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Playa Herradura Beach

Yellow marked beaches have Surfing Information: A Avellanas Azul B Bahía Ballena Barco Barrigona Bejuco Black Blanca Bonita Boca Barranca Boca Damas Brasilito Buena Vista C Cabuya Cacao Camaronal Carbón Caribbean North Carmen Carrillo Chiquita Cocalito Cocles Conchal Corozalito Coyote Cuajiniquil D Danta Del Coco Dominical Doña Ana Drake Bay E El Rey Escondida Espadilla Esterillos Este Esterillos Oeste F Flamingo G Garza Grande H Hermosa (Guanacaste) Hermosa (Jacó) Herradura I Iguanita Isla Uvita Islita J Jacó Junquillal L Langosta M Mal País Manuel Antonio Manzanillo Matapalo Montezuma N Nacazcolo Naranjo Negra Nosara O Ocotal Organos Ostional P Panamá Pan de Azúcar Pavones Pelada Penca Piñuela Playas Del Coco Playita Manuel Antonio Pochote Portete Potrero Potrero Grande Prieta Puerto Caldera Puerto Soley Puerto Viejo Punta Guiones Q Quepos Quizales R Rajada Roca Loca S Sámara San Josecito San Miguel Santa Teresa Sugar Beach T Tamarindo Tambor Tivives Tortuga V Valor Ventanas W Westfalia Z Zancudo (Yellow Beaches with Surf Information)

Puntarenas Costa Rica

The Herradura turnoff is on the Costanera Sur 3.5 km north of the turnoff to Playa Jacó Beach. A paved road leads 3 km west to Playa Herradura - a quiet, sheltered, palm-fringed black-sand beach. Until the mid 1990s this was a rural beach, popular mainly with campers. Now it is home to Marriott Los Sueños a marina, hotel, golf course and a condominium complex that is one of the largest tourism developments in the country. A few hundred meters before the beach on the main road is a campground with showers and basic facilities.

Information for Surfers:
Here you'll find a left point next to the island on the south end of the beach with a beginner's wave. Only accesable by boat, there is an excellent reef break next to the island.