fishing and managed to bow up a couple of fish. We took Karina and Kristin out and ... |
 | Entry 145, February 1, 2008 Today was the first ever Surfari Charters hunting trip in Nicaragua. We have been hearing rumors of world class dove and duck huntin... |
 | Entry 144, January 30, 2008 We have been back in Nicaragua for few days now and the waves have been really good. This could be the best dry season to date! It h... |
 | Entry 143, January 21, 2008 Today was a big day for the Moss boys! My Pops and I went to Fort Worth Texas to fly air combat against each other. You guys are pro... |
 | Entry 142, January 6, 2008 Happy New Year!!! My folks and I cruised out to Luckenbach, Texas the other day. It is home of one of Willie Nelson’s famous count... |
 | Entry 141, December 30, 2007 Merry Christmas to everyone! We are out in Center Point, Texas right now to spend time with the family for the holidays. As usual I ... |
 | Entry 140, December 1, 2007 Today was the final day of the Flor De Caña Billfish Tournament. After a tough day of fishing yesterday, we had our fingers crossed... |
 | Entry 139, November 30, 2007 Today is the day of the big Captain’s meeting before the annual Flor de Caña Billfish Championships. This is the day I look forwa... |
 | Entry 138, November 28, 2007 Today is the day of the big Captain’s meeting before the annual Flor de Caña Billfish Championships. This is the day I look forwa... |
 | Entry 137, November 27, 2007 Today was Kristin’s 27th Birthday on the 27th of November! We spent the morning chilling out at Shay’s place and relaxing and Kr... |
 | Entry 136, November 25, 2007 After a great day of surfing yesterday, we decided to head way out and try our luck at finding some billfish. Yesterday Captain John... |
 | Entry 135, November 23, 2007 Our good buddy Casey “Flaco” Weldon just pulled into town yesterday for the big tourney. Flaco has not missed the Flor de Caña ... |
 | Entry 134, November 22, 2007 Team Surfari woke up Thanksgiving morning and brushed their teeth anxiously waiting to go out on the Va Pue for their first day of p... |
 | Entry 133, November 19, 2007 Today Team Surfari Charters packed up and headed North to Chinandega to start pre-fishing for the big Flor De Caña International Bi... |
 | Entry 132, November 15, 2008 Our buddy Donnie pulled into town yesterday from Jersey and brought his friends Paul, Adam, and Carter with him. Today was Carter's ... |
 | Entry 131, November 12, 2008 Today I took my good buddy Capt. Steve "Slack" Clark out for a little SUBU mission. We got out extra early and got into some fish ri... |
 | Entry 130, November 10, 2007 This weekend we headed down to San Juan del Sur for the annual panga tournament. Of all of the tournaments in San Juan during the ye... |
 | Entry 129, November 6, 2008 This week we had a nice late season swell. We also had Charlie, Dickey, and Jim down from Virginia Beach. These guys lucked into a g... |
 | Entry 128, October 30, 2007 This week we had Jeff's dad, Mickey, down with us from Pensacola, Florida. It was his first trip to Nicaragua and we decided to get ... |
 | Entry 127, October 20, 2007 As I mentioned in the previous entry, Kristin and I made it back to the US to surprise my Dad for his Birthday, but it also turned o... |
 | Entry 126, October 18, 2007 This is Kristin and Erin messing with the web page. Don't get freaked out!!! More fishing and surfing coming soon!!!... |
 | Entry 125, October 1, 2007 Here is a compilation of a few fishing trips for you guys to check out. The bite has been really good the past week. A lot of onshor... |
 | Entry 124, September 24, 2007 This week we had Chip, Mason, Ed, Jason, Mike, JP, Todd, and Mark down with us from South Florida. These guys slid in town for a nic... |
 | Entry 123, September 15, 2007 Today we woke up at O-Dark-Thirty ready to rumble in the Flor de Cana Fishing Tournament in San Juan del Sur. The wind report was no... |
