Are you considering taking a surf trip to one of the best surf spots in Costa Rica and you are not sure where yet?
Then, let us show you a little bit about Avellanas Beach.
It is located on the North Pacific Coast of Guanacaste Providence.
Playa Avellanas Lola’s beachfront bar & restaurant, Avellanas Surf School Camp, and has its base in the famous Lola’s beachfront bar & restaurant. A chill-out place where locals meet.
We are the only surf school in this area that has been guiding and teaching surfing over seven different surf breaks for more than 20 years.
It is also the same beach where the JW Marriott Guanacaste Resort & Spa and Hacienda Pinilla Homes.
The first is a reef break called “La Purruja”. It is named after the original small bar where Lolas is currently located. The surf spot is to the left to the parking lot. It can be a world class wave with the right size and wave direction. In fact, a challenge for most intermediate level surfers. A must for advanced level surfers.
In front of Lolas Restaurant in Avellanas you will find a beach break where you will find most of the locals surfing because it is insanely fun! In front of Lolas Restaurant there is a sandbar that has some great rights and lefts (Sometimes great A frames).
Right next to Lolas, theres another break called Las Olas. It’s name is because right at the entrance is the main road to a Hotel called Las Olas where you can algo get a nice meal and some refreshing cocktails or drinks at its open style restaurant. The most beautiful way to get there is by walking the wooden bridge which extends through the mangrove in Avellanas. Its a signature place for taking pictures.
If you keep taking more steps you will find the next spot called Palo Seco (Dead Tree). Its is a smooth wave settle in an awesome sand bar that also breaks both ways (left and right) for those that are learning to surf or at a basic level. Ideally for kids…
The Estero (River Mouth) if you continue walking north you will encounter “The Estero” which is a river mouth break and great for advanced surfers. The wave is a perfect A frame where it barrels like no other place in Playa Avellanas. It is mostly for advanced surfers, and requires enough experience because there is an exposed reef.
Lastly once you cross the river mouth you will get to “Little Hawaii”. This wave is a dream come true. It is for advanced level surfers that love to rip hard. Great point break that breaks to the right and it can handle up to a triple overhead swell.
We wont tell you the name for obvious reasons. This seventh break is kept private for locals, close friends and acquaintances. International visitors hardly get the chance to see this wave. They have no idea that a reef break that can manage “Perfect Waves”, “Big Swells” and can be accessed via boat or a 20 minute paddle out. When the conditions come together, this wave is world class, for sure one of the best surf spots in Costa Rica.
