Multi-day report as Wed was a travel day and we had intermittent connectivity issues. Plus some surfing!
American Airlines created sufficient tension to make the trip tiring. Arising at 345a to catch a 620a flight, due to some "electronic issues" we didn't pull off our gate until 730a. That was okay as we had a 2 hr layover in Miami. However, at one point the pilot was stating there may be no flight or it could be several ours late. Next, we had to wait in the cue for takeoff. Arriving to Miami, we had to wait for 15 minutes as airplanes cleared the tarmac so we could pull into our gate. Oh, this is why I like the non-stop flights!
We landed to cloudy skies. As we were about to pull out of the rental car agency the pouring rain started. We made it to the Casitas okay, still raining and very humid. Air conditioning at that point would have been very welcome. Other than that the arrangements are working out fine while our regular hotel is undergoing renovations (ha! not really!).
On Thu afternoon we walked the 10-15 minutes up to SR's Cove along the seashore since it was mid-tide going high. Conditions were still bumpy from the previous day's onshore winds and variable winds Thu. We waves did not have their usual punch due to the light onshores/sideshores, but we all managed to score some good rides. I outfitted my Bonzer with the new small runners forward but will need more sea trials. Waves were chest-to-shoulder high.
WED 2015 JUN 03 06Z Forecast
Time Zone: GMT - 6 hours
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SURF SURF DIR SEAS PERIOD WIND WND/DIR
(ft) (deg) (ft) (sec) (kts) (deg)
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6/3 6am 5 - 10 SW 223 4.7 18.7 5 - 7 NNE 27
6/3 12pm 4 - 9 SW 223 4.7 17.7 2 - 4 WSW 256
6/3 6pm 5 - 10 SW 223 4.8 17.6 7 - 9 SSW 198
6/4 6am 4 - 9 SW 223 4.8 16.5 5 - 7 SSW 194
6/4 12pm 4 - 9 SW 223 4.8 16.3 3 - 5 SW 217
6/4 6pm 4 - 8 SW 225 4.7 15.5 3 - 5 WSW 244
6/5 6am 4 - 9 SW 226 5.4 15.1 2 - 3 N 357
6/5 12pm 4 - 9 WSW 233 5.8 14.3 4 - 5 WNW 280
6/5 6pm 5 - 10 WSW 232 6.2 14.2 3 - 4 SW 211
6/6 6am 6 - 12 SW 226 6.7 15.8 6 - 8 ESE 106
6/6 12pm 6 - 13 SW 225 7.0 15.9 6 - 8 SSE 163
6/6 6pm 6 - 13 SW 226 7.3 15.2 8 - 11 S 170
6/7 6am 7 - 14 SW 228 8.4 14.7 9 - 12 SE 136
6/7 12pm 7 - 15 SW 229 8.7 14.5 11 - 15 SE 141
6/7 6pm 7 - 15 WSW 231 9.1 14.4 10 - 14 ESE 127
6/8 6am 9 - 18 SW 220 10.4 15.2 8 - 11 ESE 126
6/8 12pm 6 - 13 WSW 230 10.4 10.4 4 - 5 SE 143
6/8 6pm 6 - 13 SW 229 10.5 10.5 5 - 8 SSE 151
6/9 6am 5 - 11 WSW 233 9.7 9.8 1 - 2 SE 145
6/9 12pm 5 - 10 WSW 236 9.1 9.7 1 - 1 SSW 203
6/9 6pm 4 - 9 WSW 234 8.5 9.3 3 - 4 E 91
THU 2015 JUN 04 06Z Forecast
Time Zone: GMT - 6 hours
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SURF SURF DIR SEAS PERIOD WIND WND/DIR
(ft) (deg) (ft) (sec) (kts) (deg)
------- -------- ----- ------ ------- -------
6/4 6am 4 - 9 SW 223 4.8 16.5 6 - 9 SSE 169
6/4 12pm 4 - 9 SW 223 4.8 16.3 4 - 5 WNW 295
6/4 6pm 4 - 8 SW 225 4.7 15.5 5 - 7 W 272
6/5 6am 4 - 9 SW 225 5.3 15.1 1 - 2 ENE 68
6/5 12pm 4 - 9 SW 228 5.7 14.4 3 - 5 WNW 299
6/5 6pm 5 - 10 WSW 232 5.9 14.3 5 - 7 SSW 202
6/6 6am 6 - 12 SW 223 6.5 15.9 0 - 0 NW 310
6/6 12pm 6 - 12 SW 221 6.6 16.0 4 - 5 WSW 249
6/6 6pm 6 - 12 SW 220 6.6 15.4 3 - 4 WSW 235
6/7 6am 6 - 12 SW 223 6.7 15.0 2 - 3 ESE 103
6/7 12pm 6 - 12 SW 224 6.9 14.9 5 - 7 S 179
6/7 6pm 6 - 12 SW 225 6.9 14.8 7 - 9 S 175
6/8 6am 6 - 12 SW 217 6.8 15.6 7 - 10 ESE 115
6/8 12pm 6 - 13 SW 218 7.1 15.4 15 - 20 S 188
6/8 6pm 6 - 13 SW 219 7.5 15.1 9 - 13 S 173
6/9 6am 6 - 12 SW 226 7.3 14.5 12 - 16 SE 136
6/9 12pm 6 - 12 SW 226 7.4 14.3 13 - 18 SSE 157
6/9 6pm 6 - 12 SW 224 7.4 14.1 7 - 9 SW 216
FRI 2015 JUN 05 06Z Forecast
Time Zone: GMT - 6 hours
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SURF SURF DIR SEAS PERIOD WIND WND/DIR
