Story and photos by Jersson Barboza

The same swell that hit the entire American Pacific caused the popular Puerto Sandino to break with the size and perfection that always characterized it.

Jersson Barboza, the Occhilupo of Central America, who is also a highly respected photographer, was in charge of photographing and reporting what was happening there.

First, he said that the great Sandino hasn't returned yet because the wave used to break at 600 to 700 yards and now it stretches to about 300. This is because, as much as it may seem to Indo, the bottom is sandy and the sand moves.

“That wave is tubular, it's crazy, it's a round tube and it goes in sections,” Jersson says.

The band that was in the water had a blast.

But like a true local, he saved the best for himself and a friend. And one afternoon when there weren't many people around, Mr. Jersson surfed an epic Sandino just for the two of them.