Costa Rica

Tamarindo

A big, easy-going Pacific beach town where the river-mouth sandbars groom swell into tidy beginner waves virtually year-round — warm water, board shorts, howler monkeys in the trees behind.

Best forBeach
Approx. flying time~5h 40m from Los Angeles
Nearest airportNicoya (NOB)

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About this place

Progress fast and Playa Grande's more serious walls are next door. The dry season, December to April, is classic; the green season brings afternoon rain and morning glass.

Featured in Ten surf beaches where beginners actually stand up

When to go

Daytime highs run from about 28°C in November to 33°C in March. Driest January to March; wettest in October, with rain on about 30 days. The sea is warmest in May at around 31°C, coolest at 29°C.

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August29° · rain 27 days · sea 30°Warm and often wet.

Monthly figures averaged from daily records for 2020–2024 at this location (ERA5 reanalysis). Highlighted months are warm and mostly dry — December to March.

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