Sunday June 24, 2018- Solid 4 feet @ 14 sec. 6-8 feet on the face...offshore wind
a hotel that makes you feel at home
All of our beach front rooms are mere steps to the waves of Punta Miramar-Puerto Sandino (above) is a short boat ride away.
Photo Gallery
No photo shop necessary, this is Freight Trains
About Us
Dining
Our kitchen produces 3 homestyle meals per day and you can eat with us or eat at one of the other restaurants in town. We love to cook for you, but we encourage supporting the local comedors as well! Need a snack...we've got them, or ask Goyo if he'll make you a peanut butter/banana smoothie!
Amenities
With good wifi and a beach with great waves out front ,most surfers aren't wanting for much more. We've got a fridge stocked with cold Toña's, fat tire beach bikes you can borrow to explore around, a large selection of rental boards, games, cards, hammocks and plenty of shade from the tropical sun. It's a perfect place to get your surf on and then get your nap on after!
Accommodations
We have 8 rooms with a variety of prices and configurations. Prices range from $25 for one person in a small room up to $55 for one person in an air conditioned suite with private bath and beach front terrace. All are comfortable, it's up to you which room is best for you! We offer long term discounts and all inclusive packages as well.
the surf
Punta Miramar
Punta Miramar is a punchy little barrel located directly in front of the lodge. It's the most consistent wave in the region and has just about something to surf every day. It likes a medium full to full tide and not too big of a swell.
Miramar Outer Reef
Also directly in front of the hotel, but about 120 meters farther out, this outer reef is a hollow, slabbing, no nonsense wave that only breaks when the swells get a little bigger. It's definitely a good place to get barrels, bring your step up. Likes low tide until it get's really big, then it likes medium to high tide.
Pipes/El Ranchon
Pipes is the second most consistent wave in the region and has lefts and rights breaking over a slabby reef that you would think is a beach break. Mid Tide is usually best.
Shacks
Probably the best shaped wave when it's working, but also the most fickle to get just right. It's located about 500 meters south of the lodge and just north of Shifties. It likes a medium to medium high tide before the backwash starts. Try to stay out when the tide is too low and you'll find out why it's a bad idea.
Shifties
It's called Shifties for a reason and it breaks all over the place in a short section of beach. Rights, lefts, ramps, barres, it's got a little bit of everything. It's best on medium high to high tide.
Puerto Sandino
Queen of the coast and arguably the best wave in Nicaragua, Freight Trains as it's also knows, is a sand bottomed point just outside the river mouth 3km north of the hotel. Surfing there is best done by boat and it can break left and right. It's a perfect, but challenging wave. You have ride it on an incoming tide, but it can very on wether it's better at low tide or high tide. Boats leave the lodge every day with a guide to get you into the best waves Nicaragua has to offer.
