Skip to the page
52 places to practise yoga in Costa Rica

Retreat Centers

Costa Rica Surf Institute

The Costa Rica Surf Institute (CRSI) was a surf school and camp in Tamarindo, Guanacaste, that included weekly yoga sessions with its surf packages. Its website now belongs to an unrelated business and we found no sign it still runs, so this page is a record of what it offered and a pointer to yoga options in the area.

By Sara Zen · Published · Updated

Update, November 2026: The Costa Rica Surf Institute's old website address now belongs to an unrelated business, and in November 2026 we found no current listing, reviews or schedule for the school. Treat it as closed unless you hear otherwise from a reliable local source.

When we first wrote about it in 2012, the Costa Rica Surf Institute (CRSI) ran surf camps in Tamarindo, on the north Pacific coast of Guanacaste. Its idea was simple: pair daily surf lessons with yoga, so students built the flexibility, core strength and balance that help on a board.

Swimming pool at one of the Costa Rica Surf Institute's lodging options

What it offered

Surf camp packages included weekly yoga sessions led by the school's instructors, on top of the in-water lessons. The yoga was there to support the surfing rather than as a full retreat program.

A woman in a backbend yoga pose

Students had three tiers of lodging:

  • Shared student apartments next to the surf facilities, with a shared kitchen and a short walk to the waves. This was the budget option.
  • Upgraded rooms and bungalows at a nearby hotel with a pool and restaurant.
  • Family houses in a gated community, for up to 4 adults and 2 children.

A woman at the door of the CRSI student apartments

Pool at the hotel used for CRSI's upgraded lodging

Pool beside the CRSI family lodging

Yoga and surf in Tamarindo today

Tamarindo is still one of the easiest places in Costa Rica to combine surf lessons and yoga: it's about an hour by car from Liberia airport (LIR), the main beach has gentle waves for beginners, and the town has several surf schools and yoga studios. On this site, see Reflexion Yoga Tamarindo, Los Altos de Eros in the hills behind town, and Playa Negra Yoga Center a little farther south. For a structured surf and yoga week, our guide to choosing a yoga retreat in Costa Rica covers the centers we've checked, and the Guanacaste section of our guide to where to do yoga in Costa Rica explains the area.

[Updated on: 4 November 2026]

You may also like