Costa Rica's Weekly Surf Report for October 7, 1999

Costa Rica's Weekly Surf Report

Volume 2, Issue 34

October 7, 1999

Brought to you each Thursday by local surf businesses throughout Costa Rica. See http://www.crsurf.com/links.html 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

Patti at Best Western - Vista Villas & The Monkey Bar "Guanacaste's Surf Connection" (653-0114) in Tamarindo - tamvv@sol.racsa.co.cr

2. Louis at Hotel Las Tortugas (653-0458) in Playa Grande - nela@cool.co.cr

3) Steve at Tropicos Latino (640-0062) in Playa Santa Teresa troplat@sol.racsa.co.cr

4) Hooters in Jaco Beach (643-3404)

5) Chuck at Chosita del Surf (643-3328) in Jaco

chucks@sol.racsa.co.cr

6) Allan at Terraza del Pacifico in Jaco (643-3222 fax: 643-3424) jacowave@sol.racsa.co.cr

7) Tommy at Hotel Fuego del Sol in Hermosa (643-3737)

cybersurfer@fuegodelsol.com

8) Todd at Alacran Surf Tours in Manuel Antonio (777-1868)

alacran@sol.racsa.co.cr

9) Paco at Hotel Rio Lindo in Dominical (787-0078) hotelriolindo@costarica.net

10) 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 Friday (10/7) – 2:58 p.m.; Height – ? ft.

Low – 8:04 a.m.; Height – ? ft.

Alta para Viernes (7/10) – 2:58 a.m.; Tamaño - ? cm.

Baja – 8:04 a.m.; Tamaño: ? cm.

SWELL DIRECTION -- DIRECIÓN DEL SWELL

Pacific – The swell has hit and will last for the next two days before dying out. The next one arrives from the SW by next Friday and should get LARGE by Monday the 17th. Best day will be this Friday.

Caribbean – Still looks bleak with small storm wind swell blowing knee to waist chop.

Pacifico – El oleaje ha pegado y va a quedar para los próximos dos días antes de moriendo. El próximo oleaje llega del sudoeste para el próximo viernes y debe crecer para lunes, el 17 de octubre. El mejor día va a ser este viernes.

Caribean – Ya mira mal con oleajes de tormentas empujando olas de tamañas pequeñas.

AREA REPORTS

NICOYA (N)

(1) Patti at Best Western, Tamarindo Vista Villas - AREA WAVE HEIGHTS AND CONDITIONS: Friday we should have 4-6 hitting sw facing breaks. Winds are causing mushy surf. Hopefully will clean up with the incoming SW swell on Friday. WHAT TO EXPECT THIS WEEKEND (weather and waves): Weekend surf should be 4-6 thru Monday. Weather - rainy season pattern, afternoon showers with offshore winds. BEST PLACE TO SURF THIS WEEKEND IN YOUR AREA: Playa Grande should pick up on swell. Best two hours before and after high tide. Witch's may be an option on Sunday. Playa Avellanes if you dare to chance the roads. Playa Negra, use the Santa Cruz entrance....Beach access a long haul. NEWS AND UPCOMING EVENTS: In December it's a Wingnut premier of The Art of Longboarding II at Vista Villas. Wingnut & Robert August will be here for the fiesta. Details to follow....

(2) From Louis at Hotel Las Tortugas in Playa Grande - AREA WAVE HEIGHTS AND CONDITIONS: the swell has been running at about headhigh, with morning offshores, for the last few days. It's slightly junky with occassionally good sections and makeable waves. WHAT TO EXPECT THIS WEEKEND (weather and waves): the tides are moving into the afternoon so we'll be dependent on a fluky afternoon glass off BEST PLACE TO SURF THIS WEEKEND IN YOUR AREA: The Tamarndo river mouth for incoming and in front of the hoyel for outgoing tide if it glasses off. NEWS AND UPCOMING EVENTS: The turtles are nesting on Playa Grande.

(3) From Steve at Tropicos Latino at Santa Teresa - AREA WAVE HEIGHTS & CONDITIONS: Weather cleared up this week and there have been clean chest high conditions on the beachbreaks with the onshores starting relatively late in the morning and some days with decent conditions in the afternoons. Sand bars at Playa Carmen improving. WHAT TO EXPECT THIS WEEKEND: No sign of any groundswell around here - the SW swells should start to drop off a little now that summer is only 6 weeks away. Check weather before coming down! BEST PLACE TO SURF IN YOUR AREA THIS WEEKEND: Low tide in the morning makes Sta Teresa the best bet *****UPDATE - Swell has come up in the morning with the tide. Sets are overhead. (10-7)*****

JACO & HERMOSA (JH)

(4) From "Hooter’s" in Jaco - NEWS AND UPCOMING EVENTS:

Hooters -Free wings with all beers and blender drinks mention this surf report for 2 for 1 imperials !!!!

(5) From Chuck in Jaco - NEWS AND UPCOMING EVENTS: Watch for the contest posters soon to be mailed and put up all over Costa Rica dates are the 23-24 oct . more next week !

(7) From Tommy at Hotel Fuego del Sol - We are having Christian Fletcher as our guest instructor at our Surf Camp from Oct 24-30th. It should be a great time and a humbling exhibition from the cutting edge of Surfing . Call Tommy at (506) 643 3737 for more info or, check out our web-site http://fuegodelsol.com.

QUEPOS & MANUEL ANTONIO (QMA)

(8) From Alacran Tours in Manuel Antonio - AREA WAVE HEIGHTS AND CONDITIONS: Not much of a swell in the area this week, however fun waves were at Playitas and Playa El Rey. Waist high glassy conditions in more exposed areas such as El Rey. WHAT TO EXPECT THIS WEEKEND (weather and waves): With a promising swell on the way touching on Thursday with more force over the weekend, we are expecting overhead + in most exposed areas. BEST PLACE TO SURF THIS WEEKEND IN YOUR AREA: For best waves, Playitas at the north end of the beach at high tide and Boca Quepos and El Rey at low tide rising.. NEWS AND UPCOMING EVENTS: Last chance, any hotels interested in participating in Alacran Surf Tours' spring break promotions, please call Todd at 777-1868. This is a great opportunity to receive extensive publicity in the States at an extremely cheap rate!!!

DOMINICAL & SOUTHERN PACIFIC (D)

(9) From Hotel Rio Lindo in Dominical - AREA WAVE HEIGHTS AND CONDITIONS: A little less rain, and surf has grown with well overhead sets one hour before high tide. Glassy morning sessions with some dirty agua. WHAT TO EXPECT THIS WEEKEND: Not much to look forward to until the high tide switch back to the mornings, right now it’s too onshore. BEST PLACE TO SURF THIS WEEKEND IN YOUR AREA: Beachbreak- maybe between 11-1 UPCOMING EVENTS: Rio Lindo – the place to party for the year 2000.

CARRIBEAN (C)

(10) From Mel Baker at A.T.E.C. in Puerto Viejo – see national report