Costa Rica's Weekly Surf Report for August 10th , 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.

Costa Rica SURFRIDER meeting August 15th at Boca del
Rio Restaurant, Tamarindo at 7 p.m. Beach cleanup
August 18th at the rivermouth, 3 p.m.. 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

High Tide - 8.53 ft at 6:39 AM

Low Tide - 1.26 ft at 12:45 PM

NATIONAL FORECAST

Pacific - This is a great weekend for the dawn/dusk
patrol at all beachbreaks. SW swell fading a little by
Saturday morning, dropping to head high with a 10
second period. It drops down to chest high by Sunday
afternoon and Monday doesn´t look that great either.
Then by Tuesday another strong SSW will push it up to
head high with a 16 second period. The size will get a
little bigger each day after, with a nice SW filling
in next weekend with 2 foot overhead surf.

Caribbean - Strong storms are slamming Nicaragua but
staying north of Costa Rica. Now is the time for a
strategic strike at Isla Uvita, at least until Sunday.
By Monday it disappears and we wait for more tropical
winds to kick up some swell. Wave periods are short
10-12 seconds.

SPONSORS by Area

1) Jammin Surf Camp (653-0469) in Playa Grande

costarica2@hotmail.com

Robert August Surf Shop (653-0114) in Tamarindo

surfnbat@tamarindovistavillas.com

Hotel Las Tortugas (653-0458) in Playa Grande

nela@cool.co.cr

2) Tropico Latino Lodge in Santa Teresa

troplat@sol.racsa.co.cr

Hotel Cafe de Paris (682-0087, fax 682-0089) in Nosara

info@cafedeparis.net


3) Chosita del Surf (643-1308, fax 643-3328) in Jaco

chuck@sol.racsa.co.cr

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

5) Green Iguana Surf Camp in Playa Dominical

admin@greeniguanasurfcamp.com

Paco at Hotel Rio Lindo (787-0078) in Dominical

info@hotelriolindo.com

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

Hotel Diuwak (787-0087 fax 787-0089) in Dominical

www.diuwak.com or diuwak@sol.racsa.co.cr

AREA REPORTS

NICOYA (N)

1) From Damien at Jammin Surf Camp in Playa Grande-

AREA WAVE HEIGHTS AND CONDITIONS - Tamano de las olas
y condiciones:
All the week have been pretty good with two sessions
per day at least. Wave's size have been changing
everyday from waist high to head high and plus on sets
with fair conditions in the morning and the end of the
afternoon.

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

I think the waves are getting smaller for the next few
days then on next week it will picking up. The weather
is nice, a weak off shore is blowing, missing some
rain over here!!!

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

All playa grande will be surfable from "la casita" to
the main peak with some good tube riding sessions on
mid-tide.

2) From Steve at Tropico Latino in Santa Teresa (just
north of Mal Pais)

AREA WAVE HEIGHTS & CONDITIONS:

We have had a lot of rain here over the last few days
resulting in a real mixed bag of conditions. It's been
disorganised and onshore a lot of the time cleaning up
periodiocally at odd times of the day. Yesterday even
featured an hour of offshore before it rained again.
There is a steady pulse from the SW with some sets
overhead and lining up well.

WHAT TO EXPECT THIS WEEKEND:

Depends on weather the squally conditions continue.
Drier weather was forecast for this week but doesn't
seem to have materialised - would expect swell to
remain consistent out of the SW.

BEST PLACE TO SURF IN THIS AREA: Sta Teresa has the
best sandbars - Carmen sorting itself out with new
sand coming out of the rivers after the big rains.

JACO & HERMOSA

3) From Chuck at Chosita del Surf in Jaco -

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

Buenas tardes de LA CHOSITA DEL SURF, las olas hoy son
de 3-4 pies con set un poco mas grande , la manana fue
muy tormentosa PERO MEJORO en la tarde !

Waves today were 3-4 ft with a bigger set here and
there , really choppy in the a.m. but cleaned up a bit
in the
afternoon,

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

Lluvia , lluvia y mas lluvia ! No voy a tratar a
divinir como van estar las olas pero siempre sale algo
y hay buenas mareas para Jaco esta fin de semana !

Rain , Rain y mas Rain I wont even try to guess what
the waves are going to do the rumour mill is running
crazy right now so plan on a get wet session at the
worst !

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

Jaco puede tener buenas olas esta fin, no hay mucho
temano pero aveses es mejor y hay buena marea
para aca !

Jaco could be real fun this weekend , rains mean
glassy surf at times and its not too big so with the
afternoon high tides and morning too we should have
some fun stuff here !

NEWS AND UPCOMING EVENTS - Noticias y dias especiales:


Just got the next batch of Erie boards in and they are
hot , also you need to check out Carton surfboards
built right here in Jaco and even have a custom board
available in 10 days , shapes are HOT and all the
materials and labor are first quality , the showroom
is in La Chosita Del Surf so stop by and check it all
out !


Apenas recibimos la ultima tanda de tablas ERIE y son
pero tan TUANIS ! Tambien tenemos en La Chosita Del
Surf la ultima y mejor en tablas local CARTON
SURFBOARDS , Todos con lo ultimo en calidad en ambos
material y mano de obra , tablas por pedido desde 350$
en 10 en 10 dias !

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

We have rising swell conditions out of the SW
(210-225). This southern hemi was generated by a storm
below New Zealand, and should hit it´s peak tomorrow
(with maybe some double overhead sets). Upper Hermosa
(out front of the Brisa del Mar) is looking clean even
though it hasn´t stopped raining yet. The waves are
3-5 feet (from the back) with some bigger sets. High
tide is at 6:00AM. Esterillos is looking really fun
this morning for high tide. Brad and the Coral camp
guests are all over it! Our in house pros and Lost &
Dragon's own Brad Hersch and Tobit McLean. They have
started their 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

Peace To All, Gracias, Thanks, Domo Arrigato, Shalom,
Aloha, Mahalo Nui Loa, Banzai, Peace and........PURA
VIDA!!!!


QUEPOS & MANUEL ANTONIO

see the national report above

DOMINICAL & SOUTHERN PACIFIC

5) From Jason & Karla at the Green Iguana surf camp in
Dominical:

Fun waves this morning, around head high, bigger on
the sets. New SW arrives today, and we're hoping for
an increase in the swell.

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

CARIBBEAN

see the national report above