Costa Rica's Weekly Surf Report
Volume 5, Issue 170
November 8th, 2002

Brought to you each Friday evening by local surf businesses
throughout Costa Rica. See http://www.crsurf.com/links.html for
pics., forecast links, and tide charts.

Have a question? We have answers! Send a note to info@...
before your next trip to get the info on waves, boards, and places to
stay.

1st Surf Contest of the National Circuit, November 16-17th in Playa
Negra! Check the website www.surfingcr.com for rules and signup info.

Next SURFRIDER meeting in Dominical - November 14th, 4:30p.m., at
Thrusters! Beach cleanup at 3 p.m. Send me a note if you are
interested in working on a Costa Rican chapter of the Surfrider
Foundation - Protecting the World's Oceans, Waves, and Beaches.

TIDES *for Friday - add 50 min. each day after

High Tide - (-.87) ft. at 11:05 AM
Low Tide - 9.36 ft. at 5:23 PM

NATIONAL FORECAST

Pacific - Swells arriving from all directions this week. Surf will be
in the chest high range for the weekend and then slowly increasing up
to 1 foot overhead by Tuesday. Surf stays bigger Wednesday and then
drops slowly back to stomach to chest high for next weekend. Morning
high tides should help the form at the beachbreaks.

Caribbean - The eastern coast looks small for the weekend, maybe some
waist high surf at the beachbreaks. Then on Monday afternoon a slight
increase will be noticeable and by Wednesday surf should be chest
high with some nice sets flowing in from the ESE. It starts dropping
Thursday and is back to waist high by Friday.


SPONSORS by Area

Hotel Las Tortugas (653-0423) in Playa Grande
surfegg@...

Robert August Surf Shop (653-0114) in Tamarindo
rasurfshop@...

Witches Rock Surf Camp (670-1138) in Tamarindo and Playas del Coco
witchsrock@...

Tropico Latino Lodge (640-0062) in Santa Teresa
troplat@...

Hotel Cafe de Paris (682-0087, fax 682-0089) in Nosara
info@...

Chosita del Surf (643-1308, fax 643-3328) in Jaco
chuck@...

Fuego del Sol Hotel (643-2078) solsurf@... in Playa
Hermosa

Escuela D'Amore (777-1143) in Manuel Antonio
damore@...

Adventure Education Center (787-0023) in Dominical
*tell em crsurf sent ya (aecdominical@...)

Hotel Diuwak (787-0087 fax 787-0089) in Dominical
www.diuwak.com or diuwak@...

Villas Rio Mar (787-0052 fax 787-0054) in Playa Dominical
www.villasriomar.com or info@...

Third World Productions Surf Camp, Trips, & Photography
thirdworldproductionscr@... (643-1064)

Tico Travel - Surf Trips (1-800-493-8426)
info@...

Roca Verde Hotel (787-0036 fax 787-0013) in Dominical
http://www.hotelrocaverde.com or info@...

Cabinas Casa Verde (750-0015 fax 750-0047) in Puerto Viejo
http://www.cabinascasaverde.com or info@...

(new) Century 21/ Dos Hermanos Realty (787-0138 / FAX: 787-0139) in
Dominical
http://www.dhrrealty.com or james@...

Dominical Homes / Dominical Realty (787-0116) in Dominical
email: daveed@...

Gold Coast Realty (654-4447) in Playa Grande
demyen@...


AREA REPORTS

NICOYA (N)

** From Diane at Robert August Surf Shop in Tamarindo -

SIZE AND CONDITIONS:
The waves have been small all week--around waist high in all of
Tamarindo. Last Sunday was a gorgeous blue
summer day with off-shores all day long. The week has been more a mix
of summer and winter with inconsistant winds, patchy rain and blue
skys in between. At the moment we have the wind on shore and a lot of
chop. Las olas eran pequenas toda la semana--a la cintura en todo
Tamarindo. El domingo pasado era un lindo dia azul de verano con
vientos off-shore todo el dia. La semana tuvo una mezcla de verano
con invierno con los vientos cambiandose, lluvias cortas entre cielos
azules. Al momento, tenemos el viento on-shore y mucha
desorganizacion.

THIS WEEKEND:
I don't mean to be always predicting gloom and doom, but virtual bouy
reports for us for this weekend have the set waves rolling in at
about waist high. The good news is they should hold up fine in the
predicted off- shore wind. No quiero siempre estar trayendo malas
noticias, pero un bouy virtual cerca de nosotros esta pronosticando
un fin de semana con los sets a la cintura. La buena noticia es que
tendran buena forma en los vientos off-shore que pronostican.