(ft) (deg) (ft) (sec) (kts) (deg)
------- -------- ----- ------ ------- -------
6/5 6am 4 - 9 SW 225 5.3 15.1 4 - 5 NNW 347
6/5 12pm 4 - 9 SW 228 5.6 14.4 6 - 8 WNW 286
6/5 6pm 5 - 10 WSW 232 6.0 14.3 5 - 6 WSW 259
6/6 6am 6 - 12 SW 222 6.4 15.9 3 - 4 ESE 126
6/6 12pm 6 - 12 SW 221 6.4 16.0 2 - 3 SW 216
6/6 6pm 5 - 11 SW 220 6.5 15.3 3 - 5 S 183
6/7 6am 5 - 11 SW 221 6.5 15.1 6 - 8 ESE 105
6/7 12pm 5 - 11 SW 223 6.5 15.0 1 - 2 E 95
6/7 6pm 5 - 11 SW 223 6.5 14.9 1 - 2 N 358
6/8 6am 5 - 11 SW 217 6.4 15.7 6 - 9 ESE 107
6/8 12pm 5 - 11 SW 219 6.4 15.4 11 - 15 SE 141
6/8 6pm 5 - 11 SW 220 6.6 15.1 12 - 16 SSE 167
6/9 6am 6 - 12 SW 222 7.2 14.4 8 - 10 SSW 197
6/9 12pm 5 - 11 SW 220 6.9 14.4 10 - 13 SSE 154
6/9 6pm 5 - 11 SW 218 6.8 14.3 9 - 13 S 186
6/10 6am 5 - 11 SW 219 7.1 13.6 2 - 3 WSW 235
6/10 12pm 5 - 11 SW 216 6.9 13.5 7 - 10 W 263
6/10 6pm 5 - 10 SW 214 6.4 13.4 9 - 13 WSW 253
6/11 6am 4 - 8 SW 214 5.4 12.9 8 - 11 W 268
6/11 12pm 3 - 7 SW 214 5.0 12.7 9 - 12 WNW 295
6/11 6pm 3 - 7 SW 214 4.8 12.7 8 - 11 W 276
6/12 12am 3 - 6 SW 214 4.6 12.5 8 - 12 WNW 290
Effective
Wednesday evening
SHORT TERM FORECAST (through Friday, June 5th)
Highlights:
SW Southern Hemi swell increases a little more for the next couple
days. Also, some WNW swell from Hurricane Blanca will start to fill in
on Friday.
South Pacific Swell: SW swell
(235-205°) will increase a little more over Thursday morning, topping
out in the afternoon and holding fairly steady through Friday. Expect
surf to hang mainly within the waist-head high zone at the better
exposures through the next couple days. SW magnets will produce
occasional slightly overhead sets Thursday afternoon and Friday, which
will be most prominent during the more favorable tides. NOTE - The
Galapagos will partially shadow this SW energy for the southern half of
Costa Rica, resulting in smaller surf as a whole. Northern CR will be
strongest overall.
EXTENDED FORECAST (Saturday, June 6th and beyond)
Highlights:
SW Southern Hemi swell will increase further on the weekend, topping
out by Monday the 8th. Models indicate that a sizable shorter period SW
swell may rise up over the weekend and into next week. Also, WNW Blanca
swell will show on the weekend and early next week.
South Pacific Swell: SW
swell (235-205°) will rise up further over the weekend, topping out on
Monday the 8th. Look for head-overhead sets at the better exposed breaks
late Saturday through Tuesday, occasional double overhead sets at
standouts Sun-Tuesday AM (biggest overall on Monday). This swell starts
to slowly ease Tuesday the 9th and thereafter. NOTE - Again, this swell
will be strongest for the northern half of Costa, with partial shadowing
by the Galapagos on the southern half.
Tropics: Major Hurricane Blanca is
currently spinning nearly stationary well offshore to the SW of
Mainland Mexico, where it will deliver some modest to fun-size West-WNW
swell (270-285°) this weekend and early next week for the well exposed
locations. At this point, we're looking at waist-chest occasional
shoulder-head high West sets to show at top exposed breaks during that
time, mixing in with the SW energy. The Blanca swell is looking to drop
out into the middle of next week. More details on Blanca at the NHC.
SPECIAL NOTE:
Models indicate that we may see an area of low pressure develop just
offshore from Central America over the next few days. Not only would
this low affect local wind/weather conditions by Sunday and early next
week with southerly wind and rain, but it may also kick up a decent size
short period SW swell that would top out Mon-Wed with jumbled
head-overhead waves. Stay tuned for Friday's update on this possible
development.
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