Costa Rica's Weekly Surf Report for August 2nd, 2002

WE ARE ABOUT TO CELEBRATE OUR 4TH YEAR OF SURF REPORTING IN
COSTA RICA! Send us a line to tell us how we're doing and
what you would like to see for year #5! info@crsurf.com

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.

July 27th - August 7th - Robert August & Wingnut will be
hosting the Surf and Turf (Golf) festivities at the Best
Western - Tamarindo Vista Villas. It's the party of the
year!

Rabbit Kekai's TOES on the NOSE contest and Women's
Longboard Championships set for August 6-12 in Boca
Barranca!

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. Next meeting in
Dominical - August 6th, 7p.m., at the panaderia!


TIDES *for Friday - add 50 min. each day after

High Tide - 7.78 ft. at 8:57 AM
Low Tide - 2.08 ft. at 3:12 PM

NATIONAL FORECAST

Pacific - No, the occasional rumble is not just the 1-2
overhead surf pounding the beach, there have been a couple
of minor earthquakes, too. But the waves aren't quitting,
just dropping off a little this Sunday, back to head high
to overhead with a 15 second period. Then by Monday it
grows by another foot, coming from the SSW with a 14 second
period. Another drop off on Thursday and Friday, and then
WHAM - another SSSW (190) swell fills in with surf in the
1-3 foot overhead range. Check those south-facing beaches
from Saturday to next Tuesday.

Caribbean - Another ENE wind swell is kicking up surf in
the waist to chest high range for the weekend, with maybe a
bigger set sneaking in. It picks up to a solid chest high
by Tuesday, before dropping back down to knee to waist for
next weekend. A good time to check out the Pacific coast.


SPONSORS by Area

Hotel Las Tortugas (653-0423) in Playa Grande
surfegg@cool.co.cr

Robert August Surf Shop (653-0114) in Tamarindo
rasurfshop@yahoo.com

Witches Rock Surf Camp (670-1138) in Tamarindo and Playas
del Coco
witchsrock@hotmail.com

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

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

Fuego del Sol Hotel (643-2078) solsurf@sol.racsa.co.cr in
Playa Hermosa

Escuela D'Amore (777-1143) in Manuel Antonio
damore@sol.racsa.co.cr

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

Hotel Diuwak (787-0087 fax 787-0089) in Dominical
www.diuwak.com or diuwak@racsa.co.cr

Villas Rio Mar (787-0052 fax 787-0054) in Playa Dominical
www.villasriomar.com or info@villasriomar.com

Third World Productions Surf Camp, Trips, & Photography
thirdworldproductionscr@yahoo.com (643-1064)

Tico Travel - Surf Trips (1-800-493-8426)
info@ticotravel.com

Roca Verde Hotel (787-0036 fax 787-0013) in Dominical
http://www.hotelrocaverde.com or info@hotelrocaverde.com

Cabinas Casa Verde (750-0015 fax 750-0047) in Puerto Viejo
http://www.cabinascasaverde.com or
info@cabinascasaverde.com

(new) Century 21/ Dos Hermanos Realty (787-0138 / FAX:
787-0139) in Dominical
http://www.dhrrealty.com or james@dhrrealty.com

Dominical Homes / Dominical Realty (787-0116) in Dominical
email: daveed@dominicalrealty.com

Gold Coast Realty (654-4447) in Playa Grande
demyen@racsa.co.cr


AREA REPORTS

NICOYA (N)

** From Diana at Robert August Surf Shop in Tamarindo -

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

What a great week! There have been shoulder to overhead
waves all over town. The river mouth has been rideable at
all tides for several days, Pico Pequeno swarming with
short boards and even Capitan Suizo has been head high.
Wow! A few onshore afternoons, but generally even the wind
has been cooperative. Que buena semana! Han habido olas del
hombro hasta sobre la cabeza en todas partes. La boca del
rio ha sido surfeable a todas mareas por varios dias, Pico
Pequeno esta lleno de short boards y hasta el Capitan Suizo
ha tenia olas de a la cabeza.

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

Expect to surf a lot! There's no bad time to go to the
rivermouth and surf with Robert, Wingnut and co. who are
here for the surf n' turf. Espere surfear mucho! No hay un
tiempo malo para ir a la boca del rio y surfear con Robert
y Wingnut quienes estan aqui para el surf n' turf.

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

The rivermouth! There are lefts, rights, barrels, whatever
you want. Suizo also sounds like it's worth the walk. La
boca del rio! Hay derechas, izquierdas, tuboss, lo que
usted quiera. El Suizo suena que vale la caminata tambien.

NEWS AND UPCOMING EVENTS- Noticias y dias especiales:

Saturday we're celebrating Wingnut's birthday with a great
big party by the pool! El sabado celebramos el cumpleanos
de Wingnut con una gran fiesta por la piscina!

* From Louis at Hotel Las Tortugas in Playa Grande -

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

We've had great waves off and on all week when the
intermitant offshores blew. Yesterday it was offshore all
morning for a great overhead and a half to double overhead
session. A few of us drove down the service road to the
Tamarindo River mouth and surfed some shoulder high,
offshore sets as the tide rose in the afternoon. The wind
switched to onshore for the second session just as the tide
got right at Playa Grande point in the afternoon. We were
all pretty surfed out anyway. This morning the swell
relaxed a bit and made for a great glassy morning session.
There were a lot of heavy barrels and spitting waves. I
surfed alone for hours this morning at the main peak and
with a hand full of friends yesterday. Where is everybody?

