About

not the greatest spot but good if a beginner and hermosa is a little steep or closing out. easy to hitch to from jaco/hermosa due to highway closeby, but good to have a car.
more at:
http://www.surfcosta.com/refugio.html

Atmosphere:
atmosphere is great fisherman will take you out if you just help them out for a couple hours. great place to stay if on a longer vacation and need a couple weeks or days to save money and escape the sin pit that is jaco. also good to brush up on espanol skills because theres very few tourists or english speakers besides small resort north of where the road hits the beach. gorgeous wide white sandy beach can walk for miles if youre into that.

Additional Info:
probably just park your car by the small restaurant where all the toothless fishermen hang out, theres a small cabinas real cheap like 40 yds from beach, smells like fish everywhere, if its not quite big enough to be fun head to esterillos centro you can walk about 25 min or so. south of mermaid statue at resort down to centro all has little sandbars. good if centro is packed with people.

Location

Access

14km South of Hermosa beach, before you get to esterillos centro turn west off main highway drive down a couple km towards small fishing village, theres a couple smaller resorts north and smells like fish

Wave Characteristics

Ideal Conditions

Crowd

Dangers

Rips / undertow, Rocks

Videos

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