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A lot of spray for a small day. Surfer: Forrest Folger
Photo: Tony Roberts

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NATIONAL FORECAST

11/24 - 11/30	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday	Sunday	Monday
Caribbean	overhead	chest to head	waist high	knee to waist	knee high	knee to waist	knee to waist
North Pacific	chest high	overhead	head high	chest to head	chest high	chest high	chest high
South Pacific	head high	1 foot overhead	overhead	chest to head	chest to head	head high	head high
Breakdown: Caribbean Coast - An ENE swell pumps in overhead surf on Tuesday but drops in size by the end of the day. It gets another foot smaller each day through the week down to knee to waist peelers for the weekend. More NE swell on the horizon. Pacific Coast - It's a combo SW plus WNW swell that arrives late Tuesday with some head high plus sets towards the evening. Then on Wednesday it's overhead at the most popular spots with plenty of set waves to go around. The swell fades a foot for Thanksgiving, and then another on Friday, but the period extends to 14 seconds. For the weekend background West and South swells push in head high sets. The Long Shot - By next Wednesday the Pacific will get more head high South swell and some long period chest high sets from the West. * The forecast is made using over a decade of wave model and report analysis, but can't be accurate 100% of the time. To do your own, use our links.

Congratulations to our CRSURF Eco-T-Shirt winners for September and October - Francisco Lopez and Bryan Barfield !!

ISA Billabong World Surfing Games in Playa Hermosa - July 31 to August 9

Click here for our daily photo gallery of the event..

11/15: Costa Rica and Jason Torres make history as both earn the country's first ever silver medals at IX Pan American Surfing Games in Brazil. Read More ...

11/14: Quinto día de competencia, Bahía - Brasil Jair Pérez se metió a las semifinales del Panamericano de Surf. Read more...

11/11: Jason Torres, Carlos Munoz, Jair Perez enter top 10 at IX Pan American surfing games in Brazil. Read more...

11/9: Costa Rica has Powerful Start at Ix Pan American Surfing Games in Brazil. Six Ticos Move on to Round 2 Open, Junior. Jairo Pėrez Earns Highest Combo of the Day With 13.00 in the Open. See who's in Round Two.

11/7: Costa Rica Selects National Team for Ix Pan American Surfing Games in Ilhėus, Bahia, Brazil. See the Costa Rica Selection.

11/2: Jason Torres wins Open Division and $500 at the Sol Surf 09 in Manuel Antonio. Read more.. (en español)

10/25: Costa Rican Team wins the Central American Surf Championship in El Salvador and take a First Place Sweep in All Five Categories! Read more and see pics..

The Costa Rican surf team will be competing in Olivenca, Bahia, Brasil for the Pan-American Surfing Games from November 7-15. Vamos Ticos!

Upcoming event: The 2009 Pura Vida No Pro will be held Nov. 21 at the Pelican Hotel in Esterillos Este. This event began in 2002 when a group of surfers came together to introduce the sport of surfing to kids from the orphanage in San José. For more information, visit www.puravidanopro.com.

Upcoming event: The Reef Classic Surf contest organized by ALAS (Latin American Surf Tour) will be held December 4-6 in Jaco with $20,000 in prizes!

Upcoming event: The first date of the Circuito Nacional de Surf is planned for December 12-13 in Playa Hermosa. Stay tuned for more details.

10/7: After years of neglect in the sport of Surf Limon found a veteran surfers the best solution.. forming the Asociacion Costarricense de Surf del Caribe. Read more..

Upcoming event: 11/28 and 29. The Jaco Surfing Association is putting together a contest to promote student/surfers and education. It will have all age groups from grade school thru University competing in their prospective age groups, students will have to bring letters from the school directors or their last grades to be allowed to compete. Prizes will be donated by Local businesses and will range from weekends in Local Hotels –new surfboards – dinners for 2 etc. The contest will be held at the Best Western Jaco Beach. Contest dates are November 28th-29th, the group will also be organizing at the Bar El Muelle in the Jaco Beach a costume party with great prizes as well for the best dressed Halloweeners! This is going to be a fun one and we already have the permissions and over 5K in sponsorship [donations] and will be attended by many of the representatives of the surfing commercial world and of course some them will be looking for new team riders. Bring your crew but start putting your crew together now, registration will be limited to some 150 students only and all will be pre-registered , no on site registration allowed. For more info contact us or Selena at drselejaco (at) hotmail.com.

8/27 - Billabong ISA World Surfing Games Breaks Records. Read more..

