Go to Monterrico. This is a little town, you can arrive there with "chicken busses", from Guatemala city, and boat from La Avellana. Monterrico is an amazing place with nice people.
In monterrico you can find hotel with price from 5$ to 20$. The waves are good from may to october.
Overview
Atmosphere
the scenery is reduced to its basic elements: a strip of dead straight sand, a line of powerful surf, a huge empty ocean and an enormous curving horizon.
not much
Beautiful country, beautiful people, great food. Wonderful place to visit, and it may actually break, but I saw nothing that was surfable and I checked out Hawaii, and Montericco. There may be other breaks, I just didn't see this one, or notice any potential, the sand drops off steep and the tides move little. Again, go visit, but don't bother carrying your board with you, bring your hiking boots...
comment by anonymous, 2005-12-06 18:31:58
i agree, not worth it
came here on honeymoon, early august, was hoping to get a couple of days surfing in but nowhere to hire boards, apart from a few guys travelling to costa rica who were funding their trip, i think, by hiring a battered old foam board wrapped up in gaffer tape(no grip) for $20 a day, CHEAP, NOT. oh and it also had no leash!!! Waves close out too much but seemed good at certain stages of tide. Would advise trying maybe el paredon where you can at least get hold of a board.
comment by Andrea, 2005-06-09 20:07:06
worst waves ever
iŽtravelling north i got started in costa rica and surfed nica and el salva (grate waves surper cheap everywhere) guatemala is crap waves and expensive hostels, today in the mornig i almost went nuts when i had to pay and tip BEFORE getting my breakfast, when i sayd that i usually tip when the food is good and waiters are gentle, she told me that here everywhere is like that, take it or go....iŽll go and so soon as possible
comment by anonymous, 2006-05-13 20:04:30