Wildlife Conservation Association (WCA) president Vanessa Bezy and Kelly Harris from Ridge to Reefs stopped by the Nosara Podcast studio to discuss the upcoming community event and explain more on their research to a potential solution for some of our septic systems. More on the subject of Wastewater will be covered and discussed during the upcoming community meeting on March 23th. For more details please see the poster here below.
The Nosara Podcast has covered quite a few episodes about water quality in the area now. Find two recent and more highly recommended ones here below that Vanessa also referenced:
Alejandro filled us in on developments around the Esperanza Project and how this connects into the recent event and Fundraiser for the James Initiative. This will be a yearly returning event for a fantastic and heartwarming cause.
Please check out the episode here below for more information and the website for donations, event info and the auction! Big thanks to everybody that participated on any level and we are wishing everybody much continued succes. https://www.thejamesinitiative.ca/
If you have been in or around Nosara in recent months, it is highly unlikely you have not seen or heard about Nosara Ocean Safety. They are up to great things and are building a community empowered program to keep the Nosara beaches of Guiones and Pelada safe and fun for locals and visitors through prevention, education, and awareness.
Recently Ellen Bradley, Anne Skjøth, and Mariana Salas visited Rich in the studio to cover everything Nosara Ocean Safety. They share the NOS story about how it is striving to spin a tragic event at our beaches into a positive community outreach program.
The whole team is getting after it as you will hear in this episode. Ellen, Anne, and Mariana describe how NOS came to exist, what they have been up to todate, in addition to looking into the future for maintaining and expanding their programs. Hear it yourself from the Nosara Ocean Safety team here:
It’s been way too long since I’ve been to my favorite surfing getaway destination up in northern Nicaragua.
The protests a couple years back, COVID, the elections, etc. all took a toll on the Nicaraguan populace. Flights into the country are less frequent than years past and tourism is something many Nicaraguans need in order to provide for their families.
My birthday present this year was my family chartering a plane from Nosara to Liberia, then to Managua and from there about a 2.5 to 3 hour drive to my favorite area of the country near the beaches of Chinadega.
Our friends Etienne and Belen are driving up from Nosara and meeting us there.
Most surfers know about the Boom already from the many movies, magazines and constant web clips of incredible surfers doing incredible things right in front of Chancletas (arguably the best located surf hotel in the world)… This is a powerful, barreling type of wave which breaks super close to the beach normally in shallow water.
But my favorite thing up here is the variety of waves a short distance apart. There’s rights, lefts, reef breaks, beach breaks, etc.
Beginners can surf at calmer locations like Aposentillo. This is Belén’s favorite wave.
Beginner, intermediate, and advanced surfers all might enjoy diversity of Playa Nahualapa.
While the advanced & pro surfers can get barreled at the Boom.
There’s several other waves but for now I’m sharing info about already exposed, well known, waves which surfers and surf camps visit on a daily basis.
Back to the story of Day 1: The flights from Nosara to Liberia to Managua went smooth and was beautiful. Seeing Nosara from the air plus the beauty of the coastline and flying in between smoking volcanoes is an adventure I hope my kids will remember for many years. It only took us a couple hours between flights and customs to get to Managua.
Etienne & Belen made it from the border in Costa Rica in 5 hours to their charming hotel, Amaru. Amaru is managed by a lady named Marcia who is full of creative energy and has something special going on. A popular surf camp called Rise Up used to operate from this stunning location which is now a hotel and restaurant open to the public.
The houses in Chancletas are all booked up, as are the houses in Brisas, due to the popularity of the wave at the Boom and an upcoming contest… So my family started the trip at a house at Nahualapa bay. Nahualapa is probably my favorite overall wave here and it was an absolute pleasure to have my family together here.
Many thanks to everyone in this community for a great start and I’ll update more soon. Lots of wipeouts at the boom already and tons of great waves at Nahualapa surfing with my family. Hopefully this info is helpful for some people.
Please enjoy Beverly Kitson sharing 50 years of Nosara’s history and the origination of the Biblioteca David Kitson and what it is doing for the community. Locals appear in this episode who share their experiences while Beverly navigates us through an entertaining and enlightening history with pictures of Nosara in past decades. Beverly invites everyone to become a patreon of the Biblioteca.
Most recently we had one of the longest periods of red tide in the Nosara area that I have ever experienced here. On the Nosara Podcast we have been speaking about the water quality and different aspects of it for quite some time now (more episode included here below). With the red tide popping up and sticking around it was time to cover this part. Dr. Vanessa Bezy from the Wildlife Conservation Association (WCA Nosara) connected with us for a brief overview on the red tide situation. Please listen in to what she has to say if you want to learn more about this phenomenon.
Frequent guest and good friend Ryan Bombard stopped by to share his latest updates for the Bomberos Nosara. They are working on some interesting initiatives to keep progressing their operation.
A big shout out and thanks to everybody from the Bomberos for their tireless and continued support to the community. It is not an easy task they are doing and please consider getting get a tax deductible donation to them through the Amigos de Costa Rica: https://www.amigosofcostarica.org/affiliates/asociacion-bomberos-de-nosara
Chris Antao from Gnome Surf is one of my favorite people to talk to. What he is doing is astronomical as far as benefits for humanity and the exact right type of people to bring into this town. However, many people have no clue what is happening and they don’t realize they could be of service… I think most people in this community want to give back and this is actually a spot where little to no effort nor money is needed. I think everyone should support this and I hope you will consider it.
Listen to Chris explain what Gnome Surf is all about and how his personal life and Nosara are intertwined with it.
