Costa Rica's Weekly Surf Report for November 23, 2001

Costa Rica's Weekly Surf Report
Volume 4, Issue 126
November 23th , 2001

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.

Congratulations to Frederico Pilurzo for winning the
National Circuit (CSNC) Torneo, held in Playa Negra. The
waves were incredible!

Many dead sea turtles (over 80 sited), dolphins, and a
whale have washed up on beaches south of Quepos! We are
trying to find a cause. Costa Rica SURFRIDER meetings-
Dominical, December 4th. 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.

TIDES *for Friday - add 50 min. each day after

High Tide - 7.1 ft at 8:38 AM
Low Tide - 1.87 ft at 2:46 PM

NATIONAL FORECAST

Pacific - Small surf on the coast will continue until
Saturday afternoon when the first 14 second pulse of a WNW
swell appears. The size will increase from chest high to
head high on Sunday, with a couple of bigger sets. Monday
will show a little more size (another foot) and by Tuesday
waves will max out at a foot overhead with a 12 second
period. Wednesday the surf starts to drop and switch around
again from the SW.

Caribbean - The beginning of winter in the U.S. is good
news for this coast as the NE'ers that go off the coast
push in nice swells towards Salsa Brava. On Saturday the
surf will remain in the waist to chest high range, but by
Sunday will drop a little. No other storms or swells are
showing up until the next report.


SPONSORS by Area

Hotel Las Tortugas (653-0458) in Playa Grande
surfegg@cool.co.cr

1) Robert August Surf Shop (653-0114) in Tamarindo
surfnbat@tamarindovistavillas.com

Tropico Latino Lodge (640-0062) in Santa Teresa
troplat@sol.racsa.co.cr

(new) Pura Vida Surf Camp and Tours (653-0835) in Playa
Grande
costax@sol.racsa.co.cr

Hotel Cafe de Paris (682-0087, fax 682-0089) in Nosara
info@cafedeparis.net

2) Chosita del Surf (643-1308, fax 643-3328) in Jaco
chuck@sol.racsa.co.cr

3) Fuego del Sol Hotel (in Playa Hermosa)
solsurf@sol.racsa.co.cr

4) Green Iguana Surf Camp in Playa Dominical
admin@greeniguanasurfcamp.com

Ciber Cafe (750-0067) in Puerto Viejo
cibcaf@sol.racsa.co.cr

Adventure Education Center (787-0023) in Dominical
*tell em crsurf sent ya (aecdominical@sol.racsa.co.cr)

Jim Lynsky at Dos Hermanos/Roca Verde (787-0036) in
Dominical

http://www.dhrrealty.com or info@dhrrealty.com
Cabinas Casa Verde (750-0015 fax 750-0047) in Puerto Viejo

http://www.greencoast.com/casaverd.htm or
atecmail@sol.racsa.co.cr

(new sponsor) Gold Coast Realty (654-4919) in Playa
Flamingo
http://www.realestatecr.com or demyen@racsa.co.cr

Century 21 Realty (653-0360 fax 653-0361) in Tamarindo
http://www.century21tamarindo.com or
realestate@century21tamarindo.com

Hotel Diuwak (787-0087 fax 787-0089) in Dominical
www.diuwak.com or diuwak@sol.racsa.co.cr

Vida Verde Property Sales and Management (787-0116) in
Dominical
email: vidaverde@dominicalhomes.com


AREA REPORTS

NICOYA (N)

1) From Diana at Robert August Surf Shop in Tamarindo -

AREA WAVE HEIGHTS AND CONDITIONS - Tamano de las olas y
condiciones:

The swell has been droping through the week, begining with
waist-to-chest waves that have tapered to waist high. The
estuary seems to be holding is southerly shift and is
beginning to create some nice rights on the incoming tide.
El swell se ha disminuido por la semana, empezando con olas
de la cintura al pecho la cuales ahora son a la pintura. El
estero parece estar manteniendo su cambio al sur y empiece
formar unas derechas bonitas con la marea entrante.

