Travel to Playa Grande in Costa Rica

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Playa Grande, also known as Salinas, is a beach community on the Pacific coast of Costa Rica just north of Tamarindo. Playa Grande is internationally popular as one of Costa Rica’s best surfing spots as well as being part of Parque Nacional Marino Las Baulas, a nesting ground of the largest marine reptile, the leatherback turtle.

Surfing pictures in Playa Grande

Zoom @Delphine Beausoleil

Zoom @Adriana Wojakowska

Zoom @Adriana Wojakowska

Zoom @Adriana Wojakowska

Shot with a NIKON D40. Exposure: 1/125, Aperture: 14, Focal Length: 42.0, ISO: 200