 | Entry 122, September 14, 2007 Today we headed down to San Juan del Sur for the "I Torneo de la Amistad" sponsored by our good buddy Carlos Pellas of Flor de Cana.... |
 | Entry 121, September 9, 2007 Today we snuck off to one of our little secret spots and got some sick waves and great photos. Thanks once again to EBO Surf Photo f... |
 | Entry 120, September 7, 2007 Here is a compilation of a few fishing shots for you guys to check out. Check out Laser and Henry (our cooks) out on their first tri... |
 | Entry 119, September 1, 2007 Here are some shots from our good buddy Casey "Flaco" Weldon's Birthday Party at Surfari Base. As usual Pete destroyed the Pinata be... |
 | Entry 118, August 28, 2007 Today was the first ever environmental awareness day in El Astillero. The two day event started with a mass trash cleanup of the bea... |
 | Entry 117, August 27, 2007 Here are some shots from two days aboard the Va Pue. The first day Jimmy went out with Jasco, Norling, Yader, and Allen and the whoo... |
 | Entry 116, August 22, 2007 This week Jamie, Jerry, Doug, and Tom joined us from the New Jersey area. These guys did team SUBU right by going out and putting a ... |
 | Entry 115, August 19, 2007 We had so many shots from today we had to bust out another entry. We headed back to the beach break and scored some more fun ones. ... |
 | Entry 114, August 19, 2007 This morning we went back to the reef in the boat to try and score some more good shots. The waves were smaller and fewer, but ther... |
 | Entry 113, August 18, 2007 This is the second edition from the big day. After surfing Outer Reef, we headed over to one of our favorite beach breaks to find i... |
 | Entry 112, August 18, 2007 Today we had a nice sneaker swell come in. I say “sneaker swell”, because it was only forecasted to have sets in the 7ft range,... |
 | Entry 111, August 17, 2007 This week we also had Jordan, Jeffrey, and David down with us for the second season in a row. They also brought their buddy Carl do... |
 | Entry 110, August 14, 2007 Our good buddy Jerry Hoey came down this week for the third season in a row. He has really spread the good word about Surfari and w... |
 | Entry 109, August 8, 2007 Hans, Andy, Kevin, and Evan flew in this week from San Diego for a Charter. They got lucky and had some great conditions for their ... |
 | Entry 108, August 6, 2007 This week we had some of our family and friends down to visit. Kristin’s sister, Lauren and her husband Reade came down, along wi... |
 | Entry 107, August 5, 2007 Today was the final day of the big surf contest at Popoyo. It turned out to be a great event even though the waves got a little smal... |
 | Entry 106, August 4, 2007 Today was the first day of the Popoyo contest and also my birthday. I managed to get through all of my heats and then headed down to... |
 | Entry 105, August 2, 2007 Adam and Sterling jumped on with us this week. They flew in from Las Vegas to be part of the Surfari experience. They got some fun w... |
 | Entry 104, July 31, 2007 Cory, Mark, and Claire joined us this week from Jacksonville, FL. This was their first trip to Nica and they were super stoked with ... |
 | Entry 103, July 27, 2007 This is our second edition of Wyatt, Tyler, Darrick, and Robert. These pics turned out super sick and we would like to thank Erin on... |
 | Entry 102, July 25, 2007 This is going to be the first of two entries from our Huntington Beach crew of Wyatt, Tyler, Darrick, and Robert. This is because t... |
 | Entry 101, July 23, 2007 For the third year in a row we had Glenn and Glenny Sundin down with us. This year they were also joined by Uncle Mark. The first ye... |
 | Entry 100, July 21, 2007 Captain’s Log 100!!! No better way to bring in the big 1-0-0 than Team Surfari kicking ass in the second and final day of the big ... |
 | Entry 99, July 20, 2007 Today was the first day of the two day “Second Annual Dorado Fishing Tournament” in San Juan Del Sur. It was a small miracle tha... |