8/23 - Results from the Puerto Viejo Open - August 15th.. CLICK FOR PHOTOS!
Open:
1st - Jordan Hernandez ($350 + All Ocean surfboard)
2nd - Kemba Bu ($200)
3rd - Misael Brown ($100)
Grommets:
1st - Ian Gagstater ($200 + All Ocean surfboard)
2nd - Carlos Brown ($100)
3rd - Dario Menendez y Kendral Rose
Airshow: Jordan Hernandez (TigerLand Surfboard)

8/12 - United States Team wins Billabong ISA World Surfing Games, Costa Rica places in Seventh. Read more..
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OUR LATEST FLYER..

British journalist Michael Dixon was last seen leaving his hotel Villas Macondo in Playa Tamarindo at 09:00 am on October 19 and has been reported missing. He was wearing shorts, a tee-shirt and carrying a blue hotel towel. Anyone with any information is asked to contact David on the following numbers (506) 2681 4062 or on (506) 8896 4120 or email. See more info here..

Airfare Specials!!
New York to SJO	Taca is running a special for $265 RT on select dates.
MIA to SJO	American Airlines - $235 RT Travel select Mondays-Thursdays Until February 4th, 2010
FLL to SJO	Spirit Air - $110.00 Purchase by 9:59 AM ET on November 5, 2009. Travel from FLL 1/12, 1/19, 2/5, 2/8. Travel from SJO 1/21, 2/1, 2/2, 2/5
MCO to SJO	New flights from TACA! Orlando to San Jose via Salvador: MCO-SAL 6:00AM - 7:45AM SAL-SJO 8:35AM - 9:45AM San jose back to orlando via Salvador: SJO-SAL 5:25PM - 6:35PM SAL-MCO 7:20PM - 11:05PM
Check out our FAVORITES page with Facebook, MySpace, and YouTube links to our favorite businesses and non-profits!
??!! Missing persons Alert !!?? 8/9 - After several months of work, the National Tourism Chamber (CANATUR) has unveiled two new digital maps of Costa Rica. Click here to view the maps.. Upcoming Event: Safari Surf School's “Surf Fit” Camp with Pete Estabrooks November 1st - 8th, 2009. Get your early bird discount! --> Spaces still available on the Witchs Rock Surf Camp boat, cruising around the Osa Peninsula. $300 per person per day gets you everything - food, drinks, board rental, and the best boat trip of your life. Mention CRSURF and you can surf for only $250/day. Make your reservation now.. ~Check out the NEW travel report~

Bus Schedules for ALL Central America

Sign the Petition to stop airlines from charging for surfoards!

NOW Fully Customizable Surf Trips to meet every budget and skill level !!

The Latest Scoop on Boardbag Fees

Featured Hotel Reviews for Surfers

Here is a great new report on backpacker hostels, from www.amcostarica.com

Check out a cool aerial view of the Southwest and Northwest Pacific coastline at www.vrskytour.com

If you're wondering, where is that POLL?
Check here..
(We'll have a new one up shortly)

Travel Articles - (international)

- One small step for you, one clever step for your money
- The Best Activity Holidays Around

Other Travel Specials

* 10% off surf camp packages at Green Iguana Surf Camp for all of October
* up to a 30% discount from Costa Rica Surf Charters - boat trips to Witchs and Ollies and even Nicaragua!
* 25% discount at Anamar's EcoTours in Quepos for bookings in October
* 10% discount at WavesCR Surf Camps

Also, check out Tamarindo Homepage, the Tamarindo Beach Business Directory.



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Here's the NOAA Central America Wave Model for the next 5 days...

Thanks to the crew at Scripps and www.lajollasurf.org

Central America and Caribbean Wave Model

LIVE SURF CAM FOR NOSARA!!
from NosaraSurfCam.com

Jaco/Hermosa Daily Report
From DevadProductions.com

11/21 - Jaco sunset session

David McNeill of DevadProductions.com offers you surfing photo sessions from $100. Pricing negotiable for more people and more than one session scheduled.

