Costa Rica's Weekly Surf Report for July 8, 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" tamvv@sol.racsa.co.cr in Tamarindo (653-0114)
2) Louis at Hotel Las Tortugas- nela@playagrande.co.cr in Playa Grande (653-0458)
3) Pukas at Hotel Antumalal- antumal@sol.racsa.co.cr in Junquillal (653-0425)
4) Steve from Tropico Latino Lodge tropico@sol.racsa.co.cr in Santa Teresa (640-0062)
5) Tommy at Hotel Fuego del Sol cybersurfer@fuegodelsol.com in Hermosa (643-3737)
6) Todd at Alacran Surf Tours- alacran@sol.racsa.co.cr in Manuel Antonio (777-1868)
7) Paco at Hotel Rio Lindo riolindo@costarica.net in Dominical (787-0028)

TIDES (add 50 minutes each day) MAREAS (sume 50 minutos cada día)

High for Fri. (7/9) - 10:56 a.m.; Height - 9 ft.
Low - 5:14 p.m.; Height - .8 ft.

Alta para Vrn. (9/7) - 10:56 a.m.; Tamaño - 274 cm.
Baja - 5:14 p.m.; Tamaño - 24 cm.

SWELL DIRECTION -- DIRECIÓN DEL SWELL

Pacific - A medium SSW swell hits for the weekend and drops off by Monday. Then another bigger SW shows up Wednesday and is compounded by a third SW swell arriving next Friday. Best day is Saturday.
Caribbean - A small ENE swell should arrive Monday, bringing waves in the chest high range until next Wednesday. Best day will be Tuesday.

Pacifico - Un swell de sur-sudoeste pega para este fin de semana y decrece para lunes. Pues, un otro oleaje de sudoeste llega para miercoles y esta agrandado de un otro swell llegando el próximo viernes. El mejor día es sabado.

Caribean - Un swell pequeño de ENE debe llegar este lunes, trayendo olas de tamaña a pecho hasta el próximo miercoles. El mejor día será jueves.

AREA REPORTS -

NICOYA (N)
(1) Patti at Best Western, Tamarindo Vista Villas - AREA WAVE HEIGHTS AND CONDITIONS: Thursday through Sunday swell out of the SW with 5-8' faces on exposed south or south west facing breaks. Conditions good to great early morning go outs. WHAT TO EXPECT THIS WEEKEND (weather and waves): Conditions are great with offshores in the am and high tide running at 9:30am on Thursday. Lite onshores may come in early afternoons but storm movements will bring back in the offshores late afternoons. Swell should hold until Sunday, then decreasing until Wednesday, when another round of sw swell picks up. BEST PLACE TO SURF THIS WEEKEND IN YOUR AREA: Tamarindo rivermouth left is glassy and rolling. Should remain good all weekend. It's a Witch's & Ollie's kind of swell-conditions should be good all week. Playa Avellanes, Little Hawaii and Langosta rivermouth all good bets. Playa Negra is back 5-7 feet and clean. NEWS AND UPCOMING EVENTS: It's A William"Monkey" Birthday Party with the rock & roll of the Leatherbacks. Best Western-Vista Villas this Saturday from 6-10.

(2) From Louis at Hotel Las Tortugas at Playa Grande - AREA WAVE HEIGHTS AND CONDITIONS: Sets are running head high to overhead and a half. WHAT TO EXPECT THIS WEEKEND (weather and waves): High tide is in the morning this week with lots of offshores and good conditions for waves due to the offshores. BEST PLACE TO SURF THIS WEEKEND IN YOUR AREA: In front of the Hotel

(3) From Pukas at Hotel Antumalal in Junquillal - AREA WAVE HEIGHTS AND CONDITIONS: Lamentablemente este inicio de semana no hemos tenido buenas olas. Olas pequeñas de metro o metro y medio . Mar muy quieto WHAT TO EXPECT THIS WEEKEND (weather and waves): Para este fin de semana las olas pueden estar de mejor tamaño y con mejores opciones de surfear en la mañana porque el viento esta muy bueno temprano en la mañana . En la tarde no agrantizo buenas olas por la accion del viento no apta para surfear pero es muy posible surfear entre las 4:00pm y las 6:00 de la tarde. BEST PLACE TO SURF THIS WEEKEND IN YOUR AREA: Playa Negra seria una buena opcion o el Rancho en playa Junquillal o mas al sur en Playa Ostional. NEWS AND UPCOMING EVENTS: Tenemos para todos un paquete super especial $ 45 + tax por persona por dia incluye Desayuno, Almuerzo, Cena y Habitacion.

