Surf and coconut trees

Sun, Sand, Sea, Surf. That´s what this stuning area is.

Playa Hermosa,  is the north beach break on the coast line of the Santa Teresa, Mal pais area. With just a short drive you’ll get to what is count as the best beginners surf spots around one of the most beautifull beaches at the area.

Playa Hermosa is a small, tranquil beach community located to the north of Santa Teresa. As the name suggests, the beach here is beautiful – the white sand stretches for miles along the coast, with the thick forest descending from the hills to meet it.This town attracts surfers, yogis and beach lovers who enjoy a quieter and more laid-back lifestyle.

This gorgeous beach deserves its hermosa (beautiful) moniker and then some. It’s wide and flat and spectacular at low tide. The beach nearly disappears at high tide. Somewhere between low and high is surf tide, when you can ride the wide beach break left or right from center. You can surf the point break (at the north end of the beach) at any time.

There isn’t much of a town here. It has several good hotels, several rental villas, a few surf camps, and one small grocery store. In the center of the Hermosa town area is the “Playa Hermosa Valley” international school, and many of the children of foreigners living in Santa Teresa send their kids here.

Hermosa has a road going up the hill that goes back down to Manzanillo, or to the right you can get back to Cóbano, as long as the Rio Negro doesn’t have too much water or mud.

Where does Playa Hermosa start and Santa Teresa end? No one seems to know exactly, but somewhere north of Santa Teresa, the hubbub of the surf village ends and a peaceful community begins.

Playa Hermosa is the most beautiful beach in the southern Nicoya Peninsula, and despite all the tourists in the area, is still to this day one of the most deserted beaches.

There’s no development on this beach, except for an occasional house tucked back in the trees. The hills above have little development as well, although much of it has been sold in the last year or two, and more development is expected both above and near the beach.