 Costa Rica's Weekly Surf Report ~ Volume 12, Issue 576 ~ February 7th, 2011 |
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PIC OF THE WEEK
Barreled in Avellanas ~ photo by: RAFA
Surf photographer for Costa Rica Surf Adventures
Last Day to Vote for Pretoma's "Development of economic partnerships between artisanal fisher folk and tourism operators", project (submitted by Andy Bystrom, Costa Rica, Guanacaste) has been selected as a finalist in the Ashoka Changemakers 2010 Geotourism Challenge: Places on the Edge - Saving Coastal and Freshwater Destinations. Read more
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Caribbean |
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North Pacific |
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South Pacific |
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TIDES for 2/8/11
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Low Tide: .60 feet at 11:59 a.m.
High Tide: 8.78 feet at 5:46 p.m.
Full Moon - February 18th
~ TIDE CHARTS FOR 2011 ~
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Check out Puro Surf - a TV show on Channel 11 in Jaco Costa Rica - also on Vimeo.
Tamarindo Recycles is on Facebook, so you can see what's on the eco-calendar.
TRAVEL --> This weekend is the Art Festival in the Central Park of Jaco and the Opening of Jaco's Learning Center (Bibiloteca de Jaco). For more info: see www.jacochamber.com
--> Stand Up Paddleboard and Yoga Retreat from Feb. 22-26 - check out the flyer first, then email us to make your reservations.
--> Envision Festival to be held in Marina Ballena National Park, next to Uvita on March 4th - 6th.
--> 15th Presidential Challenge of Costa Rica Billfish Tournament: Teams of three anglers, local and charter boats welcome, fundraiser for The Billfish Foundation, March 24-27th, in Playa Carrillo, Guanacaste.
--> Exchange Rate: BUY = 501 colones for $1 : SELL = 511 colones for $1
CONTESTS --> Ronald Brown wins the Puerto Viejo Open Pro. Felicidades Ronald!!
--> Adelante Open Surf Fest to take place in Playa Ojochal on February 19th, 2011. Check out the poster here, and sign up on the Adelante Hotel website.
--> Quiksilver & NicaSurf are sponsoring a surf competition to be held at Playa Hermosa (6.5 kilometers south of San Juan del Sur in Nicaragua) on Friday, Feb. 18.
--> Facebook Vid of the finals from the Britt Iced Contest in Jaco, courtesy of Surf Addiction. And more from day one from Wipeout Films on YouTube.
--> Check out the year's schedule for the Circuito Nacional de Surf Costa Rica here..
ENVIRONMENT/COMMUNITY --> WavesCR Surf Camp has moved to the Best Western Vista Villas in Tamarindo. Read more..
--> The Dominical Little Theatre is throwing a fundraiser for the Dominical Lifeguards on February 13 beginning at 3pm at the park at Costa Verde Estates. $20/person...all you can eat/live entertainment/cash bar/'decadent dessert' cash table and maybe the grandest view on the south coast. More on the AMCostaRica.com website.
--> Shark finning foreign fleets authorized to use prívate docks of Costa Rica...again. Read more.
SPECIALS --> Join our Facebook group today. The 10,000th member will receive a CRSURF t-shirt.
--> Pavones Riviera has some special rates for the month of February.
--> Get a CR Surf t-shirt for only $19.95 with S&H included and sport some of Costa Rica's best surfing waves on your back. Only in the CR Surf Shop.
--> How about some winter reading for the kids?? Check out All the Way to the Ocean, a book that teaches kids not to litter, because eventually it will end up in the sea and hurt marine life.
For more top news stories, check here.