 | Entry 98, July 18, 2007 Today Gibson, Jimmy, “Gnarly” Norling, and I went pre-fishing for the big fishing tournament this weekend. Last year we caught a... |
 | Entry 97, July 15, 2007 Heidi, Sam, and Dave joined us this week. They spent a couple weeks in Costa and then headed up our way for a charter. They were ple... |
 | Entry 96, July 12, 2007 Hunter, Mark and Jeremy got down here super last minute for their trip this week. They called one day and were flying in the next to... |
 | Entry 95, July 9, 2007 This week we had Ted, Seth, Russel and Rick with us from Jacksonville, FL. Even though we didn't have EBO Photo with us for their be... |
 | Entry 94, July 5, 2007 Special thanks to Erin at www.ebosurfphoto.com for this batch of sickies! We had a couple of days off and used them wisely. We packe... |
 | Entry 93, July 4, 2007 Happy 4th to all!!! We celebrated our 4th with some great waves and then headed over to the Surf Sanctuary for some fireworks and ho... |
 | Entry 92, July 3, 2007 Donald Stone of Donvida Photography (www.zoomnicaragua.com) also dropped off these pics for you guys to check out. They are from Apr... |
 | Entry 91, July 1, 2007 Today Jeff took Andy, Kitty, Carrie, and Gibson fishing. Jeff got them on some fun waves then went and bowed up a Gallo, Jacks, and ... |
 | Entry 90, June 29, 2007 Our good buddy Donald Stone of Donvida photography www.zoomnicaragua.com just dropped of some shots for us. They are of Kristin, Nor... |
 | Entry 89, June 28, 2007 This is our second installment for our North Carolina crew of Andy, Bob, Stuart, Scott, Hyatt, Owen, and Miles. These guys got so ma... |
 | Entry 88, June 27, 2007 This week we had Andy, Bob, Stuart, Scott, Hyatt, Owen, and Miles down from North Carolina. Andy has been down with us before and he... |
 | Entry 87, June 25, 2007 This is our second installment from Surf Europe’s trip down with us. All shots are copyright of Alex Laurel at Surf Europe Magazin... |
 | Entry 86, June 20, 2007 This week we had Surf Europe magazine down with us doing an article on Nicaragua. Alex Laurel was the photographer and trip organize... |
 | Entry 85, June 19, 2007 This week we had our good friend Dr. Cliff Clark and his son Morgan down with us on a charter. Cliff is brother of the notorious Cap... |
 | Entry 84, June 11, 2007 Today we headed down to Santana for the annual surf contest at one of our favorite beach breaks. We went to help out, judge, and com... |
 | Entry 83, June 10, 2007 This week we had Brantley, Ray, and Milena down with us. Brantley and Ray are from the Gulf coast and actually went to my rival High... |
 | Entry 82, June 7, 2007 This week Kristin and I came back to the States for Kristin’s sister wedding. A big congratulations to the new Mr. and Mrs. Reade ... |
 | Entry 81, June 6, 2007 Today Jimmy took out some guys fishing and managed to nail down the new roosterfish record on the “Va Pue”. The fish weighed jus... |
 | Entry 80, May 25, 2007 Today we were joined on the boat by our good friends from Kona, Captains Brian and Deneen Wargo from Bite Me Sportfishing Charters. ... |
 | Entry 79, May 23, 2007 This week we also had Pete, Jamie, Rich, and Jim down from California. As you can see they got some super fun waves. Capt. Jimmy als... |
 | Entry 78, May 21, 2007 This week we had Randy, “B”, Mike, and Todd down from St. Augustine. The wind was a little bit funky this week but they still ma... |
 | Entry 77, June 22, 2007 Everyone!!! American Airlines is running a fare special until JULY 3rd!! Your outbound travel to Managua, Nicaragua ... |
 | Entry 76, May 17, 2007 Blake, Steve, Duane, and Steve did not slow down in the second part of the week. They actually kept up the pace and managed to go ou... |
 | Entry 75, May 14, 2007 This week we had Steve "Stack em High", Blake, Steve, and Duane down with us. They managed to do some serious fish killing and got i... |
 | Entry 74, May 9, 2007 This week we also had our Texas crew down with us; Dustin, Jay, and Brent. They had a great time chasing waves and jacking up some f... |