**In ENGLISH** 1. Unfortunately, this week we have not had good waves, only between 3 -5 feet. The sea is quiet. 2. For this weekend, the waves can be bigger with better conditions in the morning because the wind is very good early. In the afternoon, it does not get larger, but it's very possible to surf between 4 and 6 in the afternoon. 3. Playa Negra will be a good option or the Ranch in Junquillal or more to the south in Ostional. 4. We have a super-special package for everyone - ONLY $45 per person per day - INCLUDES: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner, and the Room

(4) Steve from Tropico Latino Lodge in Santa Teresa - AREA WAVE HEIGHTS AND CONDITIONS: Summerlike conditions all week with clean fun surf in the shoulder to head high range, added bonuses have been evening glass offs, sunshine and blue water. Today the swell has risen and sets are overhead. WHAT TO EXPECT THIS WEEKEND: Swell looks like it is building and moving round to the SW, weather should continue fine. Should be an excellent weekend. WHERE TO SURF IN YOUR AREA THIS WEEKEND: With the high tide moving round to late morning, the incoming tide at Playa Carmen is the best bet. Santa Teresa should be good early morning and p.m., if the evening glass offs continue.


JACO & HERMOSA (JH)
(5) From Hotel Fuego del Sol- http://fuegodelsol.com - BIG Hello from Playa Hermosa de Jaco We are under small conditions 2-4 ft on our beaches. Tulin was packing the most size with sets well overhead getting close to ten feet on the face. We had some
loooong rides this afternoon with light offshores. Look for conditions to improve
40 hours from now, and the juice should be here by Thursday. Islands made of Fire,
Pura Vida!!!!!

QUEPOS & MANUEL ANTONIO (QMA)
(6) From Todd at Alacran Surf Tours in Manuel Antonio - Area wave heights & conditions: there has been some fun surf down at the main beach of Manuel Antonio; 3-5', shoulder to head high. Further down the beach at Playitas the waves have proven to be bigger and better with 5-7 footers(lefts and rights) This week the waves have slowly been building and it appears that the swell might be on the increase for this weekend. The best places to surf this weekend in the Quepos/Manuel Antonio area: Playitas, Del Rey, Bejuca, Esterillos The surf at Del Rey on Wednesday was solid 6-8 foot faces; fun surf with some big heavy board breakers. Visit some of these open beach break spots this weekend if you want some great surf with less crowds. Upcoming Events: Every Thurs. at 8:00pm and Sunday at 5:00pm there is live music at El Mirador del Pacifico. It proves to get a little out of hand here; good drinks and bocas

DOMINICAL & SOUTHERN PACIFIC (D)
(7) From Hotel Rio Lindo in Dominical - AREA WAVE HEIGHTS AND CONDITIONS: Waves have been in the 6 - 8 foot range all week at Dom beach, with early morning sessions being the highlight of the day. Winds are on it by 9:30 a.m. with some rain showers in the p.m. No words from the Osa Peninsula. WHAT TO EXPECT THIS WEEKEND: more of the same with high tide later in the morning, but clean conditions and a few dolphins in the water. BEST PLACE TO SURF THIS WEEKEND IN YOUR AREA: Beach break until next Wednesday with approaching swell. Dominicalito and Uvita for those who want smaller and cleaner surf. UPCOMING EVENTS: Beach cleanup with the Basura Busters on July 17 with lots of prizes. 2 - 4 p.m., talk to Brian at Gringo Mike's Pizza for details.

CARRIBEAN (C)
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