What a Surf + Stay Week in Costa Rica Looks Like
A Surf + Stay week is what happens when you stop cramming a surf trip into the gaps of a holiday. You stay in one house, surf with the same coaches every day, and let the tide decide the schedule. Here is how the week runs.
Two ways to do the week
Essentials Stay
Six nights at The Baya House. Surf coaching, an ATV adventure day, two yoga classes, video review, daily Costa Rican breakfast, and evenings free to find your own favourite spot to eat.
Signature Stay
Seven nights, more of everything — more surfs, more yoga, chef dinners, video reviews, drone footage, and either a boat day or an ATV run depending on the trip.
Where you stay
The Baya House: studios and apartments set back in the jungle, a pool in the middle, and a short run to the beach. Howler monkeys are the alarm clock and nobody has ever needed one instead.
Rooms range from studios to the 1-bedroom Pina apartment, so you can come solo, as a couple, or with a friend and still have your own space.
Small groups, on purpose
We cap every week at ten people. That is not a marketing number — it is the point at which a coach can still watch every wave you take and the group still feels like a group rather than a tour.
Weeks are hosted by Sarah and Isaac. Isaac grew up surfing this coast and runs the water sessions; Sarah leads beachfront yoga and holds the week together on land.
The rhythm of the week
Mornings are for surfing, when the wind is usually kindest. Middays are slow — the pool, the tide pools, the fish market, a run out to Montezuma. Evenings are sunset, a movement class, football on the sand, and dinner somewhere with your feet in the dirt.
We move with the tide, so no two days land the same way. That is the best part of the week, not a caveat.
Who comes
Complete beginners, intermediates trying to get off the whitewater for good, solo travellers who would rather not arrive alone, and pairs of friends who want the whole week handled. We coach around whoever is in the group.
Frequently asked
Do I need surf experience to join?
No. Coaching is split by level each session, so beginners get a soft landing and intermediates keep progressing.
How big are the groups?
Capped at ten guests per week.
What is included?
Inclusions differ between the Essentials and Signature stays, and some activities rotate by trip — check the inclusions list on each stay page for the week you are looking at.
When are the 2027 dates released?
Dates are coming soon. Message us on WhatsApp or Instagram and we will let you know as soon as the calendar opens.
Ready when you are
Come surf with us in Santa Teresa.
Small groups, local coaches, and Surf + Stay weeks at The Baya House.
