Costa Rica's Weekly Surf Report for November 8, 2002

Costa Rica's Weekly Surf Report
Volume 5, Issue 170
November 8th, 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.

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.

1st Surf Contest of the National Circuit, November 16-17th
in Playa Negra! Check the website www.surfingcr.com for
rules and signup info.

Next SURFRIDER meeting in Dominical - November 14th,
4:30p.m., at Thrusters! Beach cleanup at 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.

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

High Tide - (-.87) ft. at 11:05 AM
Low Tide - 9.36 ft. at 5:23 PM

NATIONAL FORECAST

Pacific - Swells arriving from all directions this week.
Surf will be in the chest high range for the weekend and
then slowly increasing up to 1 foot overhead by Tuesday.
Surf stays bigger Wednesday and then drops slowly back to
stomach to chest high for next weekend. Morning high tides
should help the form at the beachbreaks.

Caribbean - The eastern coast looks small for the weekend,
maybe some waist high surf at the beachbreaks. Then on
Monday afternoon a slight increase will be noticeable and
by Wednesday surf should be chest high with some nice sets
flowing in from the ESE. It starts dropping Thursday and is
back to waist high by Friday.


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 Diane at Robert August Surf Shop in Tamarindo -

SIZE AND CONDITIONS:
The waves have been small all week--around waist high in
all of Tamarindo. Last Sunday was a gorgeous blue
summer day with off-shores all day long. The week has been
more a mix of summer and winter with inconsistant winds,
patchy rain and blue skys in between. At the moment we have
the wind on shore and a lot of chop. Las olas eran pequenas
toda la semana--a la cintura en todo Tamarindo. El domingo
pasado era un lindo dia azul de verano con vientos
off-shore todo el dia. La semana tuvo una mezcla de verano
con invierno con los vientos cambiandose, lluvias cortas
entre cielos azules. Al momento, tenemos el viento on-shore
y mucha desorganizacion.

THIS WEEKEND:
I don't mean to be always predicting gloom and doom, but
virtual bouy reports for us for this weekend have the set
waves rolling in at about waist high. The good news is they
should hold up fine in the predicted off- shore wind. No
quiero siempre estar trayendo malas noticias, pero un bouy
virtual cerca de nosotros esta pronosticando un fin de
semana con los sets a la cintura. La buena noticia es que
tendran buena forma en los vientos off-shore que
pronostican.

BEST PLACE TO SURF:
Hmmm. Best TIME to surf will be mid incoming tide as the
high tides are far too high for the lack of swell. I
recommend Avellanas and Playa Grande, especially as what
swell we have is coming from the south. El mejor HORA para
surfear sera a la media marea entrante porque las mareas
altas son demasiado altas para tan poquito swell. Yo
recomiendo Playa Avellanas y Playa Grande, especialmente
como el swell que hay viene del sur.

** From Louis at Hotel Las Tortugas in Playa Grande -

AREA WAVE HEIGHTS AND CONDITIONS - Tamano de las olas y
condiciones:
Small and clean with the tides falling in the morning and
late afternoon making for some nice glassy sessions.
However, the waves are pretty small though there is an
occasional decent chest high wave that comes through.

WHAT TO EXPECT THIS WEEKEND (weather and waves) - Que va a
pasar este fin de semana (clima y olas):
The word is that we may have a new swell coming. That would
make for some fun weekend surf and doublesessions at
Grande.

BEST PLACE TO SURF THIS WEEKEND IN YOUR AREA - El mejor
lugar a surfear este fin de semana en su area:
Tha main peak at Grande as that's really the only place the
swell is getting in right now.

** From Joe at Witches Rock Surf Camp in Tamarindo -

AREA WAVE HEIGHTS AND CONDITIONS -
This has been the first week of crap surf in quite a while.
Not much to report here boss.

WHAT TO EXPECT THIS WEEKEND (weather and waves) -
As the weather report shows a slight increase this weekend,
everyone is watching the GIANT freaking NW swell off the
northwest coast of the US....dont' know if this is too
north to make it here, if it is Witch's Rock will be off
the hook.

BEST PLACE TO SURF THIS WEEKEND IN YOUR AREA -
Playa Grande or Witch's Rock for the high tide, Ollie's
Point on the low. Ollie's Point, by the way, has actually
had fun chest-high surf despite the flat spell thats taken
over the rest of the Costa Rican world. If you can get to
Ollie's, you'll have fun.


JACO & HERMOSA

** From Chuck at Chosita del Surf Shop in Jaco -

AREA WAVE HEIGHTS AND CONDITIONS - Tamano de las olas y
condiciones:
Hey Dudes ! It was fun and around chest high on sets with a
nice evening glass and yes Jaco likes extreme tides !
Cierto, era bonita y bastante , Olas del Pecho y bien
bonitas !

WHAT TO EXPECT THIS WEEKEND (weather and waves) - Que va a
pasar este fin de semana (clima y olas):
Maybe next week a bit of something wierd and good ? Talvais
esta semana un poco de algo bueno y bonito ? Watch for next
week or even if its possible for the contest next week at
Playa Negra ? Vamos a ver si hay olas para el torneo de
circuito la proximas fin de semana en Playa Negra !

BEST PLACE TO SURF THIS WEEKEND IN YOUR AREA - El mejor
lugar a surfear este fin de semana en su area:
Come surf with me but bring your longboard ! Venga a
surfiar con migo ,pero traiga "el longboard" ! Ciao y
Gracias por prestando mi esta tierra por esta tiempo ! Su
Amigo , CHUCK !!

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

Local Climate: Slight Overcast, Air Temp: 91f, Water Temp:
85f, Wave Height & Direction: SW 1-3 feet
Wind: Very Still 0 mph Good Morning, Waves are up and we
are surfing! Costa Rica Extended Forecast-
Clean and Perfect little 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 in the waist to chest high range, with a bigger
set every twenty minutes. Finky conditions with a big tide
change.

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

The weekend should clean up a little and get a little
bigger. Hopefully the winds will stay offshore alittle
longer in the morning.

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

Bring a longboard whereeveryou go to catch the most surf.

NEWS AND UPCOMING EVENTS- Noticias y dias especiales:

Good luck to Ronnie, Jose, and Jenny at the contest in
Negra! 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