Salsa Brava

The break.

ReefExpertMixed

Puerto Viejo, the Caribbean

The Caribbean reef at Puerto Viejo, not a Pacific point. Salsa Brava is a hollow takeoff on coral, a town street, a wave that is not a first morning. The Caribbean winter is the window. The Pacific side of Costa Rica is a different trip.

When.

December to March

North swell in winter. A small day is just the reef in front of town.

Worth knowing.

1. 1. This is not the Pacific. Different ocean, different season, different wave.
2. 2. The reef is shallow and close. Watch a set from the street before you paddle.
3. 3. Winter is the window. The rest of the year is often the town, not the takeoff.
4. 4. Puerto Viejo is the town. Cahuita is the next name up the coast.

Go.

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