After our episodes in Raglan (see here, here, here, here, here and here), we moved forward and south the northern island of New Zealand, crossing sensational and peaceful sceneries of hills, rivers and farn forests.

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Zopilote surf camp is located in Puntarenas, a western province of Costa Rica covering the most of the country’s pacific coast line.

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Zopilote surf camp is located south of the Guanacaste province in Costa Rica (click here for a map). Liberia City is the capital of this sunny province in northwest Costa Rica and the gateway to this region. It’s about 5 hours from San José by bus. In Liberia live over 35,000 people, which makes the town a center of the region.

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Parque Nacional Corcovado is situated in the South West of Costa Rica on the Osa Peninsula, south of Zopilote Surfcamp. It is maybe the best known and ‚most valuable’ National Park of Costa Rica: around 400 km² space, and very diversified in terms of biodiversity.

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Costa Rica offers a wide spectrum of animals and plants despite ist relative small land mass – around 5% of the world’s flora and fauna species is represented in Costa Rica. More than 25% of the country is either a natural reserve or a protected forest.

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After two hours she returned from the water, shaking and freezing, but with that unmisunderstandable smile on her face. Hapiness about some accomplished rides, about her skills to manage such a board in a wild sea.

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When we returned to beach we’ve been the day before, we first stopped at the parking lot to take a longer view of the sea. It was still very windy, obviously cold, and she happy. Two other friends from the hostel came along, as we headed down to the beach.

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For all of you who are curious about the actual weather in Costa Rica, I have collected a few weather resources:

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As my first surf day passed by, I couldn’t move myself the next morning. I felt dead stiff in the bed, my back was a stick, my shoulders heavy, and my palms red like tomatoes. They burned and I couldn’t touch anything, even my clothes or her body.

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It was one of these days when big swell starts to produce close-out waves at the beachbreaks on the southern peninsula of costa rica. But we knew we could count on one friend who has been the lucky owner of a nice little boat and who has been on the search ever since he got hooked with surfing.
We entered the ocean in mal pais around 6:00 a.m. and checked every little beach-, point- & reefbreak going north. After one hour of searchin we found what we were looking for: A nice little point breaking left with different sections and long walls. Three hours of perfection & another great day to remember…
Thanks Peter!