With long pristine coastlines on both the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, Costa Rica offers a variety of breaks and excellent waves in one of the most gorgeous settings in the world. Besides warm water, consistent year round surf, affordable prices and easy access to breaks, Costa Rica also boasts friendly people, international surfing tournaments (and now the world surfing games) and great surf camps. This is a destination for beginners and expert surfers alike. Costa Rica is home to world-ranked surfer Federico Pilurzu and the Costa Rican team were the 2008 Central American Surf Team Champions, The team included Luis Vindas, Gilbert Brown, Lisbeth Vindas and Nataly Bernold.
Costa Rica is sometimes called "the Hawaii of Latin-American surfing" because of the thousands of beach breaks and tons of oceanfront. Rivers galore offer lots of river mouth breaks especially on the Pacific coast. On the Caribbean side, there are great reef breaks. Costa Rica is small and you can easily switch to another break if once isn’t working for you.
Costa Rica culture supports surfing culture, with surf shops, board rentals, bars, restaurants, hotels.
Costa Rica continues to grow as one of the world's top surf destinations is because it is one of the few destinations where travelers can feel safe exploring any part of the country.
Some of the most famous surfing spots are:
Tamarindo remains the most popular and well known "surfing Mecca" on the northern pacific coast. This area offers easy access to a wide variety of surf breaks for all abilities including beach, river mouth and of course, reef breaks such as Witches Rock and Ollie’s Point.
Santa Teresa - a surfer and beach lovers dream. This long stretch of untouched beach continues on to Mal Pais and Playa Catalina offering some of the best surf breaks in the country. If you have the time to make it out here it is a true treat. The water is about 80 degrees year round and the sunsets are spectacularly beautiful.
Playa del Coco - whilst Coco beach isn’t for surfing, it is the best jumping off point to get to the infamous Witch’s Rock - an area known by a tall island formation just off the coast that houses the best waves in Costa Rica.
Samara and Nosara - these beaches on the Pacific side of The Nicoya Peninsula are less crowded than some of their northern neighbors, but serve as a great place for beginners to try some smaller waves. Nosara is more laid back and relaxed than its bu
sy neighbor to the north, Tamarindo, while boasting world class surf almost all year.Playa Hermosa and Jaco - this area is for extreme surf enthusiasts. This area arguably offers the most consistent year-round surf with over 3 ½ miles of steep beaches with excellent exposure to swells from almost any direction. Although this area is extremely popular, there are so many peaks up and down the beach that you can find an uncrowded, head high peak at almost any time of year. Playa Jaco located just 2 hours drive from the international airport
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