Costa Rica's Weekly Surf Report for October 11, 2001

Costa Rica's Weekly Surf Report
Volume 4, Issue 120
October 11th, 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.

2nd Contest on the National Circuit, October 20-21,
Dominical

Costa Rica SURFRIDER meetings- Tamarindo, Oct. 19 and
Dominical, Nov. 6th. 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 *for Friday - add 50 min. each day after

High Tide - 7.64 ft at 10:13 AM
Low Tide - 1.35 ft at 4:26 PM

NATIONAL FORECAST

Pacific - The southwest swell cleans up for Friday and
Saturday with surf 2 foot overhead and a 13-14 second
period. Winds have been switching around 9:30 a.m. to
onshore when mornings are clear. It begins to drop off
a foot on Sunday and then down to headhigh or less by
Monday. Tuesday is back to chest to head high
conditions with an early afternoon high tide. Next
major swell to head in next Saturday from the SSW with
waves 1 foot overhead.

Caribbean - Enjoy the sunshine & Carnival 2001 in
Limon THIS weekend!!! There will not be much to surf
on, knee to waist high all week with afternoon
showers. Nothing expected for the next 6 dayz.


SPONSORS by Area

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

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

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

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

Adventure Education Center (787-0023) in Dominical
*tell em crsurf sent ya (aecdominical@sol.racsa.co.cr)

4) Green Iguana Surf Camp in Playa Dominical
admin@greeniguanasurfcamp.com

5) Ciber Cafe (750-0067) in Puerto Viejo
cibcaf@sol.racsa.co.cr

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) Gold Coast Realty (654-4919) in Playa
Flamingo
http://www.realestatecr.com or demyen@racsa.co.cr

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

Vida Verde Property Sales and Management (787-0116) in
Dominical
email: vidaverde@dominicalhomes.com


AREA REPORTS

NICOYA (N)

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

AREA WAVE HEIGHTS AND CONDITIONS - Tamano de las olas
y condiciones:
The swell arrived here earlier than expected, and 6-8
foot faces have been rolling into Playa Grande for the
past two days. Since the swell is still growing, it's
a little bumpy and unpredictable right now, but it
will clean up over the next couple of days.

WHAT TO EXPECT THIS WEEKEND (weather and waves) - Que
va a pasar este fin de semana (clima y olas):
The waves will clean up as the swell becomes more
organized. It should be big and clean. Look for
overhead sessions in the morning--the tide will be
high and the wind will be offshore. It could get
really, really good.

BEST PLACE TO SURF THIS WEEKEND IN YOUR AREA - El
mejor lugar a surfear este fin de semana en su area:
Now that we have a good, strong swell, good spots
stretch all up and down the beach. The Main Peak is
where the biggest waves can be found, but slightly
smaller, but still sizable, waves abound to the north
and south. Find your own peak and have fun!

JACO & HERMOSA

2) From Chuck at Chosita del Surf Shop in Jaco -

AREA WAVE HEIGHTS AND CONDITIONS - Tamano de las olas
y condiciones:
Surf today is running 3-5 ft faces and with some
bigger sets, a bit funky bumpy but tides are right so
go surfing! Las olas hoy son unos 3-5 pies de cara y
un poquito rato con multiple picos por todos lados
pero tenemos un buen marea paor aqui , vamos a
surfear!

WHAT TO EXPECT THIS WEEKEND (weather and waves) - Que
va a pasar este fin de semana (clima y olas):
Parece que las olas estan creciendo y telvais va a
mejorar hoy por lo menos va estar mas limpio! Seems
like the waves are coming up a bit more today and hope
it will clean up as well !

BEST PLACE TO SURF THIS WEEKEND IN YOUR AREA - El
mejor lugar a surfear este fin de semana en su area:
If the surf stays sizable check Escon or even
Esterillos in the early a.m. sorry Tom ? Hah Hah , Si
las olas sige asi puede surfiar Escon o talvez
Esterillos Oeste !

NEWS AND UPCOMING EVENTS- Noticias y dias especiales:
Crowds and airfare are down so its a great time to
visit Costa Rica, give your local travel agent a call
and see just how cheap it can be and then call us for
a pickup at the airport and a great place to stay and
a lot of fun ! Thanks Chuck !

3)Tommy at Fuego del Sol in Playa Hermosa -

The waves are bigger today and out of the south. There
are a couple makeable ones that look fun in Hermosa,
but alot of closeouts. We surfed further in the bay,
and caught good head high barrels near Caldera. High
tide is around 9:00AM this morning. Esterillos will
have some good bowls, too, this morning for the high
tide. Our in house pros are Dennis Christopher and
Tobit McLean. They are doing their Endless 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

QUEPOS & MANUEL ANTONIO

see the national report above

DOMINICAL & SOUTHERN PACIFIC

4) From Jason and Carla at Green Iguana Surf Camp in
Dominical:

AREA WAVE HEIGHTS AND CONDITIONS - Tamano de las olas
y condiciones:
Waves are big and closing out at the Dominical
beackbreak. Double overhead+

WHAT TO EXPECT THIS WEEKEND (weather and waves) - Que
va a pasar este fin de semana (clima y olas):
The conditions are going to be about the same for the
next few days. As far as the weather, it is nice and
sunny in the mornings and rainy in the afternoons,
which is normal for this time of year.

BEST PLACE TO SURF THIS WEEKEND IN YOUR AREA - El
mejor lugar a surfear este fin de semana en su area:
Dominicalito & the "Point".

NEWS AND UPCOMING EVENTS- Noticias y dias especiales:
100 chickens! Yes, the Surfrider Foundation's
Dominical chapter is going to be selling
one hundred chickens over the weekend of October 20th
& 21st to raise funds for the
local lifeguards. There is a surf contest over that
weekend, so if you want more info e-mail us at
admin@greeniguanasurfcamp.com
Click here for the pic of the beach-
http://www.greeniguanasurfcamp.com/conditions.html

CARIBBEAN

5) From Erika at Ciber Cafe in Puerto Viejo -

En este momento esta lluviendo mucho!!! Me da risa
porque hoy me fui a la playa e todavia tengo arena a
dentro las orejas...e un pochito me duele ... En este
momento esta lluviendo mucho e la olas esta mas o
menos. Un saluto!