Monday, August 13, 2007

Friday, August 10, 2007

Hurting for TS Swell... Something Coming?


"Tropics:  An area of tropical disturbance is moving off the West African Coast and has a very good chance of becoming a hurricane over the next three days.  If development occurs it will be next weekend before we really start to see the effects of any hurricane swell.  This one is definitely worth keeping an eye on, so keep checking back for updates."

Come on, Dean!





Friday, March 16, 2007

Jump on the Pulse Swell!

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SURF SURF DIR SWELL PERIOD WIND WND/DIR
(ft) (deg) (ft) (sec) (kts) (deg)
------- -------- ----- ------ ------- -------
3/20 11am 3 - 7 SW 217 3.5 17.2 4 - 6 N 6
3/20 5pm 3 - 6 SW 217 3.6 15.9 4 - 6 NNE 19

3/21 11am 4 - 8 SW 219 4.6 14.8 6 - 8 NNE 15
3/21 5pm 4 - 8 SW 224 4.7 14.6 6 - 8 NE 31

3/22 5am 4 - 8 SW 217 4.8 14.0 11 - 15 ENE 63
3/22 11am 3 - 7 SW 223 4.6 13.6 4 - 6 NNE 12

Tuesday, March 13, 2007

Costa Rica Forecast 3/13-20/07

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SURF SURF DIR SWELL PERIOD WIND WND/DIR
(ft) (deg) (ft) (sec) (kts) (deg)
------- -------- ----- ------ ------- -------
3/13 11am 4 - 8 SW 220 4.8 15.1 9 - 12 NE 45
3/13 5pm 4 - 8 SW 219 5.0 14.8 10 - 14 NE 48

3/14 11am 4 - 8 SW 217 4.8 14.4 4 - 6 NNE 28
3/14 5pm 3 - 7 SW 218 4.6 14.0 7 - 10 NNE 14

3/15 11am 3 - 6 SW 218 4.2 13.5 2 - 2 NNE 18
3/15 5pm 3 - 6 SW 216 3.9 13.5 5 - 7 WSW 252

3/16 5pm 2 - 5 SW 211 3.6 13.2 5 - 8 WSW 237
3/16 11pm 2 - 5 SW 212 3.5 13.1 7 - 10 ENE 71

3/17 11am 2 - 5 SW 210 3.7 13.1 7 - 9 NNE 19
3/17 5pm 2 - 5 SSW 208 3.4 12.9 6 - 9 NE 44

3/18 11am 2 - 5 SW 211 3.7 12.3 6 - 8 NNE 15
3/18 5pm 2 - 4 SSW 209 3.1 12.2 6 - 8 ENE 79

3/19 11am 2 - 4 SSW 207 3.1 11.8 7 - 10 N 356
3/19 5pm 1 - 3 SW 211 2.8 11.3 5 - 6 ESE 113

3/20 5am 2 - 4 SW 210 3.2 11.1 11 - 15 NE 45
3/20 11am 2 - 4 SW 210 3.3 11.0 5 - 7 N 358

Building new SW groundswell set up head high to overhead surf
for lots of spots on Monday.


OUTLOOK: Good week for waves with a solid SW swell peaking
early in the week then gradually winding down into the weekend.
More SW swell expected for the upcoming week.

SPAC: Definitely a pick up in storm action over the Under World
lately, with several good looking lows tracking eastward from below New
Zealand to the south end of South America. SW swell generated by those
systems reaches top end early in the week then slowly back slides
through most of the remainder of the week. Forecast charts have more
storms pulling together during the next several days with the potential
for fresh SW surf by the middle of next week.

The healthy SW(205-220+) Southern Hemi swell which was filling in on
Monday with top out on Tuesday with lots of head high+ to easily
overhead surf. Midweek holds then it's a slow drop going into the
weekend as the old swell fades and smaller reinforcement swell joins
in. Still fun waves for Saturday but things get smaller by Sunday.

Forecast charts have a deepening low developing off South America.
That's looking good for another run of SW Southern Hemi swell by the
middle of the upcoming week. We'll keep you posted on the progress of
that storm and its swell.

Tuesday, March 6, 2007

Costa Rica Forecast 3/6-13/07

Seems to be easing into the southern hemi season. Looks better this week than last (I refrain from sharing too much of this data with Neal for fear he will become too excited too early). For our break the SW yields more accurate wave heights than SSW or S, and WSW (and SW) can be damn nice for the rights action:
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SURF SURF DIR SWELL PERIOD WIND WND/DIR
(ft) (deg) (ft) (sec) (kts) (deg)
------- -------- ----- ------ ------- -------
3/6 11am 3 - 6 SW 215 5.1 10.8 12 - 16 NE 35
3/6 5pm 3 - 6 SW 214 5.3 10.5 13 - 18 NE 34

3/7 11am 2 - 5 SSW 196 4.8 10.0 7 - 10 NE 42
3/7 5pm 2 - 5 SSW 192 4.4 10.0 8 - 10 NNE 28

