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    • Map of Major Breaks
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      • Witch's Rock
      • Playa Grande
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      • Playa Langosta
      • Avellanas
      • Playa Negra
      • Junquillal
    • Nicoya Peninsula >
      • Nosara/Playa Guiones
      • Playa Camaronal
      • Playa Marbella
      • Playa Ostional
      • Mal Pais
      • Playa Pelada
      • Santa Teresa
      • Playa Carmen
    • Central Pacific >
      • Boca Barranca
      • Playa Escondida
      • Jaco
      • Roca Loca
      • Playa Hermosa
      • Esterillos
      • Playa Bejuco
      • Bocas Damas
      • Quepos
    • South Central Pacific >
      • Matapalo
      • Dominical
      • Punta Dominical
      • Dominicalito
      • Punta Achiote >
        • Playa Bonita
      • Playa Hermosa
    • South Pacific >
      • Drake Bay
      • Cabo Matapalo
      • Pan Dulce
      • Playa Zancudo
      • Backwash
      • Punta Burica
      • Pavones
    • Caribbean >
      • Isla Uvita
      • Black Beach, Cahuita
      • Surfing Stuff >
        • A History of Surfing >
          • Cool Surf Videos
      • Puerto Viejo/Salsa Brava
      • Playa Cocles
      • Manzanillo
  • Hotels and Restaurants
    • Tamarindo Hotels/Rest
    • Nosara Hotels & Restaurants
    • Mal Pais Area Hotels & Restaurants
    • Jaco Beach Area Hotels & Restaurants
    • Quepos/Manuel Antonio Hotels & Restaurants
    • Dominical/Uvita Area Hotels & Restaurants
    • Osa Hotels >
      • Osa Peninsula Restaurants
    • Pavones Hotels & Restaurants
    • Caribbean Zone Hotels/Restaurants >
      • Cahuita Hotels & Restaurants
      • Puerto Viejo Hotels & Restaurants
  • Costa Rica Info
    • About Costa Rica
    • Costa Rica Map
    • Festivals of Costa Rica
    • Costa Rica National Parks >
      • Arenal National Park
      • Barbilla National Park
      • Barra Honda National Park
      • Braulio Carrillo National Park
      • Cahuita National Park
      • Carara National Park
      • Chirripo National Park
      • Cocos Island National Park
      • Corcovado National Park
      • Diria National Park
      • Guanacaste National Park
      • Irazu Volcano National Park
      • Juan Castro Blanco National Park
      • La Amistad International Park
      • La Cangreja National Park
      • Las Baulas National Marine Park
      • Manuel Antonio National Park
      • Maquenque National Park
      • Palo Verde National Park
      • Piedras Blanco National Park
      • Poas Volcano National Park
      • Rincon de la Vieja Volcano National Park
      • Santa Rosa National Park
      • Tapanti National Park
      • Tenorio National Park
      • Tortuguero National Park
      • Turrialba
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      • Nature Air
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                     The 2020 World Surf League
                    Contest Schedule

       Due to the Covid 19 pandemic most events are
        postponed through June and tentative after that.
           Click above or here for the full 2020 schedule 

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                                     CR Surfzone Site Menu

           Costa Rica Information                    Surf Zone                                            Beach


Breaks/Beaches by Zone

  Daily Wave Reports, Videos, Break Descriptions, Map, GPS Coordinates for each beach in the 6  Costa Rica SurfZones

Hotels/Restaurants/Zones

 A complete list of hotels and restaurants
with
 links, listed by beaches/zones

Packing for Costa Rica

                        What and how to pack for a great trip!

International Air Service

    A complete list of International Air Carriers that service Costa
                Rica with direct links to San Jose and Liberia

Car rental Info

        Car Rental companies in Costa Rica, phone numbers, rates
                                 (subject to change), and 
 links

Maps

             Includes roads, satellite, and combined maps and gps
​                          coordinates for main 
 cities/beaches

Questions About CR

 Answers to commonly asked questions about visiting Costa Rica

Costa Rica Info

                 Costa Rica information including demographics,
            history
,driving laws, U.S. Embassy notices and more!

CR Surf forecasts

      Daily Magic Seaweed surf reports for CR's major surf spots

Costa Rica Air Travel

   Information about Costa Rica's domestic air services including
​           flight schedules and
 rates with links to each airline.

CR National Parks

              A list, location map, and information about each of
​                      Costa Rica's beautiful 
National  Parks

Typical Costa Rica Recipes

                         Enjoy the tastes of Costa Rica at home!

Rafting and Kayaking

    A  brief history of rafting and kayaking in  Costa Rica with a
​                             list of the major river
 outfitters

Costa Rica Golf

        G0lfing in Costa Rica. A Perfect Surf/Golf  Vacation Option 

Monteverde

Monteverde, A Costa Rica Gem

"My Wave" Photos & Vids

      A place for visitors to post and share photos of themselves  
​   surfing (from
 anywhere), surf photography, or original music

Costa Rica Private Schools

  A list, with links, of Costa Rica's private  schools, locations, and
                                          basic information

A  History of Surfing

          Essays about surfing that explore its beginnings till today. 