 | Entry 73, May 8, 2007 This week we had Patrick Rubsaman down with his brother Scott. They got some super fun waves and even managed to go out and knockdow... |
 | Entry 72, May 7, 2007 Here is the final edition of Tom Carey’s photos from Volcoms recent trip down to Nicaragua (copyright Tom Carey). These are some m... |
 | Entry 71, May 6, 2007 First off, a big thanks to Tom Carey for all of these shots (copyright Tom Carey). These are more shots from the Volcom teams stay w... |
 | Entry 70, May 3, 2007 Here are some more shots from the same day as the last Captain’s Log. We had to put them in so you guys could check them out! I... |
 | Entry 69, May 3, 2007 After Jimmy and the Boggies putting such a smackdown on the fish yesterday, we decided to take the Volcom Boyz out to see if we coul... |
 | Entry 68, May 2, 2007 This week we also had Tom Carey and the Volcom boys down with us (Tom Rudd, Mitch Coleborne, and Mike Gleason). They always manage t... |
 | Entry 67, May 2, 2007 Today Jimmy took the Boggies out in search of some sea monsters. I commented to Jimmy in the morning that the possibilities of the f... |
 | Entry 66, May 1, 2007 This week is the big Boggy Reunion of 2007. A Boggy is basically a redneck from the panhandle of Florida. Every year we all try to g... |
 | Entry 65, April 27, 2007 The Doofus Brothers were back in action today and this time they meant business. We went out and got them on some great waves in the... |
 | Entry 64, April 25, 2007 This week we also had Wally, Bill, Scott, and Keith down on a charter with us. These guys had a great time surfing and also managed ... |
 | Entry 63, April 25, 2007 This week we have the Doofus Brothers here, they are a group of 3 longboarders that have been going on surf trips together for 10 ye... |
 | Entry 62, April 19, 2007 On the last log we forgot to include Mike and Jeremy's fishing shots, so we threw them in for you to check out. Notice the shot of t... |
 | Entry 61, April 17, 2007 This week we threw in a little collection of shots for you guys to check out. First we have a few shots from Erin’s Mom Birthday P... |
 | Entry 60, April 12, 2007 Today was take a kid fishing day. There is nothing better than taking a grom out and seeing their eyes when they get to reel in thei... |
 | Entry 59, April 11, 2007 After such a great day of surfing and fishing yesterday (and spending 12 hours on the boat) I really thought I would chill and sleep... |
 | Entry 58, April 10, 2007 Here's a couple of more shots from the big day. Special thanks to Erin O'Kon at www.ebosurfphoto.com for the pics!... |
 | Entry 57, April 10, 2007 Today was the day we had all been waiting for. At 0-dark-thirty we had the boat loaded and on its way to the Outer Reef. JJ had the ... |
 | Entry 56, April 9, 2007 This afternoon the swell finally filled in. This is the one everyone has been talking about. We took the Va Pue out to the reef to... |
 | Entry 55, April 7, 2007 Today we went out with the crew (Kristin, Brodie, Jeff, and Gnarly Norling) and had a great day. First we went and surfed one of our... |
 | Entry 54, March 30, 2007 This week we had our North Carolina crew in town and they hooked us up with these killer shots from their trip. They got great waves... |
 | Entry 53, March 26, 2007 Today I took out my good friends Dave Cain, Paul Casarez, and Tom Coates. We got out extra early to see if we could get lucky and ca... |
 | Entry 52, March 18, 2007 Today was the final day of the Los Suenos Signature Series Billfishing Championships three day tournament. The previous two days of ... |
 | Entry 51, March 17, 2007 This weekend Jeff, Kristin, and I headed down to Los Suenos, Costa Rica for the Los Suenos Signature Billfish Series. Capt. Joey ... |
 | Entry 50, March 10, 2007 First off, I just want to apologize to everyone for being such a slacker lately on the Captain’s Logs. It isn’t that nothing coo... |
 | Entry 49, January 21, 2007 I have been in Texas for about a month now enjoying my family's ranch in Center Point. This is the time of year I get to wind down a... |
