Costa Rica's Weekly Surf Report for August 17th , 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 Beach cleanup August 18th at the
Tamrindo 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.

A.D.O.G.A. - Central Pacific Surf Association Contest
- August 25th & 26th

Esterillos Oeste - contact Chuck for more info.
(643-1308)

TIDES

Low Tide 1.20 ft at 6:37 AM
High Tide 8.90 ft at 1:00 PM


NATIONAL FORECAST

Pacific - Friday and Saturday morning you will see
overhead surf, but it doesn´t last long. Friday
afternoon shows a 13 - 14 second period and then
shortening by Saturday to 10-11 seconds. Sunday the
surf disappears so get on those low tide spots early.
The next SSW swell comes in Tuesday, and it looks good
from then until next weekend. The prediction is for
chest Tuesday, head high Wed. and Thursday, and 1 foot
overhead by Friday. Next weekend, southern beachbreaks
are the best bet.

Caribbean - Surf is good on the irie coast. Chest to
head high conditions expected until Sunday with early
morning and late afternoon glass. Then dropping down
to waist high for the next two days. By next Wed. a
tropìcal system will push in head high surf from the
NE.

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 (640-0062) 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

(new sponsor) 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

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:


Pretty small waves all week, some good sessions at the
main peak of playa grande but quite crowded. The
conditions are really good for a rainy season: off
shore, sunny

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


The conditions will be the same: fair & small. It
might have some few sets with chest high, better then
nothing!

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


Without any doubt the main peak, but lot of people is
surfing out there.


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

Hola! Here's the report form Mal Pais

AREA WAVE HEIGHTS AND CONDITIONS:

Weather has cleaned up and with it the surf. We had
excellent conditions here over the weekend til tuesday
with surf 2' - 5' and super glassy for long periods
a.m. & p.m..Playa Carmen working well at high tide.
Swell has now dropped with sets chest high and not so
lined up.

WHAT TO EXPECT THIS WEEKEND:

Swell should come up in the next day or two though
weather could become more unstable - have to hope that
it stays clean.

BEST PLACE TO SURF IN YOUR AREA THIS WEEKEND:

As low tide moves into the morning there could be
excellent waves at Sta Teresa

JACO & HERMOSA

3) From Chuck at Chosita del Surf in Jaco -

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

Jaco conditions thurs. afternoon were actually quite
fun, 2-4 ft faces and peaky if a bit on the slow side
do to
HIGH HIGH TIDES ! Olas hoy Jaco fue vacilones y 2-4
pies de cara con buenos picos pero un poco gordas a la
misma ves !

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

Bueno , viendo lo pronostico de tiempo y clima vamos a
ver lluvia por los proximos dias y esta puede poner
las olas muy raras , tormentadas etc. I just watched
the weather forecast and looks like some rain for the
weekend
with some more for next weeek ! Remember we are now
into the heart of the rainy/green season, tropical
activity is on the increase so expect to get wet at
any time !

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

No hay mucho temano hoy , Tulin es un buen sitio
cuando las olas son chicas y la marea es bajo ! Check
out Tulin en the A.M. and maybe some Jaco fun in
afternoon with the high tides !


NEWS AND UPCOMING EVENTS- Noticias y dias especiales:

August 25 -26th has a contest planned for Estirillos
Oeste, organized by our local surfing association/
Terraza
Del Pacifico, sponsored by a whole bunch of us in the
community and so far has gone quite well ! I guess a
few are complaining about the quality of our judges so
this is a great opportunity to have a whole new group
of people to judge ! If you have experience judging or
know someone who does please call Maria Del Mar @
643-3222. We need help and are glad to have it ! Oh
and if you don't want to help just don't WHINE !!!!!!
Thanks !
Vamos a tenir un torneo del serie pacifico las fechas
de 25-26 Aug en Estirillos Oeste, organizado por ADOGA
y Terraza Del Pacifico con patrocino de mucha gente y
negocios del pueblo hasta ahora hemos hecho 2 torneos
y con buenos resultados , si hemos recibidos unos
quejas y estamos dando un oportunidad a ustedes para
ayudar mas , si usted puede o conosco alquien quien
tiene experiencia para hacer Juez o ayudar por favor
Llama @ 643-3222. Pregunta por Maria Del Mar ! Gracias
!

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

The small SW (210-225) has given us some relief with
fun chest to head high waves around Corners and Tulin.
The weather is overcast and there´s no wind, so it´s
glassy. The waves in upper hermosa are 2-3 feet (from
the back) with some bigger sets. High tide is at
12:00PM. Esterillos will be getting fun soon, for the
in-coming tide. 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:

Early morning surf session was very good, with some
overhead sets and good form. "The point" was about
head high with some really long lefts and only a few
people out.

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

CARIBBEAN

see the national report above