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Beyond fishing

Diving, snorkeling, surfing, sailing, islands and marine parks for the days you're not fishing.

Charters, lodges and marinas

Montezuma Crew's center-console boat with twin Yamaha outboards, scuba tanks and pool noodles on deck, anchored off a green headland
Montezuma · charterMontezuma CrewMontezuma Crew is a small boat outfit on the southern Nicoya Peninsula that runs sportfishing, scuba trips, dive courses and…
2 Rocket Frog Divers boats running fast across calm water in the Gulf of Papagayo, with dry hills behind
Playas del Coco · divingRocket Frog DiversRocket Frog Divers is a PADI 5 Star IDC dive center in Playas del Coco, Guanacaste, with its own fleet of purpose-built dive…

Guides

Beyond fishingDiving the Catalina Islands, Guanacaste: Giant Mantas off FlamingoThe Catalina Islands are a chain of rocky islets off Guanacaste's coast near Playa Flamingo, and they're Costa Rica's best-known…
Rocky shoreline and a pale sand beach backed by palms and forested hills just south of Montezuma
Southern NicoyaMontezuma: Fishing, Boat Trips and the Wild Southern Tip of NicoyaMontezuma is a small, laid-back beach town on the southern tip of the Nicoya Peninsula, with a waterfall, rocky coves and Costa…
A smiling man in a helmet and harness riding a zip line cable through green forest near Jacó
Beyond fishingCanopy Tours in Costa Rica: Where to Zip Line and How to Pick a Safe OperatorCanopy tours, where you clip into a harness and ride steel cables from platform to platform through or over the forest, run all…
Steep green hills of Cocos Island rising from deep blue water under white clouds
Beyond fishingCocos Island: Costa Rica's Offshore Shark SanctuaryCocos Island is a national park more than 500 km off Costa Rica's Pacific coast, famous for schools of hammerhead sharks, and the…
View from the forest on Isla del Caño over palm fronds to a rocky shore and blue Pacific water
Beyond fishingIsla del Caño: Diving and Snorkeling off the Osa PeninsulaIsla del Caño is a small island and biological reserve 16 km off the Osa Peninsula, with some of the best coral reefs on Costa…
A white sailing catamaran at anchor in clear water off a dry, forested headland in Guanacaste, seen from water level
Beyond fishingSailing in Costa Rica: Where to Go, When, and How It Fits a Fishing TripMost sailing in Costa Rica happens on the Pacific side, from the windy Gulf of Papagayo in Guanacaste to the calm Gulf of Nicoya…
Beyond fishingDiving the Bat Islands (Islas Murciélago): Bull Sharks off Santa RosaThe Bat Islands (Islas Murciélago) are a group of rocky islands in the protected marine sector of Santa Rosa National Park, in…
A scalloped hammerhead shark swimming toward the camera through a cloud of small fish at Cocos Island
Beyond fishingScuba Diving in Costa Rica: The Main Dive Areas and How to PlanCosta Rica's best diving is on the Pacific side, where cool, food-rich water brings big animals: mantas and bull sharks in…
Aerial view of the forested Cahuita point on Costa Rica's Caribbean coast, with the coral reef showing as pale green shallows offshore
Beyond fishingSnorkeling in Costa Rica: The Best Spots on Both CoastsCosta Rica's best snorkeling is at Isla del Caño off the Osa Peninsula, Tortuga Island in the Gulf of Nicoya, sheltered coves in…
A surfer crouching low on a green, peeling wave at Witch's Rock, Guanacaste
Beyond fishingSurfing in Costa Rica: The Main Breaks by Region, Seasons and SafetyCosta Rica has surf on both coasts all year, with most of the well-known breaks on the Pacific, from Guanacaste's Tamarindo and…