Costa Rica's Weekly Surf Report for January 28, 2000

Brought to you each Thursday evening 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

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

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

3) Martine at Hotel Café de Paris (682-0087) in Nosara
cafepari@sol.racsa.co.cr

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

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

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

5) From Vida Verde Land Management & Sales (787-0116) in Dominicalvidaverde@costarica.net

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

Mel Baker at A.T.E.C. (750-0191) in Puerto Viejo - atecmail@sol.racsa.co.cr

Cabinas Casa Verde (750-0015 fax 750-0047) in Puerto Viejo
http://www.greencoast.com/casaverd.htm or atecmail@sol.racsa.co.cr

TIDES (for Puntarenas) – Mareas

** New Moon - February 5th, Full Moon - Febraury 19 **
High tide (Friday) – Marea alta (viernes)8:17 a.m. @ 7.7 ft. – 235 cm.
Low tide – Marea baja2:17 p.m. @ 1.1 ft. – 34 cm.


SWELL DIRECTION -- DIRECIÓN DEL SWELL

Pacific – Dropping a little over the weekend, but perrrrfect mornings at beachbreaks. Get out early, and look for a surge in surf by next Friday from the South. Maybe south?

Caribbean – With a good fetch from the NE, expect the beaches of the Caribbean to be firing. It will hang around until Monday, and another looks like it's right on it's back. One word - Salsa

AREA REPORTS

NICOYA (N)
(1) From Patti at the Best Western Vista Villas in Tamarindo - AREA WAVE HEIGHTS AND CONDITIONS: Headhigh waves with glassy early morning conditions. Friday should be 3'-5' at most south facing breaks.... WHAT TO EXPECT THIS WEEKEND (weather and waves): Weather, clear with offshore winds through the weekend. Sometimes gusty. SW swell holding through the weekend. A slight decrease on Friday and then picking up on Sunday. Wave height 3'-5', with some headhigh plus surf. BEST PLACE TO SURF THIS WEEKEND IN YOUR AREA: Playa Grande - 4' to headhigh with offshore, glassy conditions. Lots of guys in the water. Playa Langosta 4'-5', offshores. Playa Avellanes 4' with a chance of onshore wind switch midday. Playa Negra3'-5' with offshores early then onshore flow midday. Longobarders...Oli's good conditions Sunday or Monday....... NEWS AND UPCOMING EVENTS: It's SUPERBOWL MADNESS AT VISTA VILLAS TAMARINDO....MEXICAN FOOD/COLD BEER/BIG SCREEN TV/LIVE MUSIC AFTER THE GAME WITH THE LEATHERBACKS!!!!!HEAD UP TO T BAY FOR THE SUNDAY SURF AND TURF....(Football style)

(2) From Steve at Tropico Latino Lodge in Santa Teresa - AREA WAVE HEIGHTS & CONDITIONS: This week finally brought us some decent waves,SW swell grew to produce first overhead waves in weeks yesterday with great shape on Playa Carmen. today it's dropped a little to head high with the occasional 4 footer rolling through, still super clean and fun. WHAT TO EXPECT THIS WEEKEND: More clean fun surf. What not to expect, I am afraid, are those tranquilo solo sessions of yore - we have had record crowds in the water the last few days: Spread out please!! BEST PLACE TO SURF THIS WEEKEND. Mornings at Playa Carmen with the tide pushing in - Santa Teresa could be good in the afternoon. If winds stay like this you can surf almost all day anyway.

(3) From Martine at Hotel Cafe de Paris in Nosara - AREA WAVE HEIGHTS AND CONDITIONS: 4-5 FEET, WINDY ON SHORE WIND, MUSHY. THE WATER IS A BIT WARMER THAN LAST WEEK. WHAT TO EXPECT THIS WEEKEND (weather and waves): PROBABLY SAME SIZE OF THE WAVE 4-5 FEET. BEST PLACE TO SURF THIS WEEKEND IN YOUR AREA: OSTIONAL IS SUPPOSE TO BE VERY GOOD WHEN YOU HAVE THIS CONDITION IN NOSARA

JACO & HERMOSA

(4) From Chuck at Chosita del Surf in Jaco: AREA WAVE HEIGHTS AND CONDITIONS: Jaco 3-5ft semi glassy, light sideoffshore wind and to straight on so a bit closed out . still its better than the last couple of weekends !!! WHAT TO EXPECT THIS WEEKEND (weather and waves): Seems to be dropping off so I expect a bit smaller but still fun beachbreak surf for the weekend ! Weather has been nice , even if we still have been getting a bit of rain ! BEST PLACE TO SURF THIS WEEKEND IN YOUR AREA: Probably Hermosa and Jaco. NEWS AND UPCOMING EVENTS: Most of the team from "LA CHOSITA " is in Limon for the contest hope they do well !

QUEPOS & MANUEL ANTONIO

From Alacran Tours in Manuel Antonio – NEWS AND UPCOMING EVENTS: The annual Festival del Mar in Quepos is coming up, starting the week of the Feb. 15th. We will be hosting a local surf tournament on the 19th and 20th for those interested. Prizes (and perhaps money) will be awarded to the top finishers. More to come of that in the following weeks. . .

From David at Escuela D’Amore in Manuel Antonio - ¿Hay alguna noticia o evento venidero ? Si, por dicha si tenemos notícias nuevas para este reporte; y es que el próximo viernes comienza una super bonita fiesta en Quepos, en donde habra comidas típicas, juegos mecanicos, monta de toros, etc. Los esperamos!.

DOMINICAL & SOUTHERN PACIFIC

(5) From Sean at Montañas de Vida Verde in Dominical - AREA WAVE HEIGHTS AND CONDITIONS: 6-8 ft offshore til mid morning with some shoulders but more or less closed out. WHAT TO EXPECT THIS WEEKEND (weather and waves): Waves look like the same for the weekend and with nice weather. BEST PLACE TO SURF THIS WEEKEND IN YOUR AREA: Playa Dominical and for the adventurer maybe time for a trip south. NEWS AND UPCOMING EVENTS: beautiful weather and some good waves

CARRIBEAN (C)

see National Report. NEWS AND UPCOMING EVENTS: II Festival of the South Caribbean Coast, at the Playa Chiquita Lodge (south of Puerto Viejo)