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

The swell is strong and the offshores which are the
critical element are blowing every few days. As this swell
cleans up we should see some great morning surf with the
perfect mid morning high tides.

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

As the swell drops, the main peak in Playa Grande will
become the focus. If it gets bigger or sloppier, try the
rivermouth just 3 min. to the south on the service road.

* From Joe at Witches Rock Surf Camp in Tamarindo -

AREA WAVE HEIGHTS AND CONDITIONS -

This week has been amazing. Absolutely perfect conditions
at Ollies ALL WEEK LONG. Witch's has been firing too!!! So
good, offshore winds but not too heavy, just perfect
perfect waves.

WHAT TO EXPECT THIS WEEKEND (weather and waves) -

As if it couldn't get any better, as this swell finally
winds down, another replaces it and this weekend will show
the start of another week-long performance. The surf will
not get below head high at Witch's and Ollie's, and since
we're experiencing perfect offshore wind conditions, expect
more of what we've been surfing...perfect waves.

BEST PLACE TO SURF THIS WEEKEND IN YOUR AREA -

Witch's Rock on the mid-to-high tide, Ollie's on the
mid-to-low.

NEWS AND UPCOMING EVENTS-

Only four months until Thanksgiving, you'd better start
feeding that turkey.

JACO & HERMOSA

** From Chuck at Chosita del Surf in Jaco -

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

Wow Jaco still pretty big around 4-6 ft faces a bit heavy
with strong currents around ! Jaco todovia un poco grande
con olas 4-6 pies pero un poco fuerte y con corrientes
peligrosos !

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

Ojala se organiza las olas un poco , Domingo de la tarde
etavan muy buenas las olas y Lunes tambien pero los
ultiomos dias son mas tormentadas !Parece que va a bajar un
poco y telvais va a mejorara las condiciones! Hope Jaco
cleans up a bit we had some great surf for Sun-Teus. , Wed.
A.M. still was okay but today its juat all kinds of stormy
wierd closeouts !It does seem like its dropping a bit so ?

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

I believe that as the swell drops and the way the tides are
its going to be a HERMOSA weekend ! Just remember to be
super careful with your stuff, plenty of creeps looking for
the unsuspecting trustful surfer ! Don't be a sad statistic
, if you dont wear it or ride it leave it a your room !
Bueno parece como estan las mareas va estar un fin de
semana HERMOSA , pero con cuidado por hay unos cuantos
ladrones por all buscando sus cosas GRATIS! Si no esta
neccesario para surfiar deja las cosa en su habitacion !
Gracias y PURA VIDA , A FRIEND IN COSTA RICA CHUCK !

** From Tommy at Fuego del Sol in Playa Hermosa -

Local Climate: Sunny Skies, Air Temp: 90f, Water Temp: at
85f, Wave Height: 4-6ft.(back of the wave) Wave Direction
and Surface : Southwest and Clean , Tides :High Tide around
12AM @ 9 feet It is still bombing! So is everywhere else.
The Tree to Tulin is clean and way overhead and less
crowded. Upper Hermosa is more crowded with shoulder to
head high plus from Fuegos to Terrazzas . Spots like Boca
Barranca are also breaking for those of you getting ready
for the Rabbit Kekai Longboarding Championship Event.Also
"That Reef " and "The Rock" and all bigger spots . PURA
VIDA!!!! Dennis Christopher and Tobit McLean, are doing
their Endless Summer Surf Clinics in Playa Hermosa, so,
call Tobit for details and info 506 643 2078 or e-mail him
@ brisadelmar@ranchocoral.com or, Call Tommy in Esterillos
at (506) 778 8648 Pick up useful travel hints and current
weather and wave conditions here in Costa Rica catering to
Surfer's needs. http://ranchocoral.com. PURA VIDA!!!!

QUEPOS & MANUEL ANTONIO

see the national report above

DOMINICAL & SOUTHERN PACIFIC

** From Greg at the Adventure Education Center in
Dominical-

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

Waves this week were 2+ overhead on the sets, but not too
gnarly. Fun surf at the point at midtide too. Yesterday, it
dropped to a little overhead, but still fun. 5 broken
boards last week that I know of.

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

Saturday the surf will drop just a tad, still overhead and
fast, even good at dead high tide. By Sunday p.m., the next
SSW should start to show with some bigger sets every 15
minutes.

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

Beachbreak 2 hours before to an hour after hightide. Low
tide it has been barreling, but a lot of closeouts.

NEWS AND UPCOMING EVENTS- Noticias y dias especiales:

Next Surfrider Meeting, August 6th at 7 p.m. at the
panaderia. This one is to elect the board and form an
official association so if you are interested, call me at
787-0023! In September and October, Dominical has some of
the best waves of the year. Check out
www.adventurespanishschool.com to sign up for a place to
stay and get to practice your spanish with the locals in
the water. Email aecdominical@sol.racsa.co.cr for more
info.


CARIBBEAN

see the national report above