CR Surf Report for 5-14-07

Costa Rica's Weekly Surf Report
Volume 9, Issue 383
May 13th, 2007

NATIONAL FORECAST

Pacific - Consistent chest high surf with a few head high sets for Monday and Tuesday morning. By sunset, the sets disappear and by Wednesday, it's back to chest at best. Thursday morning the overhead sets arrive each hour, and by Friday every twenty minutes. Solid SSW swell, 1 to 2 foot overhead for the whole weekend. More swell from the SW to follow.

Caribbean - Don't expect it to be overhead, but chest high sets come in every half hour, and it's consistent waist high all week. Tuesday and Wednesday have the best chance for head high waves.

To do your own forecast - use our links at http://www.crsurf.com/surflink.html

TIDES for 5/13/07 (add ~50 min. each day)

High Tide - 8.61 feet at 11:29 a.m.
Low Tide - .64 feet at 5:46 p.m.

New Moon - 5/16

TOP NEWS

Costa Rica youth come in 14th out of 28 international teams at the ISA World Junior Games in Portugal. Standouts were Carlos Munoz, Jairo Perez and Natalie Bernold. For results, click here, and for photos go to www.isasurfing.org.

Costaricans for the Whales - Help the Whales by visiting this link and signing the petition asking the president to protect them.

Pura Mar Surf Shop for Sale - Own a surf shop in Tamarindo for $50K or best offer. Contact Diana for details at puramartamarindo@...

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** Surf Reporters **
Diana at PuraMar Surf School (653-1355) in Tamarindo - puramartamarindo@...
Hotel Las Tortugas (653-0423) in Playa Grande - surfegg@...
Chosita del Surf (643-1308, fax 643-3328) in Jaco - chucks@...
Rancho Coral (778-8648) in Esterillos - wearesurfing@...
Hotel Totem in Playa Cocles (750-0758) - totem368@...
Witchs Rock Surf Camp in Tamarindo - stephenmonticone@...
John Lyman Photography in Playa Negra - lymanphoto@...
Samara Surf School (656-0055) in Samara - jesse@...
Land Assurance (787-0291) in Dominical - info@...
Coconut Harrys (682-0574) in Playa Guiones - reyersteve@...

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AREA REPORTS (sent in on 5/12 or posted)

** From Joe at Witchs Rock Surf Camp in Tamarindo -(5/10)

The swell has finally dropped. Since we've had early morning and late afternoon high tides, the beach breaks have been best with waist to chest high surf at best. Yesterday (Wednesday) the swell picked up slightly but today its back down again. The wind has been nice in the mornings, even blowing offshore and opening up clean little barrels. Marbella through Negra has seen the most swell. Tamarindo has been pretty small but still fun. The forecast for the next few days is that the surf stays exactly the same size, so early morning and late afternoon surf sessions will be best until the offshore winds start picking up again. aloha..

** From photographer John Lyman, Lyman Photos in Playa Negra -

AREA WAVE HEIGHTS AND CONDITIONS - Tamano de las olas y condiciones: The waves have been in the fun head high range for the last couple days. Glassy sunny mornings with onshore winds coming up early. High clouds in the afternoons with rain showers in the early evenings.

WHAT TO EXPECT THIS WEEKEND (weather and waves) - Que va a pasar este fin de semana (clima y olas): Expect more of the same. Fun head high surf with glassy conditions.

BEST PLACE TO SURF THIS WEEKEND IN YOUR AREA - El mejor lugar a surfear este fin de semana en su area: It will be medium tide going high for these next few mornings so that will be the best time for Playa Negra. Get there early and beat the crowd and onshore wind.

NEWS AND UPCOMING EVENTS- Noticias y dias especiales: Check out the surf at Playa Negra today. www.lymanphotos.sbpix.com

** From Erik at SurfingNosara.com in Playa Guiones - (5/13)

Small fun surf this morning... waves in the waist to chest range with some fun sets pushing through, clean conditions...

Gabe Kling surfs against Kelly Slater in the Billabong Chopes contest today... Go Gabe!!!

** From Brice at Land Assurance in Dominical -

AREA WAVE HEIGHTS AND CONDITIONS: The waves are small but peaky...shoulder to head high. To small for high tide but they seem to be working at mid-tide. I've not been out in about 5 days but it looks like fun from the beach. There is rumor of a red tide, I was feeling sick, so I've stayed out of the water. I'm not sure how to know if a red tide is happening or not so I can't really confirm this.

WHAT TO EXPECT THIS WEEKEND (weather and waves): It might get a bump on Sunday but it looks pretty much like the same waves for a week or so.

BEST PLACE TO SURF THIS WEEKEND IN YOUR AREA: Anyplace but the point should be working. I'm not sure how big a red tide is and how far you have to travel to avoid it.