Surfing Jaco Beach
Discover the magic of Surfing Jaco Beach Costa Rica
Dive into the magic of surfing with a team of experienced certified instructors and respected local surfers. If you are a beginner learning how to stand up in a board for the first time or an experienced surfer looking to explore and surf perfect uncrowded waves, you will definitively enjoy our surfing adventures that are available for every level of experience.
Come enjoy with us the pure Costa Rican surfing lifestyle!
Beginner Lessons
5 minutes away from Jaco Beach vacation rentals
Ask for special rates.
Times of Lessons: Depending on tide times
Lesson Length: Minimum 2 hours
What’s Included: Surfboard, rashguard rental, certified surf instructor & transportation to lesson.
What do you need to take: Bathing suit, towel, sunblock, sandals, rashguard (if you have), water
Season: All year long
Will I catch a wave? YES!
If you are just starting to surf, have never been on a board or have surfed a few times, know how to paddle out and want a refresher, the beginner surf lessons are for you. And if you commit to the lesson and listen to the instructor’s lessons – you will be on a wave at least within a week!
Beginner Surf Lesson
Maximum 2 students to one instructor
Your first welcome & beginner surf lesson will take place in South Jaco Beach in front of Club del Mar Hotel. Depending on the tides, we will start our day with a surf lesson where you will learn the basics of surfing, safety tips, paddling techniques, standing up on a board and riding waves. Then we get you in the water and teach you about paddling out, safety in the water & then catching the right wave!
Private Surf Lesson
Maximum 1 student to one instructor
Our surf instructors will start with a demonstration along with a stretching program on the beach. Our goal is to make you feel safe, secure and confident in the water. Basic surfing skills, safety tips, paddling techniques, standing up on a board and riding waves will be part of your instruction. With a ratio of one student per one instructor, you can guarantee that you will catch the ideal waves for a beginner.
Beginner Surf Lesson + Activity
Take a surf lesson and then spend the remainder of the day being active! Bring your gear and get ready to either go for a yoga class, pilates, mountain biking tour or stand up paddling session.
Advanced Surf Tour
Times of Lessons: Depending on tide times & swell
Lesson Length: Minimum 2 hours
What’s Included: Transportation to surf location, certified guide
What do you need to take: Your surfboard, bathing suit, towel, sunblock, sandals, rashguard (if you have), water
Season: All year long
Our instructors are all 100% Costa Rican locals and because of this, they are all respected surfers that have been surfing these breaks for years and will give you the best access to not only the breaks in each area, but also the towns and beaches on the way that offer a variety of beach breaks, reefs and point breaks.
Uncrowded breaks, surf guide and respect of locals
Your guide will check the surf forecast before picking you up and that way choose the best location for you and your level. You will always be guided by our friendly bilingual staff that will help you surf uncrowded breaks and most importantly, receive the respect of all the locals wherever we show up to surf.
Surf Spots
Caldera: An A-frame right wedge that jacks up when it bounces off a jetty. Left wedges also.
Jaco: Jaco is a small beach break with fun left and right peaks, you can surf almost the entire beach. It tends to close out when the waves are over head-high, or during dead low tide. Great beginner wave, or for a warm-up surf before tackling nearby Hermosa or Escondida.
Hermosa: Powerful and consistent beach break that sticks out into the Pacific, assuring constant swell. You will rarely be surfing under head high here. It can be perfect sometimes, delivering a nice barrel, but at other times you might see the barrelling waves all over the place, but have trouble finding that perfect wave for yourself! Hermosa is actually a several mile long stretch of beach, and you can go surfing anywhere along beach. There are a few distinct areas people surf within this area as well.
Esterillos: You can either surf Estrellos Este (east), or Estrellos Oeste (west) with beach break peaks, usually with good shape. Both lefts and rights.
Quepos: This small left point is found at the river mouth in the city of Quepos, easy access with many restaurants and accommodations.
Escondida: Perfect, tubing reef break with powerful lefts and rights.
Roca Loca (rock- reef break): Powerful, rocky right hand reef break off a large exposed rock. Lots of water moving around. You have to descend a steep cliff then paddle out in a small channel. It’s best surfing this break with someone who has surfed there before, so they can show you the safe way to paddle in and out. Experienced surfers only!
Barranca: Boca Barranca is a long left point break in front of a river mouth, when it’s working the ride can last almost a kilometer! Considered the second longest wave in Costa Rica. Excellent longboard wave, and for hitting the lip on a short board.
