Costa Rica Surf Travel - Links for Surf Shops, Tours, Spanish Schools, and Community Groups

Favorite research tools, friends in the biz, friends of the Earth, cool gear, and places to go.

Surf

DAILY SURF UPDATES Nosara - SurfingNosara.com Santa Teresa - SurFreak.com Hermosa - Devad Productions
SURF FORECAST MODELS WETSAND SURFLINE STORMSURF MAGIC SEAWEED Best angles for swell from Stormsurf.com Florida Surf Forecast - CFLSURF.com Kill Devil Hills, NC Surf Report - SURFKDH.com TIDE CHARTS & WEATHER Caribbean Side
SURF CONTESTS IN LATIN AMERICA Costa Rican Surf Contest News Latin American Surf Tour Jamaican Surf Team
OTHER SURF SHOPS IN COSTA RICA C&C Surf Shop at Tico Adventure Lodge Tropical Surf School and Caramela Surf Shop (next to the Sirena Hotel in Quepos) Manuel Antonio Surf School - lessons and rentals Carton Surf Shop - Jaco, Costa Rica surfboards Piko Surfboards - Jaco, Costa Rican shaper IN THE U.S.: Miami - Liquid Tube Surf Shop - 71st St. Cocoa Beach - Tom Neilson Shapes
SURF MAPS Nicoya Peninsula - www.tamarindoadventures.net Mal Pais / Montezuma - www.malpaisbeach.com

Travel

INFORMATION SITES FOR LOCAL AREAS Dominical- www.Dominical.biz Jaco - www.jacoguide.com Puerto Viejo - www.puertoviejosatellite.com Mal Pais - www.malpaisbeach.com
COSTA RICA INFO GUIDES Detailed directions for driving from one place to another - www.costarica.com Official Costa Rica tourism website - www.visitcostarica.com One of the more detailed sites for surf break information - Costaricasurfguide.com The Lonely Planet has everything you want to know about Costa Rica - lonelyplanet.com/destinations/central_america/costa_rica / Costa Rica Directory
MAPS Hotel Map for Manuel Antonio - www.cupotico.com

SPANISH SCHOOLS Costa Rica Language School - Homestays, one-on-one instruction, or introduction lessons in San Isidro and Dominical IECR Instituto de Español “Costa Rica” - Your Spanish School in Costa Rica Intercultura Spanish School - Located in Samara La Escuela del Sol - Spanish, Surfing, Yoga and Fire Poi School - Located in Montezuma, Offering any combination of courses for durations of 1 to 4 weeks. Waterfall hikes, zip line canopy tours, horseback riding to private waterfalls, graduation bonfires and more are included in course packages. Nature Air - Costa Rica vacation travel and airline flights. Based in San Jose , Costa Rica , Nature Air is Central America's premier airline for adventure travel , luxury vacations and eco tours in Costa Rica and Panama. READY FOR A TRIP to INDO?? The Surf Travel Co. - Custom surf trips to the South Pacific, based out of Australia, Indonesia Specialists Bali Surf Lessons - Odyssey Surf School or maybe to the DOMINICAN REPUBLIC?? Carib Surf Tours - Empty lineups in the tropics

Environment & Community

ENVIRONMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS Talamanca Dolphin Foundation ADELA, which helps protect dolphins and other marine life from oil drilling off the shore of Costa Rica. Friends of the Osa - www.osaconservation.org
VOLUNTEER GROUPS Asociacion de Voluntarios para el Servicio en las Areas Protegidas (ASVO)- Matapalo Beach Sea Turtle Project - www.asvocr.org
Un Puente - One Bridge - helping school kids and their families on the Caribbean Coast - www.elpuente-thebridge.org
CURRENT ISSUES Stop the marina in Puerto Viejo (in Spanish)- www.salvemospuertoviejo.com

Products

COSTA RICAN FOODS AND DRINK Local gifts shipped to the U.S. - www.ticoshopping.com COFFEE Cafe Volio Cafe Britt Coffee of Atenas
FURNITURE Tropical Latitudes - hard wood and bamboo products from sustainable forests, brought from Bali and Costa Rica. The finest wood furniture and mattresses - www.finefurnitureofsarchi.com CRAFTS Boruca Masks & Information about the indigenous group - www.borucacr.org
Artwork by Neilani

Services

NEWS FROM AROUND COSTA RICA News from San Isidro and the Southern Coast - PerezZeledon.net The Guanacaste Journal - JournalCR.com Weekly English newspaper - The Tico Times National News in Spanish - La Nacion Guanacaste Coast Weekly Paper - The Beach Times Online Costa Rica News updated daily - www.amcostarica.com News primarily for the Southern Pacific Coast, but with National headlines as well - www.sellingCR.com
TOURS PADI certification in Puerto Viejo - Reef Runner Divers Surfing and sportsfishing trips from Playa Herradura - The Barracuda Private Boat Trips to Ollies/Witches/Nicaragua - www.costaricasurfcharters.com Los Suenos Fishing - Daily Fishing Reports for Los Suenos Marina, Jaco, Costa Rica

ACCOMMODATIONS Playa Hermosa Surf Camp: Located on the central pacific coast of Costa Rica. They are a Costa Rican Surf Camp located in Playa Hermosa. They provide surf trips, accomodations, and surf lessons. Extended Stay Costa Rica - scenic villas located 7 km. south of Dominical
RENTALS Cell Phone Rentals EuropCar, Adobe, and U-Save Car Rentals Economy Car Rental

Top Beaches

Esencia Hotel and Villas - Santa Teresa

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