Living by the Beach in Costa Rica. Summer in Guanacaste is right around the corner

From November until May, you can plan on sunny days and strong offshore winds all day long in Tamarindo.

While technically, Costa Rica is located in the Northern Hemisphere, summer starts in Guanacaste in November. This is one of the many reasons people from North America love coming down this time of the year when the snow begins to fall.

Living by the beach in Guanacaste, Costa Rica, there are really only two seasons here, wet and dry. The wet season has been coined “green season” by the board of tourism and it really is nice except for in October when you can plan of some heavy rains.

But during the first week of November an amazing thing happens, the skies part, the angels sing and summer arrives with a vengeance!

Yes, it’s hot! While I have never seen it break a 100 degrees here, it will sometimes hover in the 90’s. Dress accordingly.

Less is more when planning what to wear. Think flip-flops, a hat, light cotton clothes and sunscreen. A word of advice for those of you whom have not spent a lot of time at the beach; wearing black socks with shorts will make you look silly (Just trying to help) Summer in Guanacaste is amazing.

The Papagayo winds groom the blue pacific waters, making them perfect for ocean going activities like surfing, snorkeling, sailing and fishing. If you like the idea of trading in your jacket for a bathing suit and spending your days in the shade of a Tamarindo tree on a long white sand beach, this is the place for you.

The length of the days do not change much here. No matter what time of the year, we pretty much have 12-hour days and we do not recognize daylight savings.

Sunset is a big deal around here. Everybody grabs his or her favorite beverage and heads down to the beach to see the sun set into the water. It’s social hour, a place to catch up with old friends or make new ones. Bring a camera, you will be intoxicated by the beauty, or is it the beer? Who cares?

• Bring smart shoes; flip flops, Tevas and the like. No high heels!
• Use a quality sunscreen; please don’t let your vacation be ruined the first day by getting fried.
• Light clothing, casual beachwear. Think tropical…
• No black socks with shorts (Please trust me on this one!)

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Written by Rob Goodell: Rob was born in Buffalo, New York in 1970 and raised in Texas and California. In 2007 he moved to Tamarindo with his wife after practicing Real Estate in Solana Beach, California where he specialized in the sales of ocean front condominiums and vacation rentals. Rob is an avid surfer and fisherman and basically loves anything that has to do with the ocean.

Rob was attracted to the area by its warm weather, relaxed lifestyle and of course the perfect surf! In 2009 his Costa Rican wife Marcela and he were blessed with a little boy, Jimmy. Rob says it is amazing to watch him grow up in Costa Rica on the beach and he wouldn’t want it any other way.

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