AREA REPORTS
Northern Nicoya Peninsula |
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AREA WAVE HEIGHTS AND CONDITIONS | BEST PLACE TO SURF THIS WEEK | NEWS AND UPCOMING EVENTS |
Playa Grande
Louis at Hotel Las Tortugas |
11/22 - Offshore, chest to head high, clean and super fun. | The hotel is still offering great deals. Check out our new Las Tortugas Hotel Facebook page. | |
Tamarindo Allan at Waves Costa Rica |
11/21 - Surf small ankle to knee 1 ft to 2 ft glassy conditions trough the day weak surf last few days very onshore till today, period improvement for the afternoon hope for better surf, occasional rain partially cloudy, weather will improve trough the week, still not much of a crowd. | Playa Grande still the best spot to be surf till conditions improve. | Contact us to find out about our Green Barrel Season specials, lasting through early December! |
Tamarindo Rafa at |
11/22 - We stared the day with small wave in Tamarindo but with glassy conditions and left and right waves breaking at the river mouth. For more pictures check out Rafasand.com! |
Around noon the conditions make better size and offshore wind, so not bad at all to get into the water today and having fun and meet new people in town. |
Another happy customer posting about their first surf camp experience on the WRSC blog. |
Playa Negra Larry at Playa Negra Realty  |
11/21 - The best that came through this last week were in the waist to chest range. This coming weeks looks like it will be quite similar. The swell will be largest on Monday, but still, only waist to chest at stand-out locations. There are number of small wind swells in the water, along with the longer period SSW, that should keep it surfable through the week. | With tides and winds in our favor I recommend that you go get some waves at one of the many open ocean facing beach breaks. Looks like the cloud cover will be backing down and Guanacaste will be enjoying an excellent Thanks Giving week! | If you are going to be in Playa Negra this week it isn't too late to make a reservation for Thanksgiving dinner at one of our incredible restaurants. Gobble, Gobble, Gobble! Thanks and be safe! |
Playa Guiones James at Surfing Nosara |
11/23 - This morning the surf is running waist to chest high, with the ever so occasional shoulder high set wave with overall fairly weak, but lined up conditions this morning. | Swell should be turning a bit too far out of the south really for Guiones next couple of days but some good news on the horizon. Looks like a long period swell with the return of the offshore winds coming up in the near future. | We have a lot of space out there but please be respectful & be courteous. The vibe here in Guiones is one of the best you will ever see but please use some basic courtesy. Don't bring an SUP smack into the middle of main peaks (they are super dangerous), when you're on a longboard (myself included) don't paddle out the back & catch every single wave |
Southern Nicoya Peninsula |
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Santa Teresa Gabi at Funky Monkey Lodge |
11/21 - Muddy water color and windy and choppy due tho the rain. | Yesterday and today we have beautiful clear sky, everything is getting back to normal, roads and bridges are fixed, decent waves with some wind. | We had a big storm on Friday, so lots of mud slides, many properties got damaged and ruined, the beach didn't look very pretty either. |
Santa Teresa
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11/20 - This morning at 8 am waves were waist to chest high. On shore wind and mostly cloudy skies. | Messy after last night's storm, still Al and Joseph manage to get some ok ones. | Check out today's video report on YouTube. |
Central Pacific |
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Jaco
Chuck at Walking on Water Surf Shop |
11/21 - Well its mid November and still raining but we have plenty of surf as well , not huge but plenty fun and peaky in the 3-5 ft faces range. | It looks like a little longer until we get rid of the rains so the nights will be cool and the afternoons a bit wet for a week or so still! | Boards are starting to sell as the tourists arrive and aguinaldos are paid and that’s sure nice to see! Happy Surfing ! Chuck and the CREW at WOW SURF ! |
Playa Hermosa Christina at Surf Inn Hermosa |
11/23 - 3-5ft+ Waist-chest high. Fun late morning with improving conditions! | Overcast as rains move out of the ara this morning in Playa Hermosa! | Mark your calendars and make your hotel reservations for the upcoming Reef Centroamérica Surfing Games being held Dec. 1st - Dec. 4th in front of the Hotel Backyard in Hermosa Beach. |
South Pacific |
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See daily photos and support the Dominical Lifeguards here - www.dominicallifeguards.org |
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Dominical Steve at Jazzys River House |
11/21 - Yesterday's rising tide early morning session featured some clean classy barrels - on the small side but fast and fun for the few who were out. The day was unsettled and the wind came and went as did the sun. The waves never recaptured the morning glass or class and it rained and drizzled and faded out on a low note. There were no hot rod barrels this morning. It was small again today and the surf overall was judged to be 'mas o menos' by the few who paddled out. Today was again unsettled; sunny for awhile, windy and rainy for awhile and most junky out in the lineup. | Not much size, not much shape but some fun shoulders for those few with patience and perserverance. Still wintry around here with no change in sight. Some fun waves at Playa Hermosa (south) over the weekend but not as big or clean as Dominical. No point action but Dominicalito has had some fun sessions lately. |
Our lifeguard program is still in low season/poor economy crisis so check our website if you'd like to help: www.dominicallifeguards.org |
Dominical Trevor at Greef Leaf Realty |
11/21 - This morning the set waves were overhead with decent shape. As the tide filled in, the wave shape changed every 20 min, but there were plenty of random peaks forming. The wind was offshore early, then glassed off until about 9:15am. Currenlty we have onshore wind. Lately, the winds have been offshore in the early morning, and then offshore in the afternoons at about 4:30pm. We've had a lot of rain lately, so the conditions have been mixy, but good in short windows. | Small swell this week, so Dominical will be your best bet. If it dumps rain, go check the surf as the rain disapates. We have a bunch of mixmatched small swells coming in this week. High tide will most likely be slow and mushy. Check dead low and mid tides for best shape. | Wednesday is the Grand Re-opening Party at Tortilla Flats. That will be fun for sure! Our Life Guards have no funding right now and need help! Please go to Tortilla Flats and buy a T-shirt to help support the Lifeguards. You can also donate money. The Green Leaf Surf Property of the week is here - LINK. |
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Pavones Colin at Una Ola Surf Trips |
11/19 - Ankle to knee high waves with poor shape. (1-2ft) Knee high waves if that, started glassing off around sunset but too small and low of a tide. | Conditions sucked again today. | Click to see today's pics. If you are planning a trip to Costa Rica or Central America and want more surfing information, contact us or give us a call at 1-888-958-SURF. |
Caribbean |
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