 | Entry 48, December 1, 2006 This weekend we went up to compete in the 5th annual Flor de Cana, Toyota Cup, Billfish Championships of Nicaragua. We drove the pan... |
 | Entry 47, November 20, 2006 Today we had the Hoey family down for their second time with Surfari Charters. We had a great day out on our boat. We caught a nice ... |
 | Entry 46, November 18, 2006 This weekend we went to San Juan Del Sur to compete in the 5th annual panga tournament. We returned as defending champs after winnin... |
 | Entry 45, November 17, 2006 This week we had the NY crew in town enjoying some fun waves without hoods and booties. They also scored some pretty good fishing. T... |
 | Entry 44, November 10, 2006 Here are some shots of my parents trip this week. It was my Mom's Birthday and we had a blast as usual. We had a great B-day on the ... |
 | Entry 43, October 24, 2006 We decided to get the girls out again today and let them battle some Dorado. Lucky for us the blue water hadn't pushed out too far. ... |
 | Entry 42, October 23, 2006 After such a great day of fishing yesterday, I knew we had to get out again today. Unfortunately when we got to the wahoo spot the w... |
 | Entry 41, October 22, 2006 Today we had our good friends Dave and Lisa Luther on the boat with us. It was their 1st anniversary and what better way to celebrat... |
 | Entry 40, October 16, 2006 We just went down to San Juan del Sur to compete in the Suzuki "Dorado" sportfish tournament. We did not win, but caught more Dorado... |
 | Entry 39, August 11, 2006 We are going backwards on this edition to August. These are some fishing pics our good friends Jack, Scotty, Scotch, and Andrew sent... |
 | Entry 38, October 17, 2006 We just got back from Indo and had a blast. Here are some shots from our time on the Indies Trader 2. We highly recommend the Indies... |
 | Entry 37, June 20, 2006 Here’s the final edition for the big day. Donald Stone, you the man, thanks a million for the shots! We saved the last edition for... |
 | Entry 36, June 20, 2006 Here’s round six for the big day. Thanks again to Donald Stone for the shots. On this edition we have Jeff Soderlind on the red bo... |
 | Entry 35, June 19, 2006 Here’s round five for the big day. Thanks again to Donald Stone for the shots. This edition we are giving to "Loco Manny" or Manue... |
 | Entry 34, June 19, 2006 Here’s round four for the big day. Big ups to Donald stone for the pics! This edition we are giving to Oliver Solis. Oliver is one... |
 | Entry 33, June 19, 2006 Here’s round three for the big day. Once again thanks to Donald Stone for the shots. This edition we are going to give to Rochelle... |
 | Entry 32, June 19, 2006 Well, here’s round two of the captain’s log for the big day. Once again a big up to Donald Stone for the sick shots! This editio... |
 | Entry 31, June 19, 2006 All I can say about this day is HEAVY. The swell was just as big as the June 2 swell, except the wind was about 20-25 knots all day!... |
 | Entry 30, June 17, 2006 This week we had the Oneill girls surf team on a charter filming a show for Fuel TV called Girl’s Kick Ass. We had Rochelle Ballar... |
 | Entry 29, June 9, 2006 We finally got around to doing some landscaping here at Surfari Base. We brought in some full size cocos and palm trees. The cocos t... |
 | Entry 28, June 2, 2006 Today was the biggest outer reef swell from the past 2 years. Sets were feathering and breaking 200 yards outside of the outer reef.... |
 | Entry 27, May 23, 2006 The Boggies went out and put a smack down on some fish once again. We ran way south almost to San Juan Del Sur and worked our way ba... |
 | Entry 26, May 19, 2006 Today I was on a mission. My good buddy Sean "durka burka" Burke busted his knee open and couldn’t surf the rest of the trip. I wa... |
 | Entry 25, May 18, 2006 Today the Outer Reef went off! Once again Manuel and JJ got the waves of the day. Manuel was doing his normal suicidal drop to barre... |
