Drive all the way to Gandoca National Park in Manzanillo. Park your car and follow the trial up the park for 1.5km. The trail will end and you will have to hike through the jungle next to the beach. You will know when you are there. You will see a perfect wave peeling.
Ask some of the locals in puerto viejo on how to paddle in. There are some channels that you can take. My advise is to wear booties. The reef is razor sharp.
Overview
Atmosphere
The atmosphere in this spot is magical. The water is crystal clear and you can see colorful fish swimming under you. The jungle is very dense and is right on the beach. THe feeling of isolation is exciting and intriguing. THis is one of the most beautiful areas in CR.
wonder,,
typical local bean head nigger,,,guess what,,i git the best variety of waves in the world in california,,i no longer leave My Country,,cus you cant trust any of the trash in places like yours anyway. And tha waves your talkin bout defending are mediocre to shita anyway essay.
had a great time
stayed in puerto viejo in January for a bit, salsa was pumping and dudes were getting jacked, tons of broken and buckled boards comming in. heard about this spot (manzanillo) and decided to try to find it. definatley a cool hike to get in here, the wave is really nothing special though. kind of a short ride, really only good for about 2 turns, there is some nasty coral / rocky razor sharp reef on the inside that sticks up in areas. bootys are a good idea here unless you want to just do 1 turn then pull out. again there is nothing really spectacular abou this wave, it does have some power though and you can get moving pretty fast on it but again pretty short wave that closes out over some razor sharp coral / rocky reef. we surfed for a couple hours that day, some local kids had the place wired and seemed to find the better waves really easily, they were cool though and we all had fun. there is another right point about 1/2 mile or so up the beach from this place that we could see peeling in the distance but it is kind of a gnarly jungle walk to get up there and we heard that there are crocks up in that area so we didnt venture up. Info on that spot would be cool.
comment by BHN, 2006-11-10 01:59:27
Wonders don't worry with those freaks
I surfed with local guys in April and I can say you got it going on. What a cool place. We caught Salsa at 6 to 8. and when it dropped we went to the flat rock of Manza. It was a cool hike and we caught some tasty waves. Some locals showed up about 3 minutes after we paddled out. They ripped it up for about an hour then it turned off and on the beach we was rappin with these cats and they were totally cool. We surfed with em at Salsa the day before. Then we went to the Pacific cause thats where the waves were coming up and guess who showed up? Them same cats. All I can say is believe what you want but we had a most excellent time in Costa and followed the waves with no hassles.
comment by Anonymous, 2009-11-05 03:32:09