Playa Avellanas — surf spot in Guanacaste, Costa Rica · Surf Camp Scout
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Playa Avellanas
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Playa Avellanas
Guanacaste, Costa Rica10.213° -85.836°
Levels 2-6Typical size: 1–8 ft
Several kilometres of peaks 15 km south of Tamarindo, spread out enough that the crowd never concentrates. Beach break over sand for most of its length, with a rock platform mid-beach and a serious right reef at the north end nicknamed Little Hawaii. One beach that holds a first lesson and a double-overhead reef day, which is why so many camps sit behind it.
Surf Snapshot
Estimated seasonal guidance — not a live forecast.
Learn on the sand peaks in the middle and south of the beach, not the rock platform in front of the main parking area and not Little Hawaii at the north end, which is an experts-only reef with underwater hazards. Dec-Apr is the smaller, cleaner window for a first trip; Apr-Nov brings the size.