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Mal Pais- Santa Teresa

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About

Really nice, good wave when it works, and the landscape is so beautiful...

Atmosphere:
No problems, nice people,friendly locals, a lot of foreing landowners. American and european tourist, but very few.
There's also a surf camp in Mal Pais but Santa Teresa is better (when you arrive at the end of the road, Mal Pais is on the left and ST on the right!!)

Additional Info:
If you wish to come there, you should plan to stay for a few days!! It's not easy to arrive there and go back. But it's worth coming there.
A cool place to stay is Zeneida's cabinas, very cheap and just in front of Santa Teresa's spot

Location

Access

You've got to take a 4x4 from Cobano, and then it's a long way on rocky roads!!
Direct bus service: daily. San José-Malpais-Santa Teresa.

Getting there
Walk
Instant access (<5 min)
Public access
Yes
4x4 required
Yes
Boat required
No
Wave characteristics
Type
Beach break
Direction
Right and left
Bottom
Flat rocks with sand
Power
Unknown
Frequency
Very consistent (150+ days/year)
Normal length
Normal (50 to 150m)
Good day length
Long (150 to 300m)
Ideal conditions
Wind direction
Unknown
Swell direction
Unknown
Swell size
3ft-5ft - Don't know
Tide
Low and mid tide
Tide movement
Rising tide
Crowd
Week
Empty
Weekend
Few surfers

Dangers

None

Videos

None

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Santa Teresa

1.31 miles away

Direction
Right and left
Bottom
Flat rocks with sand
Frequency
Regular (100 days/year)
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Sunset Reef

2.13 miles away

Direction
Left
Bottom
Reef (coral, sharp rocks etc.)
Frequency
Sometimes breaks (50 days/year)
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Playa Coyote

14.34 miles away

Direction
Right and left
Bottom
Sandy
Frequency
Regular (100 days/year)
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