Salty Smile Surf

About this camp

A Tamarindo school selling three clearly-bounded packages rather than a vague week: four nights with three lessons, five with four, and six with five, each a single dollar figure covering a private room at a beachfront hotel, the lessons, a professional photo package and use of equipment. Publishing the nights-to-lessons ratio at each tier is rarer than it should be and makes the tiers genuinely comparable — you can see what the extra money buys. It also publishes an instructor-to-student ratio of one to two or three, and offers stacking discounts for people booking together, which suits a group of friends better than most camp pricing does. Guanacaste is the driest part of the Costa Rican Pacific and its season runs roughly Dec–Apr. Honest caveats: the operator's own site carries a 2023 copyright and no current dates, so the confirmation it is trading comes from third-party listings and reviews carrying 2026 — a case where the independent record is fresher than the operator's own. The camp is also described as a school and travel agency arranging trips elsewhere, so its Tamarindo packages are one product among several rather than its whole business. Rooms are at a partner hotel rather than owned, so the accommodation experience is not fully within its control. Pin is the Tamarindo town centroid.

What's included

• Coaching
• Board rental
• Airport transfer
• Transfers to breaks
• Breakfast
• Dinner
• Yoga
• Video analysis
• Surf theory sessions
• Photography
• Spot guiding
• Social events
• Wi-Fi
• Pool
• Spa
• Mountain biking
• Coworking
• Wellness programming
• Family friendly
• Boat trips
• On-site restaurant

Rooms

Nearby surf spots