Costa Rica's Weekly Surf Report
Volume 6, Issue 204
August 8, 2003

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Top News --

New features - check the surf up to 5 years ago! Click on Old Surf
Reports only in CRSURF. Also, get your 2004 Tide Charts!

Mark your calendars for the 11th Annual Rabbit Kekai - Toes on the
Nose Contest and Women's Longboarding Championships, slated for
October 6-13 at Boca Barranca. Contact CRSURF for some package rate
info.

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.

TIDES *for Friday
(add 50 min. each day after)

Full Moon - August 11th

High Tide - 8.58 ft. at 10:59 am
Low Tide - 1.13 ft at 5:22 pm

NATIONAL FORECAST

Pacific - Next week is the wrong week to be in Costa Rica for surf.
There will be something out there, Saturday morning starts out chest
to head high, a few overhead sets if you wait an hour or two. Then it
drops a foot on Sunday and another by Monday. Throughout the rest of
the week, waist high, some chest high sets with the tide pushing in,
but hightide comes in the afternoon, right along with steady onshore
winds. Try to get a few early morning barrels at the best
beachbreaks. And relax until next weekend, when another smaller SSW
swell pushes the surf back up to head high.

Caribbean - The last bits of an ENE swell are nipping at the
coastline, surf waist high at best. Expected to drop over the
weekend, flat to knee high all next week until the weekend.

** Surf Reporters **

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

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

Tamarindo Adventures (653-0108) in Tamarindo
tamquad@...

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

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

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

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

Coldwell Banker / Dominical Realty (787-0223) in Dominical
daveed@...

Green Iguana Surf Camp (787-0192) in Dominical
admin@...

** Sponsors **

Tico Travel - Surf Trips
(1-800-493-8426)
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Do you want to surf? Do you want to learn Spanish? Visit A.E.C.
Dominical - http://www.crsurf.com/flyer.html

Hotel Poseidon (Toll free:888-643-1242 or in C.R. 506-643-1642)
reservations@...

Tiskita Lodge (296-8125 fax 296-8133) in Punto Banco (Pavones)
info@...

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

Cabinas Las Olas (658-8315 Fax: 222-8685) in Playa Avellanas
olassa@...

Hotel Cariblue (750-0057) in Cocles (Puerto Viejo)
cariblue@...

Century 21 (787-0138 / fax: 787-0139) in Dominical
bill@...

Kevin's Transfers (643-2604 / cell:(712) 361-9218) in Jaco
comeeds@...

A Surfer's Dream House in Playa Negra
info@...

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

Roca Bruja Surf Tours (381-9166) in Playa del Coco
rocasurf@...

Roca Verde Hotel (787-0036 fax 787-0013) in Dominical
info@...

South Coast Realty (787-0005, fax: 787-0006) in Dominical
info@...

Third World Productions (643-1064) Surf Camp, Trips, & Photography
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Villas Rio Mar (787-0052 fax 787-0054) in Playa Dominical
info@...

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AREA REPORTS

NICOYA (N)

** From Greg at Witch's Rock -

Today it was offshore all day at the rock, with surf in the waist to
head high range, with one bomber every twenty minutes. About seven
boats were out, but there were lots of peaks which spread everyone
out. The morning high tide made it impossible to surf Ollies.
Yesterday surfed Negra, chest to head high and almost nobody on it.
Lefts were coming in down the beach at higher tides. Looks to get
smaller over the weekend. Check Grande at the incoming tide or
Langosta early.

** From Dennis at Tamarindo Adventures -

AREA WAVE HEIGHTS AND CONDITIONS - Tamano de las olas y condiciones:
Tenemos tamano de 4 a 6 pies, en la manana mejor por ausencia de
viento o poco offshore, y en la tarde un poco pejor por las
condiciones del viento onshore.

WHAT TO EXPECT THIS WEEKEND (weather and waves) - Que va a pasar este
fin de semana (clima y olas): Hay un swell entrando de sur, asi que
vamos a pasar un buen fin de semana. Llueve muy poco y parece verano.

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

NEWS AND UPCOMING EVENTS- Noticias y dias especiales: El domingo
anterior se llevo acabo la competencia de Robert August y los
ganadores fueron Brian Vega y Marlon Rodriguez

JACO & HERMOSA
QUEPOS & MANUEL ANTONIO
DOMINICAL & OSA
CARIBBEAN

see the national report above