Surfing at Playa Hermosa Courtesy of the Backyard Hotel

Playa Hermosa is one of Cost Rica’s most consistent and heaviest spots with a variety of sandbars up and down the 10 Km long beach. It is for the intermediate to advanced surfer so if you are a beginner there are other breaks in the area listed bellow. Hermosa’s conditions change rapidly depending on the tides, winds and swell activity. Two keys to surfing Hermosa as well as the rest of Costa Rica: know your daily tides and winds. 

Generally speaking it stays glassy until 8:30 a.m. and around 5 p.m. It is best to surf early morning with the sun rising at 5 a.m. all year round.
Peak south/southwest swell through November although swell enters all year round and can get big at anytime.
Hermosa tends to close out at 8”+, it is the that you head to local reefs and points breaks listed bellow.