Weekly Surf Report
January 8, 2012
National Forecast
Caribbean Coast - It's prime time for waves with surf never dropping below chest to head high on Friday and the rest of the week calling for overhead to 3 foot overhead surf. After maxing early Tuesday, the ENE swell fades out by Wednesday afternoon back down to waist high.
Pacific Coast - Great conditions for SUPs, longboarders and beginners, heartbreaking for everyone else. Weak waist high waves with a rare bigger set through next Sunday, with a bump from the WNW hitting the Guanacaste coast best with head high to overhead sets Monday and Tuesday morning. It dies out quick next Wednesday leaving it flat through to the weekend.
The Long Shot - The next decent SW swell arrives on January 16th. Until then, keep out your longboards and fishes.
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Local Forecast
From Rafa at Witch's Rock Surf Camp -
The conditions are still nice in Tamarindo with some strong offshore wind but not enough to stop to the surf fever to be on the water. So a good day in Tamarindo just a little more quiet because a lot people left to go back to work today. The river mouth was making a nice right barrels and the parking lock some decent left better for the beginners. The swell this week is going a little down but today the size was 2ft to 4ft on the sets.
From Alan at Waves Costa Rica -
Shoulder to head high, 3 to 6 ft faces super of shore wind, partialy cloudy, glassy, no crowd. Best place to surf Tamarindo estuary awesome barrels.
From Luis at Hotal Las Tortugas (Playa Grande) -
The small surf this week has been super fun, and although it lacked some punch today (Tues.), we are looking forward to more perfect all day long conditions for the upcoming week. Even today looked pretty good as the strong off-shores don't affect our breaks as much as some of the other spots. There are decent peaks all the way from Tamarindo to Cabo Velas at the other end of the bay.
Reports Courtesy of Greg Gordon at http://crsurf.com "The Best Place to check the surf in Costa Rica"
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