Costa Rica's Weekly Surf Report for November 1, 2002

Costa Rica's Weekly Surf Report
Volume 5, Issue 169
November 1st, 2002

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.

THE NEWS! New Surfos mag out with contest dates - next one
at Playa Negra on November 23. 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. Website of the week - www.leatherback.org -
Learn about projects that the protect the turtles visiting
Playa Grande!

Have a question? We have answers! Send a note to
info@crsurf.com before your next trip to get the info on
waves, boards, and places to stay.

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

Low Tide - 1.08 ft. at 5:29 PM
High Tide - 7.76 ft. at 11:25 AM


NATIONAL FORECAST

Pacific - West-southwest swell sticks around for the
weekend up north, but down south it stays smaller, in the
chest to head high range. Dawn patrols at point breaks and
p.m. sessions at the backyard beachbreaks are the call.
Swells fade out by Monday leaving waist to chest conditions
until a straight South arrives next Wednesday pushing surf
up to chest to head high with maybe a sneaker overhead set.

Caribbean - No wave-relief for the weekend, but it appears
a small groundswell is setting up for Monday with small
surf, waist high, growing to some chest high sets by next
Thursday.

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

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)

(new) Hotel Terraza del Pacifico (643-3222 fax: 643-3424)
in Playa Hermosa
terraza@racsa.co.cr

Remax/Gold Coast Realty (654-4919 fax 654-4184) in Playa
Flamingo
salescostarica@sol.racsa.co.cr

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

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

AREA REPORTS

NICOYA (N)

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

AREA WAVE HEIGHTS AND CONDITIONS - Tamano de las olas y
condiciones:
Our waves are small right now but have nice shape when the
wind stays off them. Winds have been shifty, especially
since this last part of the week we've had rain at dawn and
throughout the day. With the westward shift in the swells,
the rivermouth has had waves rolling all over the
place--small, but beautiful and everywhere! Las olas aqui
estan pequenas ahora pero con buena forma cuando los
vientos permitan. Los vientos se cambian mucho,
especialmente en esta parte final de la semana cuando ha
estado lloviendo al amanecer. Con el swell mas del oeste,
la boca del rio tiene olas por todas partes--pequenas, pero
lindas y tantas!

WHAT TO EXPECT THIS WEEKEND (weather and waves) - Que va a
pasar este fin de semana (clima y olas):
Predictions don't show much of a size increase, but they
show the wind switching steady off-shore on Sunday so let's
cross our fingers! El pronostico no tiene olas mas grandes
pero dice que el viento se hace fijo off-hore el domingo
asi que cruzemos los dedos!

BEST PLACE TO SURF THIS WEEKEND IN YOUR AREA - El mejor
lugar a surfear este fin de semana en su area:
Old Man's and Henry's--spots near the Tamarindo
Circle--break on a west swell so we might see some waves
there. Best will likely be the Tamarindo estuary with that
sandbar set by the winter's south swells. Old Man's y
Henry's--lugares cerca del centro de Tamarindo--tienen olas
en los swelles oestes asi que pueden haber olas alli. Lo
mejor probablemente sera el estero en Tamarindo con el
sandbar puesto por los swelles sur del invierno.

JACO & HERMOSA


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

Local Climate: Sunny Air Temp: 83f, Water Temp: 85f, Wave
Height & Direction: South 2-3 feet, Wind: 0 mph,
High Tide: 10:18 AM / 7.67 ft, Buenas, It is low tide clean
and Perfect. Costa Rica Extended Forecast - Small Waves.
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 are waist to head high and chunky, but not with much
form.

WHAT TO EXPECT THIS WEEKEND (weather and waves) - Que va a
pasar este fin de semana (clima y olas):
It is expected to clean up in the mornings with more
offshores, but the low tide might make the set waves close
out.

BEST PLACE TO SURF THIS WEEKEND IN YOUR AREA - El mejor
lugar a surfear este fin de semana en su area:
Make a boat trip up in Guanacaste. The beachbreak will be
fun, but smaller.

NEWS AND UPCOMING EVENTS- Noticias y dias especiales:
Election day in the states is November 5th. Check your
reps. environmental record and vote for the planet!
Surfrider meeting at Thrusters - November 14th, 4:30 p.m.

CARIBBEAN

see the national report above