Costa Rica's Weekly Surf Report for August 23th , 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.

A.D.O.G.A. - Central Pacific Surf Association Contest
- August 25th & 26th
Esterillos Oeste - contact Chuck for more info.
(643-1308)

Primer Torneo - Circuito Nacional de Surf Costa Rica
Septiembre 1 y 2, Playa Jaco

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.


Friday TIDES

High Tide 9.99 ft at 6:34 AM
Low Tide 0.14 ft at 12:46 PM

(These are for Puntarenas. It has been noticed that
Guanacaste tides are an hour later)


NATIONAL FORECAST

Pacific - The next few days look great, head high
Friday with a 16 seoncd period and 2 feet overhead by
Sunday with a wave period of 13 seconds. There is also
a strong morning high tide so get to those
beachbreaks. The SSW sticks around through Monday and
then by Tuesday things calm down to chest high
throughout the rest of the week. It looks like the
strong swell down near Argentina has pushed the surf
back to New Zealand, so we have to wait until another
Down Under pressure systems "turns the tide" back this
way.

Caribbean - The swell is not present, but surf is
being generated by strong winds over the Caribbean
Sea. They push in chest to head high choppy sets all
weekend. Expect it to drop to knee to waist once the
winds die down, and lots of rain is expected.


SPONSORS by Area

Jammin Surf Camp (653-0469) in Playa Grande
costarica2@hotmail.com

1) Robert August Surf Shop (653-0114) in Tamarindo
surfnbat@tamarindovistavillas.com

2) Hotel Las Tortugas (653-0458) in Playa Grande
surfegg@aquiles.cool.co.cr

3) 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

4) Chosita del Surf (643-1308, fax 643-3328) in Jaco
chuck@sol.racsa.co.cr

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

6) 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 Tom at Robert August Surf Shop in Tamarindo -

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

Conditions are good for the early risers with the
onshore wind picking up before 10am.Conditions improve
just
before sunset with the incoming tide there are some
good sets.

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

Waves should pick up to head high,overhead on the
bigger sets. Hit it early and late, the tides will
make it best 2 times each day, on the incoming tide.
Head high here in Tamarindo, maybe larger sets!

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

The beachbreak in Tamarindo will have some fun waves,
Playa Grande will be good, as well as Langosta if the
winds cooperate.

NEWS AND UPCOMING EVENTS- Noticias y dias especiales:

Stay tuned for future classes to be taught at Vista
Villas Hotel for those interested in CPR and First
Aid, both beginning and advanced classes taught by a
visiting Paramedic.


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

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

Unseasonal offshore winds have fanned excellent waves
this week, with possiblities for morning and evening
surf sessions.

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

Double sessions continuing into the weekend and with
the expected swell, we can look forward to great waves
if the wind holds offshore.

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

The main peak in front of the hotel will be good up to
double overhead at which time the Tamarindo rivermouth
area will be a good place to check.


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

AREA WAVE HEIGHTS AND CONDITIONS: Small and not well
organised this morning out front on the outgoing tide
- Sta Teresa is probably a bit better. However it's
much glassier than it has been during the temporal
type conditions of the last few days and should
improve as the weather clears.

WHAT TO EXPECT THIS WEEKEND: Looks like more SW swell
is on the way and conditions should continue to
improve, though as we move into the wettest bit of the
rainy season this is hard to predict.

BEST PLACE TO SURF IN YOUR AREA: Both morning and
afternoons should be good at Playa Carmen on the high
tide.


JACO & HERMOSA

4) From Chuck at Chosita del Surf in Jaco -

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

Waves are 2-4 ft faces here in Jaco today and kind of
mushy with the high tide ! 2-4 pies y vacilon y un
poco gordas !

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

Hope it gets bigger, but ? Ojala que suben !

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

El Bohio por no va estar nadia , Bohio should be the
spot to be all the hotties are going to be at
Estirillos !

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 !


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

Wednesday August 22, 2001 12:00 PM

Earlier this morning, upper hermosa, out front of the
Brisa del Mar had fun chest to head high barrels. The
weather was clear and sunny with a light offshore
wind. Low tide was at 11:00Am. As the tide starts
filling in this afternoon, the waves will be getting
fun again. As long as the wind stays calm, Esterillos
(out front of the Rancho Coral), will be smoking for
high tide. We are getting this SW (200-225) from a
storm that was spinning off South America last week.
This weekend, we´re expecting a bigger SW pulse. This
should be great for the contest this weekend in
Esterillos. The Rancho Coral Team will be there and
hopefully taking over the event. 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:

AREA WAVE HEIGHTS AND CONDITIONS - The surf for the
last few days in Playa Dominical has been pretty flat
(head high), but with nice clean conditions.

WHAT TO EXPECT THIS WEEKEND - A promising S-SW swell
arrives on Saturday. No change expected in the
weather, the hurricane thankfully passed too far north
to affect us here.

BEST PLACE TO SURF THIS WEEKEND IN YOUR AREA - Playa
Dominical is bound to be going off, and the Point will
probably have one or two big days.

NEWS AND UPCOMING EVENTS - 7th annual Beach Buzzard
Trashcan Convention (BBTC) begins next Thursday. Be
there!

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

CARIBBEAN

see the national report above