Costa Rica's Weekly Surf Report
Volume 9, Issue 419
February 5th, 2008

TOP NEWS

Gilbert Brown wins in Tamarindo, Jairo Perez wins Juniors, and Lisbeth Vindas takes first for the women. Read more about the third stop on the CNS tour here..

Illegal Tuna Boat Busted in Cocos Island National Park. From Pretoma.org.

Concerned citizens in Puerto Viejo fight against proposed marina. Read here about their efforts and what you can do to help.

How about a free Dakine tractop? Just order any World or Ultimate Travel bag and get one sent to your doorstep. The lowest prices are found in the CRSurf Shop.

NATIONAL FORECAST

2/6 - 2/12	Wed	Thur	Fri	Sat	Sun	Mon	Tues
Caribbean	1-2 foot overhead	1-2 foot overhead	1-2 foot overhead	1-2 foot overhead	overhead	chest to head	chest high
North Pacific	waist to chest	waist	waist	waist to chest	chest high	head high	chest to head
South Pacific	chest high	waist to chest	waist to chest	waist to chest	chest to head	head high	chest to head
The Caribbean is the coast with the most this week and this weekend, with a solid 1-2 foot overhead arriving Wednesday, with many set waves for the reef breaks through the weekend. On the Pacific side it's the opposite, with only trace South swell pushing in weak waist high surf with a few chest high sets for the lucky beaches. The best bet is check the tides and surf at midtide going to high at the beachbreaks. The long range forecast isn't promising with a one foot increase for early next week from the WSW, but nothing following it for another 3 to 4 days. To do your own forecast - use our links at www.crsurf.com/surflink.html

TIDES for 2/5/08 (add ~50 min. each day)

Low Tide: 1.13 feet at 7:45 a.m.
High Tide: 7.48 feet at 2:04 p.m.

New Moon - February 6th

** Surf Reporters **

AREA REPORTS

** From photographer John Lyman, Lyman Photos in Playa Negra - (2/4)

We've had a good run of SW swell with head high to a couple feet over on the sets. Sunny and windy. Great shape with 80 degree water. The next few days will see a decrease in swell as the storms down under have slacked a bit. Head high and small as the week goes on. Waist high by the weekend. Low tide in the mornings means checking out Avellanas rivermouth with a longboard.

NEWS AND UPCOMING EVENTS- Noticias y dias especiales: Check out the Playa Negra slide shows at www.lymanphotos.sbpix.com

** From Erik at SurfingNosara.com in Playa Guiones - (2/5)

It has been good for a while now, but today is the day!  Low tide, and the swell has dropped a bit so it is kind of missing that outside bar and firin on the inside... Gonna be a short report as I want to get some barrel shots today as Matt is in the water... SOUL ARCH MATT HERE:  Well it was head high this monring but the tide was really low with not much offshore winds to hold em' up.  There were however some really good nuggets from time to time.  As you can see from the photos, we shot from the water and the beach today.  The biggest heartbreak has to go to Pedro who was perfectly positioned on a macking left but couldn't go because of the board bailed right in his path.  He made up for it on the next wave of the set though and all was right with the world again. 

** From Hotel Buenisimo in Santa Teresa/Mal Pais (2/3)-

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

WHAT TO EXPECT THIS WEEKEND (weather and waves) - Que va a pasar este fin de semana (clima y olas): Nothing on the horizon.

** From Chuck at Walking on Water Surf Shop in Jaco (2/3)-