Is El Salvador a More Desirable Option For Your Next Surfing Trip Over Costa Rica?

There have been people going on surf trips to Costa Rica for decades now. There are numerous factors why Costa Rica has been a very favorite place to go for the surf traveler. Costa Rica is quite secure, people are friendly, expenses are fair, the country is clean, and the swells are excellent. Costa Rica has long been the steady and safe country for travel in Latin America. Apart from it being a nice safe place for vacations, there have been numerous chronicles of surf vacations to Costa Rica in surf journals and surf movies exhibiting waves such as Tamarindo, Santa Teresa, and Pavones to name a few surf spots.
El Salvador has never had a plentiful history with tourism previously. This meant little being understood regarding the waves in the area. Surfing in El Salvador has been basically unheard of by many people and thoughts of El Salvador bring thoughts of the past war and problems with security. It’s been over 10 years since the war and El Salvador is investing in roadways and infrastructure. The governing administration is wiping out the crime difficulties from the past. Another point unidentified by the majority of people is the surf in El Salvador is world class.
The nation of El Salvador is covered with righthand point waves. I just read an article contrasting El Salvador to the shoreline of Central California with the wave size of Puerto Escondido and thought personally that this was correct. There are many surf breaks similar in level of quality to waves like Malibu but with less crowds and open to much bigger swells. El Salvador is set facing straight south so has the top window for waves in Latin America for south swells. Within our summer season, it truly is typical to observe waves in the four to eight ft. range and bigger on solid days. Surf spots such as Punta Roca, La Bocana, and Las Flores are among some of the favorites and produce longer point break waves. Additionally, there are many other surf spots around of exceptional quality.






