Avellanas

Surf Guide

About 30 minutes south of Langosta is Playa Avellanes, a series of rocky reefbreaks, beachbreaks, and another river mouth. Avellanes can get really good -- oftentimes better than Langosta. You can usually find an uncrowded peak here as well, and since Avellanes (and Langosta) generally picks up more swell than Tamarindo, it's worth hitching, hiring a rental, or taking a taxi to go check out when the latter is too small. And just south of Avellanes is Playa Negra, a hollow right rock reefbreak that's one of the better tubes in Costa Rica but has the crowds to match. Click here to download Surfline's North Costa Rica Surf Guide pdf.