Surfing Jaco Beach

The Jaco beach have 6 kms long and surrounded by magnificent green mountains and tropical palm trees. The beach gets fairly crowded, particularly on weekends, though one can escape from the crowds by walking further down the beach.

Jaco is a small beachbreak with fun left and right peaks, you can surf almost the entire beach. It tends to close out when the waves are over head-high, or during dead low tide. Great beginner wave, or for a warm-up surf before tackling Nearby Hermosa or Escondida.

Jaco Beach is a popular jump-off point for surfers traveling to Costa Rica, being that it is only a two hour (approx) drive from San Jose. You can get off the plane and be surfing on in the same day!

Jaco is very close to Hermosa and Playa Escondida, two breaks that consistently have excellent surf.

Jaco is one of the most bustling beach/surf towns in Costa, as there is actually something to do at night here. There are several bars and Discotechs, and the restaurants always seem to have a old surf video in the VCR. Very surfer friendly.

The sand on Jaco Beach is silty and a grayish-brownish colour. Primarily a surfing beach, Costa Rica has many more attractive beaches for non-surfers. For swimmers the surf can be quite rough and riptides strong. During low tide the waves tend die-down and swimming is safer.