June brings great weather and awesome waves

Lately I haven't been updating the blog, because...quite seriously, I have been spending every free moment out on the water surfing.

This morning at Avellanas kinda summed it up. We headed out at 715 from WRSC (Larry was late), and got there by 745. Conditions were glassy and the water was soooo clear. And the waves...um...perfect. Managed to hit lefts and rights non-stop fop 90 minutes straight.

This has been pretty indicative of how things have been here in Northern Costa Rica for the past month. Perfect mornings with sunny conditions that melt into cloudy rainstroms in the late afternoons bringing cool breezes and keeping the dust and bugs to a minimum.

The next week or so is going to be perfect. Have a look at the forecast.

Weekend update Northern Costa Rica

It appears as if we will have some decent waves this weekend with a solid swell hitting on Thursday evening. Last week's prediction was a blow out, but then again there weren't supposed to be waves yesterday and I was surfing Avellanas for three hours in chest high, offshore conditions on Tuesday.







Speaking of Avellanas, I was at Lola's with some friends and the service this time was outstanding. (Guess they read the blog?) Still, USD$80 for lunch for 4 was over-the-top, but seeing as I didn't pay...



Anyways, the best thing about surfing yesterday (besides the waves that just went on forever) was that the onshore winds didn't start until noon! Weird.

Also, note the swell comes from almost due south, so choose your beaches appropriately.

Rincon de la Viejo

We went to Rincon de la Viejo on Sunday hiking, and it was well worthwhile the hours tramping through the jungle to get to a waterfall. Rincon de la Vieja, the largest volcano in the country's northwest, comprises a remote volcanic complex in the Guanacaste Range. At least nine eruptive vents are located within a 15-kilometer-wide caldera. The twin cone of 1,916 meter Santa Maria volcano, the highest peak of the Rincon complex, features an incactive crater 500 meters across. To get to it, drive about 10 minutes north from Liberia on the Pan Am highway and look for the well-marked turn off to the east. (Right)

The park itself is stunning - full of wildlife and beautiful jungle. We hiked for an hour through dense jungle on a very well kept path, then over dry scrub grasslands for another hour, before decending into a valley with a waterfall and swimming hole.

Rincon de la Vieja volcano, and its dormant sister cone, Santa Maria, as well as the older dormant Cerro Von Seebach. Thermal mud pools, waterfall swimming areas and freshwater lakes are also available for visitor use.

Be sure to take a lot of water with you, good foot attire and bug spray. You can be out on the trails for hours, so make sure you pack some good energy food. And make sure your camera battery is charged to full!

We wore hiking shorts and tshirts only because we didn't go to the top of the volcano. If you do go up higher, then they say to take a sweater or rain jacket. Be sure to have a dry set of clothes back in your car, beacuse one way or another, you will be soaked.

This is the best link I found http://www.liberiacostaricainfo.com/Rincon-de-La-Vieja.htm