Costa Rica Surf Report for April 27, 2000

Brought to you each Thursday evening by local surf businesses throughout Costa Rica. See http://www.crsurf.com/links.html for New faster loading pics., forecast links, and May & June tide charts. Check out the TIME MACHINE to see how it looked this week - Last Year!!!


FEATURES

National Stats:
Tides
Swell Direction

Area Reports:
Wave Heights & Conditions
Forecasts & Best Spot
Upcoming Events / Contests

SPONSORS by Area

1) Surfpati at Vista Villas / R.A. surf shop Tamarindo (506-653-0114) in Tamarindo - surfpati@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

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

Tommy at Fuego del Sol Hotel (in Playa Hermosa)

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

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

Vida Verde Land Management & Sales (787-0116) in Dominical
vidaverde@sol.racsa.co.cr

Chris & Tanya at WWW.DOMINICAL.NET in Dominical

Paco at Hotel Rio Lindo (787-0078) in Dominical
hotelriolindo@sol.racsa.co.cr

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 - May 3th, Full Moon - May 18th **

High tide (Friday) – Marea alta (viernes)
10:12 a.m. @ 6.8 ft. – 207 cm.

Low tide – Marea baja
4:12 p.m. @ 2.3 ft. – 70 cm.

SWELL DIRECTION -- DIRECIÓN DEL SWELL

Pacific – Swell will drop a little until next Sunday, but remain overhead and peaky in the morning. More S and SW swell on the way for midweek next week in the 2-3 foot overhead range by next Saturday.

Caribbean – Not much happening on the Caribbean side. A little East swell, but nothing over chest high near high tide.


AREA REPORTS

NICOYA (N)

(1) From Patti at Best Western Vista Villas in Tamarindo -

AREA WAVE HEIGHTS AND CONDITIONS:
shoulderhigh to overhead sets from the south and southwest. Glassy conditions with offhore wind flow.

WHAT TO EXPECT THIS WEEKEND (weather and waves):
Partly cloudy with offshores and some surf turning more south with headhigh conditions over the weekend. Tides at high are low and midday surf at most high tide breaks over the weekend.

BEST PLACE TO SURF THIS WEEKEND IN YOUR AREA:
Playa Negra has been headhigh to double overhead - check it out early in the am as it's a high tide break. Playa Grande - holding up with some headhigh sets Sat./Sun. Rivermouth T Bay still looking good - early morning to mid-morning.

NEWS AND UPCOMING EVENTS:
Take a break...We survived Easter 2000!

(2) From Louis at Hotel Las Tortugas in Playa Grande -

AREA WAVE HEIGHTS AND CONDITIONS:
The weather is begining to change now as the rainy season approaches. We'll be having less offshores although today it is still offshore and pumping at a foot or two overhead on the bigger sets. Excellent shape and light off shores for glassey and steeley faces.

WHAT TO EXPECT THIS WEEKEND (weather and waves):
The tides are in the late morning and with a little luck the morning off shores we have enjoyed this week will continue to fan the faces. The sand bars are building and getting better right now.

BEST PLACE TO SURF THIS WEEKEND IN YOUR AREA:
We are surfing in front of the hotel up to about head high and a half and then moving down to Baulas for clean shape after that, and then to the river mouth if it gets big enough. Chicken head rock was good last week for one session.

(3) From Steve at Tropico Latino in Santa Teresa -

LOCAL WAVE HEIGHTS AND CONDITIONS:
A powerful SW swell has been running for the last few days, the swell has been very square on so plenty of close outs, however the dry season sandbars have still produced some good ones. Swell has dropped this morning, but sets are still well overhead on take off. Weather has been more changeable as we enter the transition from wet to dry.

WHAT TO EXPECT THIS WEEKEND:
If the swell continues to drop, there should be fun head - shoulder conditions in the a.m. at the beachbreaks.

BEST PLACE TO SURF IN THE AREA THIS WEEKEND:
Playa Carmen should be best for the morning session on the incoming tide - it's advisable to get up early - onshores can start early at this time of year.


JACO & HERMOSA

(4) From Chuck at Chosita del Surf in Jaco -

AREA WAVE HEIGHTS AND CONDITIONS:
Jaco thurs.a.m. conditions were less than ideal but still fun and glassy ! Size was 2-4ft with the odd 5ft set , wind held off till @ 10a.m. and it got best just before high tide ! Actually got a couple of waves to the beach with some 5-6 turns possible !

WHAT TO EXPECT THIS WEEKEND (weather and waves):
Thru the first part of the weekend dont see much change but watch for something new for first part of next week RIGHT !

BEST PLACE TO SURF THIS WEEKEND IN YOUR AREA:
Tulin Terraza and Roca Loca are possibles for the low tide a.m. seessions, check the Tree or Jaco @ hightide

NEWS AND UPCOMING EVENTS:
Diego Naranjo back from Panama and the Billabong pro , equal 17th for him!
Great job ! Now off to California , more on this in 2 weeks! Jaco is going to ROCK this weekend , Concert with K-LOR, Darts tournament at Paradise Hotel , Circus DAKTARY is in town, watch out for your dogs they got hungry TIGERS over there !! And intl. PAPI FUTBOL tournament @ the Best Western , AND ITS PAYDAY ON FRI. All this adds up to you guessed it the place is going to be PACKED !!!! See You next week ! Hah Hah !

QUEPOS & MANUEL ANTONIO
see national report

DOMINICAL & SOUTHERN PACIFIC
see national report

CARRIBEAN
see national report