Month: July, 2006

Nosara Surf Report

28 July, 2006 (09:41) | Costa Rica, Surfing

Click here for 15-day weather forecast for Samara (15 mi south of Nosara)
Automatically updated from MagicSeaweed!!

surf report © magicseaweed.com

Around your ear to get to your elbow

21 July, 2006 (11:24) | Costa Rica, Surfing

So, a 220-degree swell in Costa Rica must come from a place that’s nearly due south on the map, right? Well, yes, if the map is the kind of projection that turns great circles into straight lines (Gnomonic).
Actually, a great circle from 22-degrees to a point on Costa Rica’s pacific coast will put you [...]

Out of the mouths of babes

19 July, 2006 (17:52) | Costa Rica, Surfing

My six year old daughter Olivia says “that wave has your name all over it.” Yes, those were her exact words. I’ll go with that

Props to PapaG’s Costa Rica Surf Forecast and Soul Arch Photo in Nosara

600 Hours to go…

11 July, 2006 (12:27) | Costa Rica, Surfing

…but the forecasts only go out 180 hours.
Going to want to keep an eye on the stormsurfing.com wave prediction model for the full pacific. Watch the systems build from the southern ocean and work their way over open water to Costa Rica!
More links to Papa G’s Surf Forecast, Nosara/Playa Guiones, Costa Rica
6/30 – Shoulder [...]