Costa Rica Surf Report for June 17, 1999

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

FEATURES
National Stats:
Tides
Swell Direction

Area Reports:
Wave Heights & Conditions
Forecasts & Best Spot
Upcoming Events / Contests

SPONSORS by Area
1) Patti at Best Western - Vista Villas & The Monkey Bar "Guanacaste's Surf Connection" (653-0114) tamvv@sol.racsa.co.cr in Tamarindo
2) Nela from Las Tortugas Hotel nela@playagrande.co.cr in Playa Grande
3) The Tropico Latino Lodge troplat@sol.racsa.co.cr in Santa Teresa
4) Tommy at Hotel Fuego del Sol cybersurfer@fuegodelsol.com in Hermosa (643-3737)
5) Todd Cutter at Alacran Surf Tours alacran@sol.racsa.co.cr in M. Antonio (777-1868)
6) Paco at Hotel Rio Lindo riolindo@costarica.net in Dominical (787-0028)
7) Mel Baker from A.T.E.C. atecmail@sol.racsa.co.cr in Puerto Viejo (750-0188)

TIDES (add 50 minutes each day) MAREAS (sume 50 minutos cada día)
High for Fri. (6/18) - 6:13 a.m.; Height - 9.5 ft.
Low - 12:16 p.m.; Height - .3 ft.

Alta para Vrn. (18/6) - 6:13 a.m.; Tamaño - 290 cm.
Baja - 12:16 p.m.; Tamaño - 9 cm.

SWELL DIRECTION -- DIRECIÓN DEL SWELL
Pacific - A southwest swell will begin showing Saturday with long waits between sets. Early morning until 10 a.m. should be best. Then by Monday it will have filled in, giving most spots overhead surf for three days, 2 foot plus at the bigger spots. It will fizzle out by next Thursday with no other sizable swell showing.
Caribbean - Remains small throughout the week with maybe a waist - chest high set wave once every 15 minutes.

Pacifico - Un swell de sudoeste empezará mostrando sabado con esperas largas entre sets. La madrugada hasta 10 en la mañana son las hora mejores para surfeando. Para lunes el swell llena, pegando casi todas las playas con olas de 6 pies o mas, 8 pies por los lugares mas grande. Caerá para la próxima jueves y no sique mas swells despues.
Caribean - Mantiene pequeña para la semana con una olas de altura de cintura o posible pecho cada quince minutos.

AREA REPORTS -
NICOYA (N)
(1) Patti at Best Western, Tamarindo Vista Villas - AREA WAVE HEIGHTS AND CONDITIONS: As of Thursday surf is 4 - 6 on west and south west facing beaches. Storms moving through bringing onshore/offshore winds throughout the day. Swell turing back to sw on Friday with most breaks coming up to head high +. WHAT TO EXPECT THIS WEEKEND (weather and waves): Swell direction changing out to SW with head high surf. Storms throughout the weekend with variable winds. Swell will peak on Sunday with 6-10 on most southwest breaks. BEST PLACE TO SURF THIS WEEKEND IN YOUR AREA: Witch's & Ollies's clean and fun with good conditions and light winds. Playa Negra for the big surf along the shore. Tamarindo Bay rivermouth rolling clean. Playa Grande picking up with the tides. High tide on Thursday 5:30 am/pm. Dawn patrol early, glassy afternoon surf all weekend. NEWS AND UPCOMING EVENTS: More surf coming in from the south west next week. Stay tuned.....
(2) Nela from Las Tortugas Hotel in Playa Grande - AREA WAVE HEIGHTS AND CONDITIONS: The waves are running head high and junky and inconsistent. High tide is begining to be in the morning and conditions should improve into the weekend. WHAT TO EXPECT THIS WEEKEND (weather and waves): With the good tides, barring a local weather condition, the wave conditions look favorable for the weekend. BEST PLACE TO SURF THIS WEEKEND IN YOUR AREA: In front of Las Tortugas hotel unless it gets too big, in which case we'll check Chicken Head rock or the Playa Grande side of Tamarindo river mouth.
(3) From Hotel Tropico Latino in Santa Teresa - WAVE HEIGHTS & CONDITIONS 2' - 3' ( chest to head high ) SW. Squally weather and rains in the early hours of the morning means that it hasn't even been clean in the a.m.. Lots of onshore in the p.m.. In short, not great.
WHAT TO EXPECT THIS WEEKEND Weather should improve (veranillo is due) which means we should get glassier conditions a.m. BEST PLACE TO SURF THIS WEEKEND IN OUR AREA Playa Carmen early in the morning, Santa Teresa when the tide starts to drop

JACO & HERMOSA (JH)
(4) From Hotel Fuego del Sol- http://fuegodelsol.com - Hello from Playa Hermosa, Jaco - We are waiting for a south system to push in by Late Thursday early Friday. Tides have been terrible all week, outgoing in the morning pushing in the afternoon and very extreme. Today we will see a high tide at around 5 am going out until 11.See what I mean It's been flat, flat with waves in the chest high range even at Tulin. So, I know the whole country is flat at least until tomorrow. ISLANDS MADE OF FIRE! Mahalo Nui Loa and Pura Vida!!! Tommy

QUEPOS & MANUEL ANTONIO (QMA)
(5) Alacran Surf Tours, Manuel Antonio - The results of the Campeonato Internacional de Playa Hermosa that took place this past weekend in Playa Hermosa, Costa Rica. The event was a huge success with excellent waves, an excellent level of surfing and, great weather. The tournament ran smoothly and from what I have been told, the organization was excellent. Participating countries - Venezuela,Panama, El Salvador, Peru, USA, Puerto Rico, Italy, Switzerland, Brasil, Guatemala, Colombia, Mexico. International judges from the ISA & ASP including head judge Jeff Klugel !!
Results:
1) Ben Borgeouis - USA, Quiksilver $4000
2) Strider Wasilewski - USA, Quiksilver $2500
3) Dave Dixon - USA $1250
4) Todd Holland - USA $750
5) Raul Noyola - Mexico $500
6) Donni Wilson - USA $200
7) Cole Anderson - USA $200
8) Hans Hagen - USA $200
9) Otto Flores - Puerto Rico $100
10) Justin Mujica - Venezuela $100
11) Marcus Lozada - Venezuela $100
12) Diego Naranjo - Costa Rica $100

DOMINICAL (D)
(6) AREA WAVE HEIGHTS (faces) AND CONDITIONS: surf is chest to head with some overhead sets, clean until the midmorning onshores come up. WHAT TO EXPECT THIS WEEKEND (weather and waves): A SW swell comes to make Sunday the day to surf early and late, with waves 1-2' overhead. BEST PLACE TO SURF THIS WEEKEND IN YOUR AREA: The beachbreak should line up nicely each morning for the next 6 days. NEWS AND UPCOMING EVENTS: BEACH CLEANUP ON SUNDAY - June 20th - 2 p.m. to 4 p.m.

CARRIBEAN (C)
(7) Mel Baker from ATEC - AREA WAVE HEIGHTS AND CONDITIONS: 1' very flat WHAT TO EXPECT THIS WEEKEND: no change in sight