1. Ollie's Point. (Access by boat only). Right point at the river mouth with fast, hollow waves that roll on the beach endlessly, breaking over a rocky bottom. Take off at a series of rocks with slow entry. Best conditions at outgoing to mid low tide and south/southwest swells.

2. Witches Rock. Two mile stretch of beach with hollow sand bottom beach breaks, creating long lefts and rights. Take off can be steep; however, offshores generally keep the wave open and easy to surf. Best conditions with a west/southwest swell at incoming to high tide.

3. Rivermouth. Solid right beachbreak with hollow waves as they hit the inside reef. Best conditions on a due west swell with offshore flow and a mid-high tide.

4. Pico Pequeño. A lava finger reef, with a right that can be mushy to barreling. Best conditions at mid tide. Located south of the rivermouth.

5. Old's Man. Known as a classic longboard wave with a sweet shoulder, offering high, nose riding lefts and rights. Best conditions at mid tide with offshores.

6. Playa Langosta. Exposed beach break just north of Tamarindo, with hollow peaks. Can get crowded at the main peak, but there are plenty of fun lefts and rights on the outside reef and beach break. Best conditions at mid - high tide with offshore flow.

7. Playa Avellanes. A series of rights and lefts from a rivermouth offering a series of peaks including reefs and beach breaks. The northern end of the rivermouth boasts an outside reef break, "Little Hawaii", which works best on a west or northwest swell and is ideal for longboarders. The rivermouth is a rock bottom right that can get very hollow and is best at low tide in the morning.

8. Playa Negra. Twelve kilometers south of Tamarindo, offering a rock-reef right break that is fast and hollow at low tide, creating a picture perfect ride. Best conditions in the morning, with a mid tide going out. Negra will pick up swell from many directions, and crowds can be a factor.

9. Junquillal. A beach break and a left reef that work better at higher tides. There are many peaks with hollow, fast rights and lefts. The waves jack up off the sandbar creating a tough entry. On a large enough swell, try surfing at Playa Blanca, directly in front of the Iguana Azul, which offers double overhead epic lefts.

10. Playa Marbella. Located between Junquillal and Ostional, this is one of the area's most consistent breaks offering excellent conditions with the presence of offshore winds.

11. Playa Ostional. Beach and reef break, with peaks and shallow rock reef lefts that get barreling with a large south or southwest swells. Located north of Nosara.

12. Playa Nosara. Great beach break with peaks and shallow rock reef lefts that get barelling with a large south or southwest swell.

13. Playa Pelada. A rock reef on the north side which is best with a north swell at incoming high tide. Not very consistent and gets very crowded.

14. Playa Guiones. A beach break with a left point that works better at high tides and early in the morning. This area offers some of the the most consistent year-round surf ranging from head-high to double overhead and much less crowded than the Tamarindo area.

15. Playa Camaronal. Located waaaay down there between Nosara and Mal Pais. Nice beach break that is surrounded by rocks. This break is very consistent and offers surf year-round. Best conditions from the south, or southwest.

16. Playa Santa Teresa. Good lefts and rights at this hollow beach break. Tends to pick up more swell than nearby breaks and holds better shape at low tide. Best conditions on west / southwest swell.

17. Playa Carmen. A beach break that peaks with some rock reef. This wave offers a long right wall and a shorter left breaking over a sloping sand bottom. When these breaks get big, try the nearby reef breaks in Manzanillo or to the south of Carmen. Best conditions on west / southwest swell.