Surf: Knee-Waist High. Light offshore winds. Warm! Sunny!
Yaaaay! Family vacation to Costa Rica! 😀
We haven’t taken a family trip since 2005. This year for Christmas we spent the Holiday in Costa Rica. I’ve been looking for a good excuse to get my family involved in my surf life so I arrange for some classes in Playa Grande from Point Break Surf. They set us up with surfboards (softies for Dad and Wes and a proper board for me) and made arrangements for a van to pick us up.
The road out to Playa Grande was rough. Three water crossings, steep gravel hills. We got to see a lot of nature, but wow…we were pretty relieved to be out of the van and on the HUGE beach.
At low tide the beach is massive.
Grande indeed.
While waiting for the tide to come in, we body surfed for a while in the warm water. Got a few fun rides and a few beatings. One of those beatings took my wallet which, for no logical reason, was in my board shorts. Oh well!
Once the tides were right and the instructor had pulled up with with the boards, we hit the surf. Lots of great little waves for Wes and Dad to learn on. Dad got lots of long rides on his knees and a few stand up rides. Everyone cheered for him. Wes got some nice ones in too and is getting better at turning. The instructors were great, they kept everyone motivated, safe, and happy.
Mom braved the hot sun to take pictures of us.
I had fun picking off little corners. I got a few tips from the instructor and helped push some little groms into waves.
It was a lot of fun watching the little fish scatter as I swooped in on my bottom turn. Wheeee.
All around great day.