BEST PLACE TO SURF:
Hmmm. Best TIME to surf will be mid incoming tide as the high tides
are far too high for the lack of swell. I recommend Avellanas and
Playa Grande, especially as what swell we have is coming from the
south. El mejor HORA para surfear sera a la media marea entrante
porque las mareas altas son demasiado altas para tan poquito swell.
Yo recomiendo Playa Avellanas y Playa Grande, especialmente como el
swell que hay viene del sur.

** From Louis at Hotel Las Tortugas in Playa Grande -

AREA WAVE HEIGHTS AND CONDITIONS - Tamano de las olas y condiciones:
Small and clean with the tides falling in the morning and late
afternoon making for some nice glassy sessions. However, the waves
are pretty small though there is an occasional decent chest high wave
that comes through.

WHAT TO EXPECT THIS WEEKEND (weather and waves) - Que va a pasar este
fin de semana (clima y olas):
The word is that we may have a new swell coming. That would make for
some fun weekend surf and doublesessions at Grande.

BEST PLACE TO SURF THIS WEEKEND IN YOUR AREA - El mejor lugar a
surfear este fin de semana en su area:
Tha main peak at Grande as that's really the only place the swell is
getting in right now.

** From Joe at Witches Rock Surf Camp in Tamarindo -

AREA WAVE HEIGHTS AND CONDITIONS -
This has been the first week of crap surf in quite a while. Not much
to report here boss.

WHAT TO EXPECT THIS WEEKEND (weather and waves) -
As the weather report shows a slight increase this weekend, everyone
is watching the GIANT freaking NW swell off the northwest coast of
the US....dont' know if this is too north to make it here, if it is
Witch's Rock will be off the hook.

BEST PLACE TO SURF THIS WEEKEND IN YOUR AREA -
Playa Grande or Witch's Rock for the high tide, Ollie's Point on the
low. Ollie's Point, by the way, has actually had fun chest-high surf
despite the flat spell thats taken over the rest of the Costa Rican
world. If you can get to Ollie's, you'll have fun.


JACO & HERMOSA

** From Chuck at Chosita del Surf Shop in Jaco -

AREA WAVE HEIGHTS AND CONDITIONS - Tamano de las olas y condiciones:
Hey Dudes ! It was fun and around chest high on sets with a nice
evening glass and yes Jaco likes extreme tides ! Cierto, era bonita y
bastante , Olas del Pecho y bien bonitas !

WHAT TO EXPECT THIS WEEKEND (weather and waves) - Que va a pasar este
fin de semana (clima y olas):
Maybe next week a bit of something wierd and good ? Talvais esta
semana un poco de algo bueno y bonito ? Watch for next week or even
if its possible for the contest next week at Playa Negra ? Vamos a
ver si hay olas para el torneo de circuito la proximas fin de semana
en Playa Negra !

BEST PLACE TO SURF THIS WEEKEND IN YOUR AREA - El mejor lugar a
surfear este fin de semana en su area:
Come surf with me but bring your longboard ! Venga a surfiar con
migo ,pero traiga "el longboard" ! Ciao y Gracias por prestando mi
esta tierra por esta tiempo ! Su Amigo , CHUCK !!

** From Tommy at Fuego del Sol in Playa Hermosa -

Local Climate: Slight Overcast, Air Temp: 91f, Water Temp: 85f, Wave
Height & Direction: SW 1-3 feet
Wind: Very Still 0 mph Good Morning, Waves are up and we are surfing!
Costa Rica Extended Forecast-
Clean and Perfect little Waves. Pura Vida!!!


QUEPOS & MANUEL ANTONIO

see the national report above


DOMINICAL & SOUTHERN PACIFIC

** From Greg at the Adventure Education Center in Dominical-

AREA WAVE HEIGHTS AND CONDITIONS - Tamano de las olas y condiciones:

Waves are in the waist to chest high range, with a bigger set every
twenty minutes. Finky conditions with a big tide change.

WHAT TO EXPECT THIS WEEKEND (weather and waves) - Que va a pasar este
fin de semana (clima y olas):

The weekend should clean up a little and get a little bigger.
Hopefully the winds will stay offshore alittle longer in the morning.

BEST PLACE TO SURF THIS WEEKEND IN YOUR AREA - El mejor lugar a
surfear este fin de semana en su area:

Bring a longboard whereeveryou go to catch the most surf.

NEWS AND UPCOMING EVENTS- Noticias y dias especiales:

Good luck to Ronnie, Jose, and Jenny at the contest in Negra! Check
out www.adventurespanishschool.com to sign up for a place to stay and
get to practice your spanish with the locals in the water. Email
aecdominical@... for more info.


CARIBBEAN

see the national report above