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Playa Grande

Costa Rica Surfing Guide

Surfing in Costa Rica: Secrets from a Local Surfer

The Tico Times - November 17, 2021

Costa Rica’s known for great surfing spots like Jacó, Hermosa, Tamarindo, Grande and Salsa Brava,

Environment and Wildlife

Costa Rica’s Seafood Dilemma: Saving Turtles, Changing Menus

The Tico Times - May 18, 2016

Even in Playa Grande -- the last mass nesting beach in the Eastern Pacific for critically endangered leatherbacks -- menus largely feature seafood caught by longlines and trawling nets, fishing practices that have devastating impacts on sea turtles.

Environment and Wildlife

Protecting Costa Rica’s Central American Dome: A New Hope for Ocean Conservation

The Tico Times - January 24, 2014

Some of the world’s largest concentrations of blue whales, dolphins and sea turtles sit just off of Costa Rica’s shores. For years, this biological...