Costa Rica's Weekly Surf Report for March 7, 2003

Costa Rica's Weekly Surf Report
Volume 6, Issue 184
March 7, 2003

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.

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

High Tide - 8.22 ft. at 5:33 AM
Low Tide - .33 ft. at 11:32 AM

NATIONAL FORECAST

Pacific - Southwest swell is here for the weekend, surf head high to
2 foot overhead and clean. Should drop off by Sunday morning, and
will be two feet smaller by Monday. FOr the rest of next week, waves
waist to shoulder high up north, headhigh to a foot overhead for the
central and southern coasts. Great morning seshes, but watch out for
an early wind switch to onshore.

Caribbean - Surf remains 2-3 foot overhead on the sets, and stays
consistent until next Tuesday. By Tuesday morning it will drop 2 feet
and by Wednesday afternoon be back to head high surf.

SPONSORS by Area

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

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

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

Tropico Latino Lodge (640-0062
in Santa Teresa
troplat@...

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

Fuego del Sol Hotel (643-2078
in Playa Hermosa
solsurf@...

Escuela D'Amore (777-1143)
in Manuel Antonio
damore@...

South Coast Realty (787-0005,
fax: 787-0006) in Dominical
info@...

Adventure Education Center (787-0023)
in Dominical
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Hotel Diuwak (787-0087
fax 787-0089) in Dominical
diuwak@...

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

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

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

Roca Verde Hotel (787-0036
fax 787-0013) in Dominical
info@...

Cabinas Casa Verde (750-0015
fax 750-0047) in Puerto Viejo
info@...

Century 21 (787-0138 /
fax: 787-0139) in Dominical
bill@...

Coldwell Banker / Dominical Realty (787-0116) in Dominical
daveed@...

Hotel Cariblue (750-0057)
in Cocles (Puerto Viejo)
cariblue@...

AREA REPORTS

NICOYA (N)

** From Diane, the best surf instructor in Tamarindo -

AREA WAVE HEIGHTS AND CONDITIONS - Tamano de las olas y condiciones:
High tides this week have been extremely high, making mid-tide in
Tamarindo preferable to high tide. Waves max out at around shoulder
high, then drop and become smaller as the water level increases. It's
been super-hot with off-shores lasting only until 9-11 AM. Las mareas
en esta semana han sido altisimas, haciendo que en Tamarindo, la
media marea tenga olas mejores que la marea alta. Las olas llegan al
hombro lo mas, pero se hacen mas pequenas mientras suba la marea. Ha
sido demasiado caliente con vientos off-shore solamente hasta las 9 -
11 de la manana.

WHAT TO EXPECT THIS WEEKEND (weather and waves) - Que va a pasar este
fin de semana (clima y olas):
Get up early this weekend and surf the waves before the wind
switches. It's hard to say what to expect since the wind is behaving
so uncharacteristically. I am sure that whatever we get is going to
be the best in the early morning. Levantese temprano este fin de
semana y surfea las olas antes de que se cambie el viento. Es dificil
predicir con el viento siendo tan extrano. Estoy segura de que lo que
tengamos sera lo mejor en la manana temprano.

BEST PLACE TO SURF THIS WEEKEND IN YOUR AREA - El mejor lugar a
surfear este fin de semana en su area:
I think this weekend has a lot of potential. Playa Grande should be
very good in the morning, along with the beach break in Avellanas.
Langosta should be better later in the morning and the Tamarindo
beach break will be good at sun-up. Creo que este fin de semana tiene
muchas posibilidades. Playa Grande sera muy buena en la manana, y
tambien el beach break en Avellanas. Langosta sera buena en las
manana mas tarde y el beach break en Tamarindo sera bueno al amanecer.

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

AREA WAVE HEIGHTS AND CONDITIONS - Tamano de las olas y condiciones:
The early morning, light off shore, session on Thurs. was shoulder to
head high with good, consistent form. The sand bars are less than
what they could be and are shortening the tidal windows and length of
rides.

WHAT TO EXPECT THIS WEEKEND (weather and waves) - Que va a pasar este
fin de semana (clima y olas):
The tides are perfect for the weekend and the wind is beginning to
cooperate finally with the possibility of double sessions.

BEST PLACE TO SURF THIS WEEKEND IN YOUR AREA - El mejor lugar a
surfear este fin de semana en su area:
The entire bay has some surf with the breaks in front of the hotel as
the main focus.

JACO & HERMOSA

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

Local Climate: Sunny, Air Temp: 97f, Water Temp: 87f, Wave Height &
Direction: SW 2-4ft. (back of the wave) Wind: South, 0-5 mph Sunrise:
5:57AM Sunset: 5:48 PM Good Waves, it's picking up again. we are
looking at another good weekend with swell predictions in the 6 foot
range from the south at 200-210 degrees getting real big by next
Monday March 10, PURA VIDA!!!! Costa Rica Extended Forecast. We are
looking forward to be recieving surf from the Southwest in the area
six feet plus at the best spots backing down after This Sunday.

** From Chuck at Chosita del Surf in Jaco -

AREA WAVE HEIGHTS AND CONDITIONS - Tamano de las olas y condiciones:
Thursady evening surf , a bit of a trying to glass off but to no
avail ! Height of 3 to 5 ft faces but still no glass in the
afternoons , a couple of days ago it got pretty fun and the tides are
right on so heres hoping !Jueves en la tarde fue no tan mal ni tan
bueno pero las olas de 3 a 5 pies de frente y con un poco de viento!

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

NEWS AND UPCOMING EVENTS- Noticias y dias especiales:
Terraza is back in the show with a nite contest today!Terraza esta de
vuelta con un torneo de noche hoy !

QUEPOS & MANUEL ANTONIO

DOMINICAL & SOUTHERN PACIFIC

CARIBBEAN

see the national report above