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Kalon Surf Blog - Costa Rica

From Our Luxury Surf Camp in Costa Rica

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Is August a Good Time to Visit Costa Rica?

August is the last month of veranito — Costa Rica’s “little summer” within the green season — and it delivers. Sunny days, consistent surf, the whale watching season in full swing, and a jungle so green it almost glows. Some of our most memorable weeks at Kalon happen in August. As always with Costa Rica, conditions depend on where you are. The country has over a thousand microclimates — inland areas and the northern Pacific coast tend to see more rain during these months, while the central and south Pacific

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Is July a Good Time to Visit Costa Rica?

July is a genuinely underrated month in Costa Rica. The veranito — “little summer” — is in full swing: this is effectively dry season, with sunny days, warm evenings, consistent surf, and a jungle that’s impossibly green. Humpback whales are arriving along the coast. If this sounds like paradise, that’s because it is. Conditions vary across Costa Rica — this is a country with over a thousand microclimates. Inland areas and the northern Pacific coast tend to see more rain during the green season months, but along the central and

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Is June a Good Time to Visit Costa Rica?

June is one of the best-kept secrets in Costa Rica travel. While most people assume it’s “rainy season,” June is actually the start of veranito — the “little summer” — a period within the green season that is effectively dry season. Blue skies, warm and sunny days, excellent surf, and a fraction of the crowds you’d find in January. The difference? Everything is greener, the jungle is more alive, and the swells are bigger. Costa Rica has over a thousand microclimates, so conditions vary dramatically by region. Inland areas like

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Learning to Surf at 40, 50, or 60+: Why It’s Never Too Late

Our oldest first-time surfer was 82. He’d never touched a board. He came to Kalon Surf, spent a week with our coaches, and did brilliantly. Before him, we had a 72-year-old who learned to surf with us and continues surfing to this day. We share these stories not because they’re exceptional — we share them because they’re not. Every single week, guests in their 40s, 50s, and 60s arrive at Kalon having never surfed, convinced they’ve left it too late. By Friday, they’re riding green waves and asking us where

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How Long You Need To Go On Holiday For To Feel Completely Relaxed?

You’ve probably had this experience: you take a long weekend somewhere nice, you start to unwind by Saturday evening, and then it’s Sunday and you’re already thinking about Monday. You come home and wonder if the trip even counted. It’s not just you. Research shows that taking proper time off lowers stress, improves mood, and reduces the risk of heart disease. But most short vacations don’t deliver those lasting benefits. The Research: Day 8 Is the Sweet Spot A study published in the Journal of Happiness Studies found that vacation

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How a Restless Traveler Built the Surf Retreat He Could Never Find

By Kjeld Schigt, Founder of Kalon Surf Starting around 2004, my brother and I made a deal: every year, we’d go somewhere together to surf and practice Spanish. It became our thing. We’re very different people — he’s a doctor, I’m in business — and we weren’t particularly close growing up in the Netherlands. But as we got older, we found common ground in the water. Same level of surfing, same love of good food, same interest in language. He tends to pack every hour of a trip with activity.

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Surfboards in the shade near the jungle.

What Surfboard Should I Buy?

It is always difficult to figure out what kind of board you should buy. We always advise our guests on which board should be suitable for their level based on their desires and goals. But if you’re shopping on your own and want a more objective starting point, the Firewire / Kelly Slater Designs board volume calculator is a solid tool. Before you use it, though, here’s some advice I give to every guest who asks me about buying a board — and to friends who are getting into surfing.

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Why Costa Rica’s Pacific Coast Is One of the Safest Places in the Tropics

If you’re planning a trip to Costa Rica — especially during the June-to-November period that overlaps with Atlantic hurricane season — you’ve probably wondered: does Costa Rica get hurricanes? The short answer: it’s exceptionally rare. The longer answer involves some interesting geography, and it’s worth understanding, especially if you’re comparing Costa Rica to Caribbean destinations that sit directly in the hurricane belt. Why hurricanes almost never reach Costa Rica Three factors work together to protect the country: Latitude. Costa Rica sits at roughly 8–11°N latitude. Hurricanes need the Coriolis force

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Inside Costa Rica’s Most Exclusive Surf Retreat: A Luxury Surf Resort Experience

The word “exclusive” gets used loosely in travel. Usually it just means expensive. At Kalon, it means something more specific: never more than 20 guests at once, ten rooms, one long dinner table, and a team that knows your name before you arrive. I’m Kjeld, one of the founders of Kalon Surf. I left a corporate career in Europe to build something on this coastline — and I want to tell you honestly what a week here looks like, so you can decide if it’s the right fit for you.

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Why Kalon is a Dream Destination for Digital Nomads Who Surf

Most of our guests arrive with full inboxes, busy calendars, and a week’s worth of “just in case” anxiety about being unreachable. By Wednesday — our mid-week rest day — almost all of them have stopped checking. That’s not something we engineered. It’s just what happens when you spend your mornings in the ocean, eat a proper lunch on the beach, and fall asleep at 9pm. For remote professionals wondering whether it’s possible to work from Costa Rica without the week falling apart back home — yes, it is. And

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From Fear to Flow: Overcoming Surf Anxiety at Any Age

We see it every week. Someone arrives at Kalon who has wanted to try surfing for years. They’re excited — genuinely excited — and then the ocean is right there in front of them, and something tightens up. It might be fear of getting hurt. It might be not wanting to look stupid in front of the other guests. It might just be a quiet, persistent voice saying I’m not sure I can do this. That feeling is more common than people think, and it has nothing to do with

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What You Actually Take Home From a Luxury Surf Retreat in Costa Rica

If you read enough Kalon Surf reviews on TripAdvisor or Google, you’ll notice something unusual. Guests don’t just say it was relaxing. They say they’re “still processing.” They say it was “exactly what I needed.” Some come back five times. One guest has returned fifteen times. They’re not describing a vacation. They’re describing a shift. Here’s what they actually mean. The Luxury of Not Having to Think This is the part people underestimate. At home, your day is a series of micro-decisions: what to eat, where to go, what to

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