Costa Rica's Weekly Surf Report for December 10, 1999

Costa Rica's Weekly Surf Report
Volume 2, Issue 42
December 10, 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

1) 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

Thierry at Hotel Café de Paris in Nosara cafepari@sol.racsa.co.cr

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

4) Chuck at Chosita del Surf (643-3328) in Jaco
chucks@sol.racsa.co.cr

Tommy at Hotel Fuego del Sol in Hermosa (643-3737)
cybersurfer@fuegodelsol.com

5) Todd at Alacran Surf Tours in Manuel Antonio (777-1721)
alacran@sol.racsa.co.cr

6) From David at Escuela D'Amore (777-1143) in Manuel Antonio - damore@sol.racsa.co.cr

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


TIDES (for Puntarenas) - Mareas
** New Moon December 7th, Full Moon December 22nd **
High tide (Friday) - Marea alta (viernes)
4:39 p.m @ 8.4 ft. - 256 cm.
Low tide - Marea baja
10:20 a.m @ .3 ft. - 9 cm.

SWELL DIRECTION -- DIRECIÓN DEL SWELL

Pacific - Sticking with it - Best day - this Saturday. The "dry season" is a time of the year when the best surf will be had four or five days after a full or new moon. See the tide chart above.

Caribbean - The Caribean has been the side to hit on your trip, this week it should continue to be "Salsa" hot, dread Josh in Puerto Viejo is loving it. As long as winter storms go off the east coast of the U.S. - watch for em.


AREA REPORTS

NICOYA (N)

From Patti at the Best Western Vista Villas in Tamarindo: AREA WAVE HEIGHTS AND CONDITIONS: WSW Swell flow coming in - headhigh + through Sunday. Offshore winds, glassy throughout the day. WHAT TO EXPECT THIS WEEKEND (weather and waves): Building of WSW and switching to SW Late Friday. Perfect weather - perfect winds. BEST PLACE TO SURF THIS WEEKEND IN YOUR AREA: Playa Avellanes overhead, glassy. Playa Grande early afternoon for surf. T-Bay - surf contest on the rivermouth...Ollie's Point picking up SW with offshores. NEWS AND UPCOMING EVENTS: Surf contest in Playa Tamarindo Dec. 11th & 12th. Wingnut and Robert August will be around all weekend for a legends surf....

(2) From Loius at Las Tortugas at Playa Grande -
WHAT TO EXPECT THIS WEEKEND (weather and waves): The slightly Westish swell is hitting all the breaks in Playa Grande and Tamarindo. The stylish right at Chicken Head Rock is showing some form at bout shoulder high and is very consistent. The breaks in front of the hotel have been running waist to head high for several days with perfect form although a little inconsistent. The crowds have been light. BEST PLACE TO SURF THIS WEEKEND IN YOUR AREA: All the breaks are good. Watch the rivermouth if it comes up. The high tides are moving to daybreak for the weekend for the offshores in the morning.

(3) From Steve at Tropicos Latinos in Santa Teresa (next to Mal Pais) - LOCAL WAVE HEIGHTS & CONDITIONS: There has been clean waist to shoulder high surf throughout the week. Waves have remained clean and winds offshore throughout the morning with classic evening glass offs. WHAT TO EXPECT THIS WEEKEND: With a big NW swell scheduled to arrive this weekend and the clean conditions set to continue now that the dry season is in, it should be a brilliant weekend. BEST PLACE TO SURF THIS WEEKEND: Tides, size and direction should be perfect for Sta Teresa.

JACO & HERMOSA (JH)
(4) From Chuck at Chosita del Surf in Jaco: surf today is picking up ! Finally a bit of a bump ! 3-4 feet with bigger sets out front , just got out of the water at dark ! Glassy and fun ! Expect it to pick up a bit overnite here ! The weekend ought to be good both here and Hermosa with ideal tides ! Crowds will be a little heavier as summer is here ! Hope to get the new clothes from THE REALM and NORTH SHORE UNDERGROUND out this week had a bit of trouble getting the stuff do to the road closure Limon - San Jose ! Pray for those that lost Everything in Sixaola and Matina ! We continue to be blessed here on the pacific side of C.R. All for now "A FRIEND IN COSTA RICA" Chuck

QUEPOS & MANUEL ANTONIO (QMA)
(5) From Alacran Tours in Manuel Antonio - NEWS AND UPCOMING EVENTS: Now that the high season is here, we here at Alacran Surf Tours are offering private surf lessons and fully guided trips. For any people heading this way that are interested in such services we can be reached at 777-1721. Anybody looking for a new custom board? If so Tule is the man to see. He was the first shaper here in Costa Rica and only puts out high quality product. Have a great weekend and rip it up!

(6) From David at La Escuela D'Amore in Quepos - 1/ Tamaño y consistencia de la solas esta semana en Playa Playitas, suaves, tranquilas, limpias, consistentes, derechas, lentas y han estado rompiendo muy bien, su tamaño ha sido aproximadament de 3 pies en marea alta. 2-Con respecto al tiempo para el fin de semana, ya estamos disfrutando el verano aquí en Costa Rica, así que estaremos esperando mucho sol. Las olas han estado buenas hasta el momento, los sufeadores del área opinan que seguirán iguales por mucho tiempo. Así que ya saben en Manuel Antonio hay mucho sol y buenas olas. 3-En cuanto al mejor lugar para surfear sigue siendo Playa Espadilla con olas fuertes y ondulantes para expertos y para principiantes y profesionales Playa Playitas. 4- Aún no hay eventos preparados.

DOMINICAL & SOUTHERN PACIFIC (D)
(7) From Hotel Rio Lindo in Dominical - things havent changed much here in Dominical since last week. The surf is still small, but its picked up a little. 2-3 feet. Its been nice and glassy if you catch it early in the mornings. Best place to surf is still the beach break. Ciao Rob

CARRIBEAN (C)
see national report