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Playa Pelada prone-foil candidate

Guanacaste, Costa Rica · 9.9547, -85.6752

Prone Foiling Community candidate — high tide; rock an
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conditions & access

Water

Pacific beach / foil wave

Experience

Community candidate — high tide; rock and etiquette check

Hazards

Occasional rocks are explicitly reported and the foil wave was ridden at high tide. Confirm the exact peak, tide window, crowd and etiquette before using the broad beach pin.

“First-hand poster reports a fun foil wave at Playa Pelada at high tide and warns of occasional rocks. Beach-area pin; confirm the exact peak, tide, crowds and local etiquette. Requested-field batch 03 verified 2026-08-01: guide/resource labels and hazards use cited row evidence; exact, nearby and route-endpoint relationships are explicit; unresolved fields remain Unknown.”

— via Progression Project Forum first-hand spot report; Requested-field research, last verified 2026-08-01

Live wind

wx.ikitesurf.com Surf Simply Resort (3.67 mi) Nearest live iKiteSurf station (nearby, not confirmed at launch): Surf Simply Resort (3.67 mi) — https://wx.ikitesurf.com/spot/654948 wx.ikitesurf.com

Surf forecasts

surfline.com Playa Pelada prone-foil candidate Nearby coordinate-centered Surfline map (not an exact spot report): https://www.surfline.com/surf-reports-forecasts-cams-map/%409.95468%2C-85.67518%2C surfline.com

Local guides

forum.progressionproject.com Playa Garza prone-foil candidate Exact first-hand Playa Garza prone-foil account; community evidence, not a professional guide — https://forum.progressionproject.com/t/nosara-costa-ri forum.progressionproject.com

Links are community-sourced and open directly on the provider's site. Verify conditions locally before riding.

nearby spots

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