“A tourist arriving in Costa Rica must rent a car, stay in a hotel, dine at local restaurants, and pay for tours to the beaches. In other words, the economic impact of surfing is incredibly broad.” ...

We cut short our California trip and boarded a plane to Costa Rica, embarking on a unique mission to explore the foundations of healing surf retreats. Known as one of the world’s most biodiverse ...

They live in the Nicoya Peninsula in the northwest of Costa Rica, an 80-mile stretch just south of the Nicaraguan border, popular with tourists for its abundance of wildlife, landscapes, surfing ...

Superlatives come easily when talking about Costa Rica – one of the most biodiverse ... slide into Central America’s most spectacular surf. Add in fabulous cuisine, influenced by Spanish ...

Boasting some of the country’s best and most popular surf spots, Northern Costa Rica is holding. There’s a handful of legendary, yet off-the-beaten-path, spots in the region, like Witches Rock ...

or stick closer to shore with a 90-minute surf lesson on Santa Teresa Beach. Costa Rica's Guanacaste Province is home to vast swathes of tropical dry forest, a rare habitat type ...