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Sportfishing Costa RicaN 9°56′ · W 84°05′

9.4° N · 84.2° W

Central Pacific

Jacó and Los Sueños, Quepos and Marina Pez Vela, Manuel Antonio and Dominical, where the sailfish run thickest from December to April.

Charters, lodges and marinas

Quepos · charterFishing Charters Costa RicaFishing Charters Costa Rica is now a booking service rather than a single charter: it lists about 31 private sportfishing boats…
Crush Em, a white 48-foot sportfishing yacht with a flybridge, motoring past a rock breakwater with anglers and crew on the stern deck
Jacó · charterJaco Tour SportfishingJaco Tour Sportfishing is a tour office in the center of Jacó that books fishing charters out of Los Sueños Marina and Playa…
Aerial view at sunset of Los Sueños Marina in Herradura Bay, with long rows of white sportfishing boats at the docks and resort buildings on the forested shore
Playa Herradura · marinaLos Sueños Resort and MarinaLos Sueños is a resort community and marina on Herradura Bay, just north of Jacó on Costa Rica's Central Pacific coast. Its…
The waterfront plaza at Marina Pez Vela at sunset, with steps down to a lawn and rows of sportfishing boats in the basin beyond
Quepos · marinaMarina Pez VelaMarina Pez Vela is the big marina on the Quepos waterfront, on Costa Rica's Central Pacific coast, and the dock most Quepos and…
Three Brothers, a white 34-foot custom express sportfishing boat with a tuna tower, leaving its slip in a marina with anglers in the cockpit
Quepos · charterQuepos Fish AdventureQuepos Fish Adventure is a Quepos charter company that owns its own fleet of six boats, from a 28-foot inshore boat to a 40-foot…
Isabella, a white 28-foot Rampage sportfishing boat with a blue canopy and tall outriggers, tied up at a marina dock under a cloudy sky
Quepos · charterQuepos FishingQuepos Fishing is a small charter company at Marina Pez Vela in Quepos, on Costa Rica's Central Pacific coast. It runs three…

Guides

Jacó Bay's long curving beach and blue water seen from a forested hillside
Central PacificSportfishing in Jacó: Los Sueños, Sailfish and the Central PacificJacó is the closest Pacific fishing town to San José, and its boats leave from Los Sueños Marina in Herradura, a few minutes…
Dark-sand Dominical beach lined with jungle and palms under a blue sky
Central PacificFishing from Dominical: Surf Town Base, Quepos BoatsDominical is a surf town south of Quepos with no marina of its own, so most anglers staying here fish on boats from Marina Pez…
Angler leaning over the side of a boat to release a sailfish caught in Costa Rica
Fishing chartersSportfishing in Costa Rica: Where and When to Fish, Licences and RulesCosta Rica has two very different fisheries: the Pacific, with sailfish, marlin, dorado, tuna and roosterfish, and the Caribbean…
Pale-sand beach in Manuel Antonio National Park with a tree-topped rock islet and clear blue water
Central PacificFishing Near Manuel Antonio: What Anglers Need to KnowManuel Antonio is one of Costa Rica's most popular beach areas, and its fishing happens offshore from Marina Pez Vela in Quepos…
Sportfishing boats docked at Marina Pez Vela in Quepos under a bright blue sky
Central PacificSportfishing in Quepos: Marina Pez Vela and the Sailfish SeasonQuepos is the sportfishing capital of Costa Rica's Central Pacific, with a large charter fleet based at Marina Pez Vela. Sailfish…