Illustrative image, AI-generated Ask a surfer in Nicaragua where the most consistent waves are, and you will often hear one word: Popoy...

Illustrative image, AI-generated Tamarindo is easy to misjudge from a map. It looks like a single beach town, but the estuary at the no...

Illustrative image, AI-generated Most people find San Juan del Sur the same way: a friend's photo of a horseshoe bay, a fishing fle...

Playa Gigante, a short drive south of Popoyo on the same Rivas coast. Photo: Ridiculopathy, CC0 (edited). Yes, Popoyo is a good place t...

Pink-and-gold Pacific sunset over the shore break at Playa Avellanas, Guanacaste — the sand this day trip is built around. Photo: DanielaA...

Saturated Pacific sunset with colorful and silhouette boats in San Juan del Sur bay — the town base for a Playa Hermosa south-coast day (p...

Turquoise Pacific face and jungle-green headland on the Popoyo stretch of Nicaragua’s Emerald Coast — saturated water, white spray, and a ...

Turquoise Pacific and jungle greens on Tamarindo Beach, Guanacaste — clear blue sky, a soft wave line, and tropical canopy with a flash o...

Pink-purple Pacific sunset framed by jungle greens on the Tola / Emerald Coast near Popoyo — saturated sky, a soft white wave line, and d...