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    • Map of Major Breaks
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      • Ollie's Point
      • Witch's Rock
      • Playa Grande
      • Tamarindo
      • 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 >
          • Surfspeak I
          • 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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  • Hiking in Costa Rica
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​Welcome to crsurfzone.com

Greetings! If you are planning a trip, visiting right now, or planning a move to Costa Rica, crsurfzone.com is your guide to just about anything you might need to know to make your trip an unforgettable, fun, and painless journey! All of the information you need can be found in our 300+ super easy navigable pages of information about this amazing country. We encourage you to take the time to peruse our site even if just to learn more about the incredibly beautiful, friendly, and welcoming country of Costa Rica.
The buttons below will take you to the information described with easy return to the main menu to look at more! There is a button to take you to just about anything you may be looking for. Note: the button for beaches will take you to the complete menu for the beaches but if you know the specific beach you want to read about there is a menu of those at the bottom of this page as well. Have a wonderfully, fantastic journey!
If you are viewing us on a cellular device, give us a look on a computer (where we also have a drop down menu at the top of the page) for an even more memorable experience. As we say here in Costa Rica - Pura Vida!


(Please forgive some incomplete pages and gaps. We are in the process of updating, reorganizing, adding content, and improving our site to make your visit more enjoyable.) Again, thank you so very much for visiting crsurfzone.com!

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​  World Surf League Info

   World Surf League Rankings
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  The 2026 World Surf League
   Contest Schedule

       

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Costa Rica Festivals!

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

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                   Essential Costa Rica Trip Information                                                       

Costa Rica Info

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

Questions About CR

 Answers to commonly asked questions about visiting Costa Rica

Packing for Costa Rica

               What and how to pack for a great trip!

Breaks/Beaches by Zone

  Break Descriptions, Map, GPS Coordinates for each beach in the 6  Costa Rica SurfZones

CR National Parks

A list and description of Costa Rica's beautiful National Parks

International Air Service

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

"My Wave" Photos & Vids

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

Car rental Info

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

Costa Rica Air Travel

   Information about Costa Rica's domestic air services

Hotels/Restaurants/Zones

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

Spanish Lessons w/audio

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

U.S. Embassy, Costa Rica Travel Notices - Click Here

Monteverde

Monteverde, A Costa Rica Gem

       Things to Do and Places to Visit


Rafting and Kayaking

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

Birdwatching

The best places to see Costa Rica's incredibly diverse bird population

Nature and Wildlife Watching
Sport Fishing
Costa Rica Golf

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

Kayaking (ocean & estuaries)
Turtle Watch
Scuba Diving
Hiking Costa Rica
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

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

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Costa Rica Private Schools

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

Community Service

  Information about Costa Rica Community 
      Service Organizations and volunteer opportunities

Environmental Awareness

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

Typical Costa Rica Recipes

             Enjoy the tastes of Costa Rica at home!

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supports eco-tourism with
      this certification. Live green!

Real Estate
Go to Surfzone Properties

              Environmentally aware Real Estate opportunities
                         For Sale and Rentals

Contact Us

Beaches, with descriptions by Zones

   Guanacaste

Ollie's Point
Witche's Rock
Tamarindo
Playa Grande
Langosta
Avellanas
Playa Negra
Junquillal

  Nicoya Peninsula

Nosara/Playa Guiones
Playa Camaronal
Pllaya Marbella
Playa Ostional
Playa Pelada
Santa Teresa
Playa Carmen
Mal Pais

Central Pacific

Boca Barranca
Playa Escondida
Playa Jaco
Roca Loca
Playa Hermosa
Esterillos
Playa Bejuco
Quepos
Manual Antonio

South Central Pacific

Matapalo
Dominical
Punta Dominical
Dominicalito
Punta Achiote
Playa Zancudo
Drake Bay
Cabo Matapalo
Pan Dulce
Backwash
Pavones
Punta Burica

Caribbean

Playa Bonita
Isla Uvita
Salsa Bravo
Puerto Viejo
Manzanillo
Playa Cocles
       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!

Note: All images that appear on crsurfzone.com are , to the best of our knowledge, non-copyrighted images obtained on public domain. Our purpose is simply to give our visitors an idea of the great diversity of surf opportunities Costa Rica offers. We make no claim to the images, would like to give credit to the photographers, and encourage individuals who believe that an image might be an image that they snapped to contact us. Send us a copy of the original and we will be sure to give credit where it belongs. If you do not want an image to be displayed, we will remove it. Thank you to all who have shared their images on-line with the world.















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