This table shows when the coasts are best to surf throughout the year on a 1 to 10 scale. (10 is the best) The chart does not factor in crowds or "El Niño", just general wind conditions, swell direction, and wave size. For more info, check on the FAQs and Research pages.
	NW Pacific	Central Pacific	South Pacific	Caribe
January	8	5	5	9
February	9	6	5	10
March	9	6	7	9
April	8	7	8	6
May	8	6	7	4
June	7	7	7	2
July	7	7	8	2
August	7	8	8	2
September	7	8	8	4
October	7	9	9	5
November	6	6	5	7
December	7	5	5	8

TOP Videos

NO TUNA FARMS! - This documentary is part of Pretoma's "No Tuna Farms" campaign. Andy Bystrom makes the trip down to Costa Rica's southern Pacific coast and hikes out to the proposed site of a tuna farm project that would disrupt the pristine state of the area's natural resources, artisan fishing, and eco tourism based economy. The community is against the tuna farms and is trying to organize a referendum to stop the potential destruction.

808 - Blue Scholars - Vid from da Islands!

Carton Surfboards team riders video at the Billabong ISA World Surfing Games.

If you are looking for a reason to surf in Costa Rica - check out this SurfMag.com video!

The Inaugural LOST... Surf Jam just posted up a video on Surfline.com. Check it..

16mm Reels - A taste of Central America - Puerto Viejo barrels from 2007

Costa Rica Surf Video Evolucion from Jacosun.com

A Tale of Entanglement - Why we must never forget why littering is a big deal, and why we must teach others not to do it.

From the Osa Coalition - Video showing the destruction of Playa Preciosa on the Osa Peninsula by the Costa Rican government

LEGENDS CONTEST in Playa Hermosa - a barrel fest!

Video demonstrating the problem that communities all over Costa Rica - the loss of water quality and quantity. From CAVU, covering Uvita and the Osa Peninsula. En Espanol (with English subtitles)

Pineapple Kayak Tours - Dominical - This pictorial shows how life passes in Dominical and the tours offered by this locally run business.

Playa Carmen Surf Contest - 2007
from Macao Films

Gilbert Brown surfing the Mentawais - from Core Magazine and Tony Roberts

YouTube favorites

See the Hacienda Baru Olive Ridley Turtles hatchery. Read the article about the kids' experience.

Frank Paladino talks about the plight of the Leatherback Turtles in Playa Grande

2008 Legalize It Pro in Puerto Viejo

Marisa Miller in Costa Rica

International tourism operators disfavor elimination of Las Baulas National Park in Costa Rica. Read More ...

Surfrider Beach Cleanup on November 14th: Meet at the recycling tent at 9 a.m. this Saturday.

11/11: The Corcovado Foundation hosted their 5th Annual Gormet Night with Fine Wines. October 24th, 7 p.m. at the Art Gallery at the Children's Museum. It was a huge success, raising over $7,000. Read the Foundation's thank you letter and see photos here..

Tamarindo Recycling Day is November 13th and 14th! The muni will collect reyclables from the bins from 7-9 a.m. on the 13th. And help paint bins Sat. from 9-noon in front of Aqua Discoteque.

Here is Leilani McGonagle's letter (young surfer from Pavones) to our president in Costa Rica against the tuna farm proposal in the southern zone. If you are against this project as well, please take time to forward her letter along to all your email contacts and write a quick email to let our officials here know you are against it. Below are a few emails where your opinions can be sent emails: lsolis@casapres.go.cr (president of CR) ministrominae@minae.go.cr (government body in charge of natural resources and conservation) mobando@ict.go.cr (tourism board)

“The other day I went surfing here in Pavones. It was such a beautiful day. The water was clear and pretty. I saw a manta ray jumping, a pelican diving in for his breakfast, and a sea turtle floating by. When I went under the water, I could hear the whales singing. Have you ever heard whales? They sing the most beautiful songs! As I came up from under the water, I had a terrible thought… Will there come a day when this Gulf that I love so much be so contaminated from the tuna farms that the manta rays will no longer jump? Will there be a day that the pelicans no longer come here to fish for their breakfast? Will there be a day that the turtles no longer want to lay their eggs on our beaches? Will there be a day when the whales no longer want to come and sing their sweet songs?
I hope with all my heart that this day will never come! This is why I am writing you today. I am asking you to please, please help us to stop the tuna farms from coming here!!! Please use all your power as president to stop this project from contaminating our beautiful Golfo Dulce.

Thank you for you time,
Leilani McGonagle
PS. I heard you recently were sick with Swine Flu. I hope you are feeling better!”

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Recycling locations on the southern Pacific coast, set up by the Nature Conservancy.

Latin American Surf Tour's - Seven Ways to Help the Planet (in Spanish)

Check out the new website for Surfrider's Tamarindo Chapter

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NATIONAL FORECAST

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LIVE SURF CAM FOR NOSARA!!
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Jaco/Hermosa Daily Report
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