 | Entry 24, May 17, 2006 First off I would like to thank Rob Cooper for being a lazy ass and not getting out of bed this morning. His laziness allowed my Pop... |
 | Entry 23, May 16, 2006 These photos are actually from the same day as the previous entry. Captain Jimmy Taylor took the Boggies out for the afternoon and c... |
 | Entry 22, May 16, 2006 Today was an extra special day for me as Captain of the Va Pue. I got to take my folks out on the boat and the ocean blessed us with... |
 | Entry 21, May 13, 2006 Once again the Boggies continued with their fish and beer killing escapades. The wahoo hole produced for us and made sure the Boggie... |
 | Entry 20, May 11, 2006 Today kicked off the first ever "Boggy Reunion" here in Nicaragua. For those of you who are not from Niceville, Florida, a "Boggy" i... |
 | Entry 19, May 9, 2006 Today my folks arrived for the closing and signing of our new venture, Astillero Surf and Fish Club. We purchased the beachfront pro... |
 | Entry 18, April 24, 2006 We have to correct an error from a couple of weeks ago. Meant to send off this photo of these Roosterfish from when Rich Bullock and... |
 | Entry 17, May 5, 2006 Outer Reef Lights Up We had a sick session today at the Reef. Some pros cruised into town to catch some slabs. The pics are of Ma... |
 | Entry 16, April 29, 2006 Playa Santana Torneo de Surf This weekend was the surfing tournament at Santana. It was the second event in the new national circ... |
 | Entry 15, April 28, 2006 Took the boat today to a left point and got some fun ones. Here are some pics we took from the beach. That is Jeff (goofy foot in th... |
 | Entry 14, April 26, 2006 The surf got a little better today after a few days of waiting for the swell to arrive. On the second wave (in case it’s too hard ... |
 | Entry 13, April 19, 2006 The Yellowfin Tuna slaying continued today with the Hoey Family and Austin (the black sheep) bringing in the goodies. Although the w... |
 | Entry 12, April 18, 2006 The Sisson boys brought their luck to Nicaragua yet again; they have been slaying the fish this week! They caught more fish than we ... |
 | Entry 11, April 10, 2006 Here are some more shots of Lance, Jeff and Manuel at the Outer Reef on Monday, April 10. Obviously, there were plenty of late drops... |
 | Entry 10, April 10, 2006 The Outer Reef went mental today! We got some sick paddle ins and then even whipped into a few. Thanks to JJ for hooking up the ski,... |
 | Entry 9, April 7, 2006 Here are some shots of me from the swell this week. A million thanks to DJ Struntz of Surfing Magazine for taking them and getting u... |
 | Entry 8, March 27, 2008 We did a little bit of work today to get ready for the opening of the season. Got the new outriggers on the boat; thanks to Captain ... |
 | Entry 7, March 16, 2006 Jeff’s 26th birthday started out mellow enough; smiles, chit chat, Flor de Cana shots straight from the bottle etc. We intended t... |
 | Entry 6, March 3, 2006 This weekend we went to what can be considered the Superbowl of fishing in Los SueNos, Costa Rica. This 3 day event consisted of 50 ... |
 | Entry 5, February 25, 2006 Here are some shots of this year’s Nicaraguan surfing championships. This year’s event had more sponsors and more contestants th... |
 | Entry 4, February 4, 2006 The past couple of days we had the pleasure to meet and hang out with 4 time Superbowler, All Time Sack Leader, and Hall of Famer, B... |
 | Entry 3, February 1, 2006 Today the Roosterfish bite continued--hooked 2 on the first rally--unfortunately "Gnarly Norling" and Jeff choked and lost them both... |
 | Entry 2, January 28, 2006 The best way I can describe today's fishing is "World Class Roosterfish Rally". There were over 100 handliners running down the beac... |
 | Entry 1, January 18, 2006 Today we went and gave the Pa Vue (thats our 25 foot panga’s name, literally translated it means "go if you can" or "go for it") a... |
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