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Tamarindo
Here you will find two mains points : 1- Pico Pequeño a rocky point in front of the hotel Tamarindo, and 2- el estero, an excellent river mouth break.
Playa Langosta
A right and left point break that curls off the mouth of a a small river, located I km south of Tamarindo.
Playa Negra
A right point break with very fast waves, 350 kms from San Jose. Playa Negra is one of the best breaks in the country. Located 5 km south of playa Avellanas.
Nosara
A beach break, with lefts and rights. About 350 kms from San Jose. You go from San Jose to Nicoya and from there to Nosara. It takes approx. 5 hours to get there.
Playa Hermosa
A temperamental beach break, with lefts and rights. Best near the rocks to the north.
Santa Teresa
A long beach break with rights and lefts. Best at low-mid tide coming up.
Malpais
Another long beachbreak. Best at mid-high tide. Doesn't hold large swell very well, but there's a few point and reef breaks that work in bigger conditions.
Boca Barranca
A river mouth with a very long left, located 100 kms of San Jose with excellent access, paved road. Many places to stay. Dark water during rainy season scares off many. Boca Barranca and any other nearby beach are no contaminated. Boca Barranca offers some of the best waves pf the country.
Jacò
Can be good beach break when the surf is not too big. Tends to close out when it gets over 5 feet. Playa Jaco is approximately 2 hours from San Jose( 140 km), and the waves are not always dependable. One of its principal attraction has been surfing, this because of its location on the central pacific and it being so close to great quantity of places, specially playa Hermosa, playa Escondida, and Boca Barranca, Puntarenas. Jaco is a growing center of tourism enjoyment, with hotels, cabins and camp grounds.
Playa Hermosa (de Jacò)
Very strong beach break. This long stretch of break peaks working any given day, but the preferred sand bar is located in front of a large tree known as the Almendro. The waves conditions are generally best when the tide is rising.
Quepos
This small left `point is found at the river mouth in the city of Quepos, easy access with many restaurants and accommodations.
Dominical
Good, strong beach break with lefts and rights. Beautiful landscapes and very tropical.
Matapalo
Excellent right points located in front of Pavones, you can get there by boat from Pavones or by car from Golfito. Perfect waves.
Pavones
Excellent left point, considered one of the longest in the world. Good shape and very fast. It is located 400 kms from San Jose (8 hours by car). Out on the peninsula across Pavones, a half-hour boat ride away, there is a series of right points (Matapalo) the equivalent of Pavones world class lefts.
Puerto Viejo
A very thick and voluminous wave that comes from deep water onto a shallow reef, also called "salsa", for its juice power. This place gets very big and tubular (legitimate big wave). Salsa is approximately a 3-1/2 hour drive from San Jose and there is a restaurant and accommodation close to the point.
Limon
A stretch of beach breaks extending south from limon to Cahuita, offering lefts and rights that tend to close out where the swell gets too big.
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