Tamarindo
Good to know
- Best time to go
- November to April for dry, sunny weather; surf is consistent year-round
- Budget
- $$
- Coordinates
- Open in maps
Guanacaste's busiest beach town, where a long sandy bay serves up dependable beginner and intermediate surf year-round. Surf schools, sushi bars, and sunset catamarans give it a resort-town buzz unusual for Costa Rica. The Las Baulas estuary at the beach's north end shelters mangroves and nesting leatherback turtles.
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