COVID-19 Disrupts Surf Season Schedule
- APR 08, 2020They say you can’t go home again, but here I am, back at my original publication base writing the Costa Rica Surf Report. Nearly 20 years ago, I wrote my first Surf Report f
Travel & Adventure
Skybound: Using Costa Rica’s Airstrips
- FEB 26, 2020Photo above: Co-piloting this recent flight departure from Liberia was Kyle Berger, a Costa Rican native now working with Air Canada in Toronto. Photo: Luis Felipe Murillo Cas
Finca 6 and The Mystery of the Spheres
- FEB 26, 2020Costa Rica is home to only two protected pre-Colombian archaeological sites, including the larger and better known National Monument of Guayabo. But the less familiar Finca 6
Surfing Ollie’s Point after the Storm
- FEB 26, 2020In October 2017, a huge storm devastated most of the beaches in Costa Rica. Playas del Coco was totally flooded. Significant beachfront destruction was widespread and the ocea
Surf Profile Costa Rica: Dean Bushby
- FEB 26, 2020Years ago, Dean Bushby, a computer network engineer from Leeds, United Kingdom, fell off a motorcycle he was riding in Thailand. Loss of his leg was the consequence. Over the
Esterillos Oeste and the Enigmatic Mermaid
- FEB 26, 2020The seven-kilometer-long beach of Esterillos, about 20 minutes south of Jacó, has become over the years one of Costa Rica’s most fun places to catch waves. In fact, it cons
Surfing Witch’s Rock With Robert August
- FEB 26, 2020Robert August’s jokes are pretty corny. Yet, it’s a privilege hearing them told by someone who happens to be a surfing legend. At age 18, the Huntington Beach, California
Turning Sea Turtle Poachers into Protectors
- FEB 26, 2020Photo above: Volunteer biologist Nancy Tankersley reaches into a fresh turtle nest to scoop out the eggs before poachers do. Photo: Nancy Tankersley Poachers got to the nest
Bus Trip Tips: Ten Pointers for a Smoother Ride
- FEB 26, 2020When traveling around Costa Rica on a budget, public transportation is definitely the best option. But there are certain things you simply would not know or could not possibly
Reaching the Highest Peaks in Costa Rica
- FEB 26, 2020Pictured above: Cerro Chirripo Several of Costa Rica’s highest mountain peaks retain the name they were given by native Americans. They were an integral part of indegenous c