SPORT FISHING PLAYA HERRADURA
Playa Herradura was a sleepy little Central Pacific Ocean fishing village and beach usually ignored and bypassed by tourists on their way to Jacó and Quepos/Manuel Antonio, until… someone got the brilliant idea 20 years ago of making Playa Herradura, 10 minutes north of Jacó and at that time a three-hour drive from San José, the site of a world-class marina; of an 18-hole championship golf course; of a four-star hotel belonging to one of the world’s biggest hotel chains; of a series of upscale residential condominiums and attached pools, spas and recreation areas; for the sale of ocean view lots whose owners could build million-dollar-plus luxury year-round residences and vacation villas.
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Playa Herradura fishing often means Los Sueños
All this rapidly came to pass. Most Costa Rica sportfishing enthusiasts know Playa Herradura as the home of the internationally acclaimed Los Sueños Marina, one of the finest marinas on the Pacific Ocean south of the United States border. Playa Herradura fishing means Los Sueños fishing.
Playa Herradura and Los Sueños Marina are home to many of the top Costa Rican sport fishing captains and some of the country’s best-known charter sportfishing boats. Playa Herradura and Herradura Bay are the gateway to the world’s top billfishery, as that area of Costa Rica’s Central Pacific coast has been aptly dubbed.
Costa Rica fishing closest to San José
For anglers looking to fish Costa Rica in an area as close to San José as possible, Playa Herradura fishing and Los Sueños fishing are the answer. The new highway between San José and Orotina has reduced travel time to Playa Herradura to just about 75 minutes. People visiting San José with their hotel already booked and paid for and just one free day can fish Costa Rica out of Playa Herradura on a convenient day trip.
A one-day Playa Herradura fishing package out of Los Sueños or Herradura Bay itself can be easily coordinated. Anglers will be picked up at their San José hotel at 5:30-5:45 AM and taken to their charter boats at the marina or bay, so they can be ready to leave between 7 and 7:15 AM.
Many excellent boats at Playa Herradura
When your Costa Rican sport fishing charter returns to Playa Herradura at 4-4:30 PM after a satisfying full day of fishing, the minivan will be there to take you back to San José for an after-fishing dinner.
Because practically all the Los Sueños Marina charter slips are already occupied, many local and American captains living in the area moor their boats just off Playa Herradura. There are some very impressive Costa Rica sportfishing charter boats fishing out of the bay, from 22ft Center Consoles to a modern, rigged 58ft Vikings. A panga at one of the many Herradura restaurants will get you from the beach to your Playa Herradura sportfishing boats.
Playa Herradura fishing is great year round
All gamefish species can be caught out of Playa Herradura 365 days a year, but the peak Playa Herradura fishing bites look like this: Black, Blue and Striped Marlin, along with Sailfish, from January through April. Yellowfin Tuna from May through September. Dorado from June/July through October. Wahoo when the water is clearest.
Inshore fishing is stable all year round. Anglers who fish Playa Herradura inshore will catch Roosterfish; Red, Cubera and Mullet Snapper; Common, Big-Eye and Broomtail Grouper; Jack and Amberjack, to name just a few of the many species.
Playa Herradura Area Fishing Charters
- 36ft Marcam Express for Jacó and Los Sueños Fishing
- Phone Number: Inshore Fishing, Offshore Fishing, Deep Sea Fishing, Saltwater Fishing, Pacific Ocean Fishing
- 32ft Rampage for Jaco Herradura Bay fishing
- Phone Number: Inshore Fishing, Offshore Fishing, Deep Sea Fishing, Saltwater Fishing, Pacific Ocean Fishing
- 37ft Hatteras for Los Sueños and Jacó Fishing
- Phone Number: Inshore Fishing, Offshore Fishing, Deep Sea Fishing, Saltwater Fishing, Pacific Ocean Fishing
- 36ft Sunny Briggs Sportfisher for Los Sueños fishing
- Phone Number: Inshore Fishing, Offshore Fishing, Deep Sea Fishing, Saltwater Fishing, Pacific Ocean Fishing
- 45ft ‘Omie Tillet’ for Herradura Bay fishing
- Phone Number: Inshore Fishing, Offshore Fishing, Deep Sea Fishing, Saltwater Fishing, Pacific Ocean Fishing
- 28ft Custom Express for Los Sueños fishing
- Phone Number: Inshore Fishing, Offshore Fishing, Deep Sea Fishing, Saltwater Fishing, Pacific Ocean Fishing
- 38ft Custom Sportfisher for Los Sueños fishing
- Phone Number: Inshore Fishing, Offshore Fishing, Deep Sea Fishing, Saltwater Fishing, Pacific Ocean Fishing
- 43ft Carolina Custom for Los Sueños fishing
- Phone Number: Inshore Fishing, Offshore Fishing, Deep Sea Fishing, Pacific Ocean Fishing
- 27ft Shamrock Express for Los Sueños fishing
- Phone Number: Inshore Fishing, Offshore Fishing, Deep Sea Fishing, Saltwater Fishing, Pacific Ocean Fishing
- 31ft Bertram for Los Sueños fishing
- Phone Number: Inshore Fishing, Offshore Fishing, Deep Sea Fishing, Saltwater Fishing, Pacific Ocean Fishing
- 26ft Regulator for Los Sueños fishing
- Phone Number: Inshore Fishing, Offshore Fishing, Deep Sea Fishing, Saltwater Fishing, Pacific Ocean Fishing
- 43ft Flybridge Sportfisher for Los Sueños fishing
- Phone Number: Inshore Fishing, Offshore Fishing, Deep Sea Fishing, Saltwater Fishing, Pacific Ocean Fishing
- 43ft Stapleton Day Boat for Herradura Fishing
- Phone Number: Inshore Fishing, Offshore Fishing, Deep Sea Fishing, Saltwater Fishing, Pacific Ocean Fishing
- 43ft Flybridge Yacht for Los Sueños fishing
- Phone Number: Inshore Fishing, Offshore Fishing, Deep Sea Fishing, Saltwater Fishing, Pacific Ocean Fishing
- 52ft Hatteras for Los Sueños fishing
- Phone Number: Inshore Fishing, Offshore Fishing, Deep Sea Fishing, Saltwater Fishing, Pacific Ocean Fishing
- 35ft Classic Bertram for Los Sueños fishing
- Phone Number: Inshore Fishing, Offshore Fishing, Deep Sea Fishing, Saltwater Fishing, Pacific Ocean Fishing
- 31ft Carolina Custom Express for Los Sueños fishing
- Phone Number: Inshore Fishing, Offshore Fishing, