In recent years Costa Rica has developed into a world-class surf destination. Its warm water, variety and consistency of waves make Costa Rica the perfect spot to plan your surf getaway. At PuraVida.com we have all the surf info you need!!

From our surf break guide, to getaway packages, we are your one stop shop!

History:

Costa Rica's saltwatery riches were first mined by tight-lipped CentroAmerican surf travelers and dropouts in the late '60s, but it wasn't until a '74 article in Surfing magazine that the rest of the surfing world saw photographic evidence of somewhere way south of the border. Till then, it was bandits and mosquitoes and left pointbreaks in Mazatlan; once CR was discovered -- it was safe! -- it seemed almost too good to be true. Numerous magazines featured the waves of Pavones and Boca Baranca and Salsa Brava though the late '70s, but when Surfing (again!) ran a huge, double-page Aaron Chang shot lineup of Witches Rock in '83, the rush was on. Morris Overseas Tours started the first Costa Rica surf tours in '85, and the rest -- the dozens of pay-to-play surf camps, the feral campers, the 5000 locals and thousands of visitors, the national contest circuit -- is writing its own history as we launch into the second generation of Tico surfers.