3/8 11am 3 - 6 SSW 193 4.5 12.1 9 - 13 NNE 17
3/8 5pm 3 - 6 SSW 194 4.7 12.0 12 - 17 NNE 23

3/9 11am 4 - 8 SW 219 4.5 15.5 7 - 10 NNE 23
3/9 5pm 3 - 7 SW 220 4.3 15.1 6 - 9 NNE 21

3/10 11am 3 - 7 SW 219 4.4 14.5 7 - 10 NNE 26
3/10 5pm 3 - 7 SW 220 4.3 14.1 6 - 8 NE 44

3/11 11am 3 - 6 SW 219 4.2 13.4 5 - 7 NE 36
3/11 5pm 3 - 6 SW 218 4.0 13.2 8 - 10 NE 40

3/12 11am 4 - 8 SW 221 4.4 16.2 7 - 9 NNE 27
3/12 5pm 4 - 8 SW 221 4.4 16.1 8 - 11 NE 31

3/13 5am 4 - 9 SW 220 5.1 15.3 12 - 17 ENE 51

Saturday, March 3, 2007

Costa Rica Forecast for 3/3-9/07

Has summer season starting turning its magic?
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SURF SURF DIR SWELL PERIOD WIND WND/DIR
(ft) (deg) (ft) (sec) (kts) (deg)
------- -------- ----- ------ ------- -------
3/3 11am 2 - 4 SW 215 3.0 12.1 5 - 7 NNE 20
3/3 5pm 2 - 4 SW 215 3.0 12.1 8 - 11 NNE 11

3/4 11am 3 - 6 SSW 208 3.4 14.7 9 - 12 NNE 20
3/4 5pm 3 - 6 SSW 207 3.8 14.7 13 - 17 NE 36

3/5 11am 3 - 6 SSW 207 3.9 13.4 11 - 15 NE 37
3/5 5pm 3 - 6 SSW 208 4.0 13.3 13 - 18 ENE 50

3/6 11am 3 - 6 SW 218 5.0 10.4 11 - 15 NE 30
3/6 5pm 3 - 6 SSW 202 5.1 10.4 13 - 18 NE 30

3/7 11am 2 - 5 SSW 193 4.7 10.0 6 - 8 NE 30
3/7 5pm 2 - 5 S 186 4.6 9.9 10 - 14 NNE 22

3/8 11am 3 - 6 SSW 193 4.3 12.1 8 - 11 NNE 23
3/8 5pm 3 - 6 SSW 194 4.2 12.0 9 - 12 NNE 16

3/9 11am 3 - 7 SW 218 4.1 15.5 5 - 7 NNE 12
3/9 5pm 3 - 7 SW 219 4.1 15.1 7 - 10 NNW 345

Sunday, February 25, 2007

Costa Rica Forecast for Week of Feb 25, 2007

Nothing huge but enough SW and periodicity and light offshores to provide some fun times.
             SURF    SURF DIR  SWELL  PERIOD   WIND    WND/DIR
(ft) (deg) (ft) (sec) (kts) (deg)
------- -------- ----- ------ ------- -------
2/25 11am 2 - 5 SW 226 3.1 13.4 6 - 8 N 2
2/25 5pm 2 - 4 SW 226 3.0 13.3 7 - 9 NNW 331

2/26 11am 2 - 4 SW 225 3.1 12.4 7 - 9 NE 35
2/26 5pm 1 - 3 SW 224 2.7 12.2 9 - 12 N 0

2/27 11am 1 - 3 SW 225 2.6 12.0 5 - 8 NNE 15
2/27 5pm 2 - 4 SW 221 2.5 16.2 6 - 9 N 351

2/28 11am 2 - 5 SW 219 2.8 15.0 4 - 5 NNE 15
2/28 5pm 2 - 4 SW 218 2.8 14.8 6 - 8 NNE 27

3/1 11am 2 - 5 SW 218 3.0 14.0 2 - 3 N 351
3/1 5pm 2 - 4 SW 217 2.9 13.6 4 - 6 W 279

3/2 11am 2 - 4 SW 216 3.0 13.2 4 - 5 NNE 16
3/2 5pm 2 - 4 SW 216 2.8 12.9 4 - 5 WSW 253

3/3 5am 2 - 4 SW 215 2.9 12.2 11 - 14 ENE 52
3/3 11am 2 - 4 SW 215 3.0 12.1 5 - 6 N 1

Thursday, January 18, 2007

PR NW: Where I would like to be next week...

Surf, all in N or NNE swell
1/18 7am 3-6

1/19 7am 2-5
1/19 1pm 2-5

1/20 7am 4-9
1/20 1pm 4-8

1/21 7am 3-6
1/21 1pm 3-6

1/22 7am 3-6
1/22 1pm 3-7

1/23 7am 6-12
1/23 1pm 4-9

1/24 7am 3-6
1/24 1pm 2-5