Playing in the Turquoise Waters: Surfing in Costa Rica’s Pacific Ocean

A Crocodile Bay guest’s photos from a day of surfing off the coast of the Pacific Ocean.

View of Pacific Ocean from the beach at Crocodile Bay
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 View of Costa Rica’s crystal blue Pacific Ocean from the beach at Crocodile Bay.

Surfer catches a wave in along the Southern Pacific Coast
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Surfer catches a small break off the Pacific coast of Costa Rica.

Bird Spotted by Surfer in Costa Rica
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Bird flying overhead while we sit on our boards waiting for the next break in the Pacific Ocean.

Canoe in the Pacific Ocean
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Dawn along the Osa Peninsula and a canoe is anchored in the Pacific Ocean by some snorkelers getting an early start on the day.

Surfer takes a fall into the Pacific Ocean
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Surfer wipes out on this wave!

Sportfishing Calendar

January

Tuna, marlin and dorado taper off. Number of sailfish begins to increase.

February

Prime time for sailfish. Occassional marlin, tuna or dorado.

March

Prime time for sailfish.

April

Sailfish numbers drop mid-April and some marlin begin to appear.

May

Slower for billfish. Typically we start seeing schools of spinner dolphins with yellowfin tuna.

June

Slower for billfish. Spinner dolphins with yellowfin tuna.

July

Marlin begin to appear. A chance for black marlin as well as blues and striped marlin. A chance for tuna.

August

Marlin and tuna.

September

Slower for billfish. A chance for tuna and dorado.

October

Dorado begin to appear in numbers with marlin close behind.

November

A mixed bag of dorado, marlin and some big tuna.

December

Marlin, dorado, tuna and sailfish are all possibilities.