SurfSpeak A to Z

     A Surfing Dictionary. Words that have been coined in surfing
                        and  have become part of English lexicon

Cool Videos

                    Some super cool surfing videos from "Youtube"

Surfing News
US Surf Forecasts

                 Daily surf report updates from  Magic Seaweed 
                                     For most U.S. beaches 
                          Check your favorite local surf spot

                                    Extra

Spanish Lessons w/audio

Words and phrases for common travel situations, written in English and Spanish, with  a native speaker audio to listen to.

Environmental Awareness

             Videos and links to articles about what is  happening,
​                               environmentally, in Costa Rica

Community Service

                        Information about Costa Rica Community 
                Service Organizations and volunteer opportunities

Real Estate
Go to Surfzone Properties

              Environmentally aware Real Estate opportunities
                                        For Sale and Rentals

Contact Us

   Write with comments, suggestions, things that  you would like
​          to see, and to tell us how the 
surf  is where you are.

Guanacaste
Ollie's Point
Witch's Rock
Playa Grande
Tamarindo
Langosta
Avellanas
Playa Negra
Junquillal
Nicoya Peninsula
Nosara Breaks
Camaronal
Playa Marbella
Playa Ostional
Playa Pelada
Santa Teresa
Playa Carmen
Mal Pais
Central Pacific
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Boca Barranca
Playa Escondida
Playa Jaco
Roca Loca
Playa Hermosa
Esterillos
Playa Bejuco
Quepos
Manual Antonio
South Central Pacific
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Matapalo
Dominical
Punta Dominical
Dominicalito
Punta Achiote
Playa Hermosa
South Pacific
Drake Bay
Cabo Matapalo
Pan Dulce
Backwash
Playa Zancudo
Pavones
Punta Burica
Caribbean
Playa Bonita
Isla Uvita
Puerto Viejo
Salsa Bravo
Playa Cocles
Manzanillo

                               Find out about
​                   
 Costa Rica Festivals!

 A Complete Month by Month Guide to
 Costa Rica's Fiestas, Festivals, and Celebrations!

Click Here
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       Welcome to Costa Rica Surfzone, the Costa Rica online Surf Magazine. We are a site dedicated to offering our visitors the best information about surfing in Costa Rica, and much more. Our mission is to be not just a Costa Rica surf site, but to be an interactive experience that will share all that Costa Rica has to offer in every way, and for our online visitors to be able to share their surf experiences, photos, videos, music, or just about anything with us and the rest of the world. 

        In Costa Rica Surfzone  we divided Costa Rica into six zones, North Guanacaste, The Nicoya Peninsula, The Central Pacific, The South Central Pacific, The South Pacific and The Caribbean. Each Zone has a page dedicated to each of the beaches in the area known for surf, as well as some that are relatively unknown. On each of the 6 "Zone" pages you will find information about the particular zone, including such things as  tide charts, a google map of the zone with road and terrain info, how to get there, the climate, and some of its history. The beach pages in the zone has information about the specific break, optimum swell direction and tides, prevalent winds, bottom type,  a map of the area, and photos and/or a video of the wave. 

      Also included are a list of restaurants and hotels. Because many of the breaks are in relatively isolated areas, hotel and restaurants are listed in towns or cities nearest the breaks. You will find these lists in Tamarindo Hotels and Restaurants in the North Guanacaste Zone, Nosara Hotels and Restaurants, and Mal Pais Hotels and Restaurants in the Nicoya Zone, Jaco and Hermosa Hotels and Restaurants in the Central Pacific Zone, Dominical Hotels and Restaurants in the South Central Pacific Zone, Pavones Hotels and Restaurants and Osa Peninsula Hotels and Restaurants in the South Pacific Zone, and Cahuita and Puerto Viejo Hotels and Restaurants in the Caribbean Zone. The hotel and restaurants are in alphabetical order. We have tried, as much as possible, to tell you whether a hotel is rated and how many stars it has received, as well as the starting prices for rooms. Restaurants have the type of cuisine you can expect to find.  

      Each month we will have an original essay about the History of surfing, from it's roots up through today, a Surf Dictionary that will share the incredibly colorful language of surfing and surfers, a History of Costa Rica and its heritage, a page, "My Wave!", dedicated to share photos, videos, and original music from our web guests, and a Community Service page dedicated to stimulate and discuss ideas and projects that can make our world a better place, starting at home. We have tried to include photos, videos and all the information that you might need to help make a trip to the beautiful surfers paradise of Costa Rica a fun, relaxed, fruitful experience, and much, much more! We want to help make your ideal surf trip happen and if you can't get to Costa Rica right now we want you to share and enjoy our magazine, and what Costa Rica has to offer. We want it to be your online Surf Magazine.
 
         We at Costa Rica Surfzone see our site as ever evolving and growing, with your help. So, visit often, take your time, explore our site, send us feedback, photos and videos, and stories of your amazing experiences. We will post them for the world to share on your "My Wave" page (find it in our Table of Contents on our Home page). Help us make Costa Rica Surfzone the best surf site on the web. Remember, when you're surfing, every day really is a beautiful day!

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