A bigger country than you think.
And we know it well.

For blue marlin and sailfish offshore, the peak is roughly Nov through April — dry season, calmer water, clearer bait. Mahi-mahi (dorado) and yellowfin tuna run almost year-round but are most consistent Dec-Mar.

For roosterfish and inshore species, May through Oct is actually excellent — the rains push baitfish closer to shore. The trade-off is afternoon thunderstorms most days, so we run morning trips and watch the radar.

Honest take: don't fly here just for fishing in Sep or Oct. Combine it with something else. We'll tell you what's biting the week you ask.

Yes — take the half-day inshore trip, not the offshore. Inshore is closer to shore, calmer water, more action (more bites per hour), and the captain and mate spend the day teaching technique. Most first-timers catch at least one or two fish.

Offshore full-days are different — long stretches of trolling between bites, three to four hours each way, and the bites that matter (marlin, sailfish) are physically demanding. We're glad to take you, but it's a better experience after you've done an inshore day first.

If the captain calls it (small craft warnings, lightning, swell over the safe threshold), we reschedule for any day within your trip at no charge. If you have to leave the country, we refund the full charter — including the deposit. We make the safety call, not the customer.

Light rain or grey skies are not bad weather; we still go. Sea conditions, not sky conditions, decide.

Tuna, dorado, roosterfish under sustainable size limits, snapper, sierra — yes, you can keep what you'll eat. We're happy to clean and bag it at the dock for an extra fee (~$15-25 depending on the haul), and most lodging-rentals will cook it for you that night for the price of the grocery run.

Catch-and-release on all billfish — marlin and sailfish go back. Both for the stock and because they're legally protected as gamefish in Nicaragua. The photo is the trophy.

You tell us the size of the group, the dates, the rough budget, and what kind of trip you want (adventure-heavy, lodge-and-cocktails, mixed). We send back a written day-by-day plan with prices itemised — lodging, transport, each experience, our coordination fee — and you approve or push back. Two or three rounds of editing is normal.

Once it's locked, you pay a 30% deposit to secure the lodging, then the balance two weeks before arrival. We're on WhatsApp the entire trip and have someone meet the group at the airport.

Our coordination fee is typically $50-80 per person per day for everything-included custom planning. For groups over 12 it drops to $35-50.

Yes, with the same caveat as any active volcano: it's open when the park rangers say it's open. Masaya is one of the only places in the world where you can drive to the rim of an active crater and look down at flowing lava. The park controls how long visitors stay at the edge (usually 15-20 minutes per group) because of sulfur dioxide exposure.

We've taken hundreds of guests there. The park has been closed maybe four or five times in the last few years because of gas levels or seismic activity. If it's closed the day of your tour, we substitute Mombacho or Cerro Negro and refund the price difference.

Both. Beginner-friendly is Maderas, Hermosa, or the inside at Remanso — soft breaks, sandy bottom, mellow lessons. For intermediate-to-advanced we line up a guide who knows the swell windows at Playa Colorado, Lance's Left, Panga Drops, and the Outer Reef at Popoyo. Those breaks have specific tides and wind directions where they actually work — a guide who's local saves you a wasted day of paddling out at the wrong time.

If you're chasing a specific big-wave session, message us a week before — we watch the forecasts and tell you which break is going to fire on which day.

Three reasons, honestly:

1. One phone number for everything. When the volcano tour is delayed, the snorkel boat moved up, and dinner reservations need to shift, you message one place. Not five.

2. We've already filtered. There are dozens of tour operators in this country. Some are great, some have rented vehicles with no insurance, some don't actually speak the English they advertise. We've already weeded out the latter two categories.

3. The price isn't higher. Our coordination margin comes from the partner guides; the direct list price you'd get walking into their office is the same as ours. On Wet Sand boat charters the booking comes direct, so there's no third-party markup to begin with.