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Surf Zones & Waves Covered: – View Surf Zones Covered in the Trip in a Google map click the blue link.
Playa Negra
200 meters to the beach-5 minutes walk to the point: Extremely consistent right reef/point; fast, long, rip-able walls with hollow tube sections; take-off zone is over a flat rock that sits relatively deep making for an easy drop; dubbed the best reef break in Costa Rica by The Endless Summer II
Playa Avellana-5 minutes drive due North
(5 minute drive): Stretch of mile beach with four distinct waves. Family friendly, good surf- vibe beach with beach front Bar/Restaurant- “Lolas.” Lola is the family’s pot belly pig. Lola passed in 09, but now they have adopted a new pig. Her name is “Lolita.” Don’t let the name fool you-she is not small anymore.
(listed below from south to north):
A- Roca Burruja-Parking Lot: Rock and sand bottom; dominant left with occasional right; wave is a bit soft making it a great beginner to novice level break
B- Sandy Beach: Longboard and beginner wave; soft and crumbly with sand bottom; similar to San Onofre minus the rocks.
C- The Rivermouth: Lowers-like A-frame that breaks both left and right. Don’t let its rip-ability fool you, it has power so proceed accordingly.
D- Little Hawaii: Powerful right that needs a significant swell to break, turning on during a south; relatively mellow take off followed by a draining tube that spins off into a deep water channel.
Shhhh…
We Have a Few Secrets: We’ll take you to several spots that are still relatively unknown and often have little to no crowds. There is one wave in particular that is an extremely heavy beachbreak along the lines of Hossegor. Plan on getting some shade in the tube!
Witch’s Rock:
Boat Accessible Only (Extra charge applies):
Ultra-playful rights and lefts that break seemingly forever up and down the 2-mile stretch of sandy white beach. An estuary breaks up an otherwise uniform sandbar, allowing waves to stand up and run as if each was on its own point. User-friendly and very rip-able, Witch’s is a blast for all levels of surfers.
Ollie’s Point:
Near the Nicaraguan border, this world class right point break is named after Oliver North’s use of the location to smuggle arms to the Contra rebels. Remember the “Iran Contra Affair?” The take-off zone is next to a series of rocks with a slow entry, the wave then stands up and races endlessly over a rocky bottom into deep water almost ensuring a long ride that doesn’t close until the beach.
See this video from our tour operator about this trip..
