Costa Rica Facts and Figures

Esterillos West is located south of Hermosa Beach in Costa Rica, these two beaches are divided by Punta Judas. Esterillos West cannot be seen from the road. You must be attentive so that you are not passing the entrance to this beach. This beach, with 7 kilometers long, is ideal for hiking or running. The waves are not as fast and vertical as in Playa Hermosa which makes them ideal for long boards for surfing.

Many surfers who live in Jaco, prefer to surf farther south, in these two beaches. However, not only surfers visit this beach. Especially on weekends, the Costa Rican families attending to the area to spend a few days relaxing. It is one of the places in Costa Rica where the national tourism exceeds the number in foreign tourism.

The swimmers should be careful with the flow and be informed with local residents about possible dangers. The northern part of this beach is a steep section full of rocks. There is a statue of a mermaid sitting on the rocks.

According to the surfers, this place for surf is called “La Sirena” with slow waves that break to the right that are great for surfers with long surf board. Here the best surfing is in the morning. When the tide is high, the waves can break on a rocky background. Located more to the left of this site, the bottom is sandy and is also a good place to surf.

In the northern part of the beach are formed “pools” between the rocks. Due to the change of tide at low tide you can see many fossils in the rocks.

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