Costa Rica's Weekly Surf Report
Volume 5, Issue 169
November 1st , 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.

THE NEWS! New Surfos mag out with contest dates - next one at Playa
Negra on November 23. 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. Website of the week -
www.leatherback.org - Learn about projects that the protect the
turtles visiting Playa Grande!

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

Low Tide - 1.08 ft. at 5:29 PM
High Tide - 7.76 ft. at 11:25 AM


NATIONAL FORECAST

Pacific - West-southwest swell sticks around for the weekend up
north, but down south it stays smaller, in the chest to head high
range. Dawn patrols at point breaks and p.m. sessions at the backyard
beachbreaks are the call. Swells fade out by Monday leaving waist to
chest conditions until a straight South arrives next Wednesday
pushing surf up to chest to head high with maybe a sneaker overhead
set.

Caribbean - No wave-relief for the weekend, but it appears a small
groundswell is setting up for Monday with small surf, waist high,
growing to some chest high sets by next Thursday.



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@...

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@...)

(new) Hotel Terraza del Pacifico (643-3222 fax: 643-3424) in Playa
Hermosa
terraza@...

Remax/Gold Coast Realty (654-4919 fax 654-4184) in Playa Flamingo
salescostarica@...

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

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@...



AREA REPORTS

NICOYA (N)

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

AREA WAVE HEIGHTS AND CONDITIONS - Tamano de las olas y condiciones:
Our waves are small right now but have nice shape when the wind stays
off them. Winds have been shifty, especially since this last part of
the week we've had rain at dawn and throughout the day. With the
westward shift in the swells, the rivermouth has had waves rolling
all over the place--small, but beautiful and everywhere! Las olas
aqui estan pequenas ahora pero con buena forma cuando los vientos
permitan. Los vientos se cambian mucho, especialmente en esta parte
final de la semana cuando ha estado lloviendo al amanecer. Con el
swell mas del oeste, la boca del rio tiene olas por todas partes--
pequenas, pero lindas y tantas!

WHAT TO EXPECT THIS WEEKEND (weather and waves) - Que va a pasar este
fin de semana (clima y olas):
Predictions don't show much of a size increase, but they show the
wind switching steady off-shore on Sunday so let's cross our fingers!
El pronostico no tiene olas mas grandes pero dice que el viento se
hace fijo off-hore el domingo asi que cruzemos los dedos!

BEST PLACE TO SURF THIS WEEKEND IN YOUR AREA - El mejor lugar a
surfear este fin de semana en su area:
Old Man's and Henry's--spots near the Tamarindo Circle--break on a
west swell so we might see some waves there. Best will likely be the
Tamarindo estuary with that sandbar set by the winter's south swells.
Old Man's y Henry's--lugares cerca del centro de Tamarindo--tienen
olas en los swelles oestes asi que pueden haber olas alli. Lo mejor
probablemente sera el estero en Tamarindo con el sandbar puesto por
los swelles sur del invierno.

JACO & HERMOSA


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

Local Climate: Sunny Air Temp: 83f, Water Temp: 85f, Wave Height &
Direction: South 2-3 feet, Wind: 0 mph,
High Tide: 10:18 AM / 7.67 ft, Buenas, It is low tide clean and
Perfect. Costa Rica Extended Forecast - Small 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 waist to head high and chunky, but not with much form.

WHAT TO EXPECT THIS WEEKEND (weather and waves) - Que va a pasar este
fin de semana (clima y olas):
It is expected to clean up in the mornings with more offshores, but
the low tide might make the set waves close out.

BEST PLACE TO SURF THIS WEEKEND IN YOUR AREA - El mejor lugar a
surfear este fin de semana en su area:
Make a boat trip up in Guanacaste. The beachbreak will be fun, but
smaller.

NEWS AND UPCOMING EVENTS- Noticias y dias especiales:
Election day in the states is November 5th. Check your reps.
environmental record and vote for the planet! Surfrider meeting at
Thrusters - November 14th, 4:30 p.m.



CARIBBEAN

see the national report above