Category: Costa Rica

17 Days, and it looks like we’ll have waves

19 June, 2007 (08:16) | Surfing, Costa Rica

IANAWF (I am not a weather forecaster) but it looks to me like the Southern Hemi Storm Train is lining up nicely for the Whiskey Tango Surf Club’s 2007 visit to Playa Guiones, Nosara, Costa Rica
Here’s what it looks like today (from the StormSurf website):

And here’s the forecast for a week from today (again from […]

¡Pura Vida Caballos!

9 August, 2006 (13:22) | Costa Rica

Yesterday afternoon we met Brenda “The Tigress” Burnside from the Enchanted Forest for a horseback excursion up to the Black Sheep Pub. This is part one of the story…
Before I go any further, Brenda owns and operates the Enchanted Forest in Nosara. It’s right behind Harbor Reef, and is a great place for […]

Nosara Surf Report

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

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) | Surfing, Costa Rica

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) | Surfing, Costa Rica

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) | Surfing, Costa Rica

…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
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In anticipation of Pura Vida 2006

28 June, 2006 (06:46) | Surfing, Costa Rica

Links to “Papa G’s surf forecast”:PapaG, Nosara/Playa Guiones