Jaco Beach Costa Rica Aerial View

The beach is 6 kms long and surrounded by magnificent green mountains and tropical palm trees. The beach gets fairly crowded, particularly on weekends, though one can escape from the crowds by walking further down the beach.

The sand on Jaco Beach is silty and a grayish-brownish colour. Primarily a surfing beach, Costa Rica has many more attractive beaches for non-surfers. For swimmers the surf can be quite rough and riptides strong. During low tide the waves tend die-down and swimming is safer.

Beach activities include boogie boarding, body surfing and of-course sun-tanning.