WHAT TO EXPECT THIS WEEKEND (weather and waves) - Que va a
pasar este fin de semana (clima y olas):

The weather's great, the winds are light and steady
off-shore so let's hope for some waves to go with it! El
tiempo es perfecto, los vientos estan livianos y constantes
off-shore asi que esperemos que nos lleguen olas!

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

Langosta is the spot for small-surf weekends, or Pico
Pequeno may work if it picks up a bit. I am definately
going to be watching the rivermouth. Langosta el el mejor
lugar para un fin de semana con surf pequena o Pico Pequeno
tal vez trabajara si se aumanta un poco el swell. Yo
definativamente estare vigilando la boca del estero.

NEWS AND UPCOMING EVENTS- Noticias y dias especiales:

Welcome to our new neighbors the Witches Rock Surf Camp
with its bar/restaurant on the beach! Bienvenidos a
nuestros vecinos nuevos el Witches Rock Surf Camp con
bar/restaurante en la playa!

JACO & HERMOSA

2) From Chuck at Chosita del Surf in Jaco -

AREA WAVE HEIGHTS AND CONDITIONS - Tamano de las olas y
condiciones:

Hoy de la manana las olas eran chicas pero bien vacilon,
2-4 pies de cara y bien glassy !Jaco waves today were small
but real fun @2-4 ft and super glassy !

WHAT TO EXPECT THIS WEEKEND (weather and waves) - Que va a
pasar este fin de semana (clima y olas):

Parece que hay dos oleajes o mas y las olas tiene tendencia
de subir con la marea alta
de la manana, creo quen puede surfiar buenas olas aqui en
Jaco ! Seems like we have a couple of different directions
here a bit southwest and a little extra something ? Seems
like its trying to pichup abit and the high tide in the
morning lets some really fun waves get into Jaco !

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

Aqui mismo! Right here !

NEWS AND UPCOMING EVENTS- Noticias y dias especiales:

Plenty of new stuff in the shop right now , T+C surfbords
just arrived and we are getting a fresh batch of foam from
Grubby so need a board ? Let Carton build you a sweetie !
Muchas cosas nuevo en la tienda, Tablas de T+C[town and
country]apenas llego martes y son pero la mas tuanis y
Carton tiene foams para hacer su tabla nueva si le gusta EL
CUSTOM , pase a ver ! Gracias Chuck y el equipo de LA
CHOSITA DEL SURF, el verdadero SURF SHOP en Jaco !

5) From Tommy at Fuego del Sol in Playa Hermosa -

The waves are small and holding steady. There is swell
showing on the map for this weekend, though. Until then,
spots like Tulin and Bejuco will be on the menu to catch
fun chest to maybe head high surf. The weather has been
following it´s normal pattern for the end of the rainy
season (sunny in the morning, showers in the evening). High
tide this morning is around 7:30 AM. Our in house pros are
Dennis Christopher and Tobit McLean. They are doing their
Endless Summer Surf Clinics so, call Tobit for details and
info 506 643 2078 or e-mail him at
brisadelmar@ranchocoral.com. Pick up useful techniques, the
latest equipment, boards and critique yourself on video and
improve your surfing. Enjoy the Live Cam and our new Live
"How's the Surf, Really?" Surf and Costa Rica Live Info
Chat Talk to a Real Surfer here on the Beach (Our Office is
Literally a Stones Throw from Our Surf Break We can tell
you current Conditions and crowds by looking out the
window). Real info provided by Real People, Here, not,
there. First in info, first in the water, that's what
happens when you wake up on the beach everybody else drives
to. We are Rancho Coral, Catering to Surfer's Needs
http://ranchocoral.com.or http://fuegodelsol.com

QUEPOS & MANUEL ANTONIO

see the national report above

DOMINICAL & SOUTHERN PACIFIC

4) From Jason at the Green Iguana Surf Camp in Dominical-

Upcoming Events - Surfrider Meeting December 4th! Beach
Clean up December 5th! Turtles, dolphins, and one whale
have washed up on the beaches between Quepos and Playa
Ballena. We are investigating the reasons for this.

Click here for the pic of the beach-
http://www.greeniguanasurfcamp.com/conditions.html

CARIBBEAN

see the national report above