One of the longest left-hand waves in the world — at the end of Costa Rica's most remote road
Pavones is a tiny community at the southern tip of Costa Rica's Osa Peninsula coast, reached by a 50km dirt road from Golfito. The attraction is singular: a left-hand point break that on a good south swell can produce rides of over 800 metres — one of the longest surfable waves on the planet. The break only fires properly on consistent southern swells (April–October). Outside of surf season, Pavones is an extraordinary wildlife corridor — scarlet macaws fly over the lineup and jaguars inhabit the forest behind the beach.
Pavones was essentially unknown outside hardcore surf circles until Outside magazine named it a top ten surf spot in the 1990s. The surrounding Osa Peninsula contains Corcovado National Park, which Costa Rica has called the most biologically intense place on Earth.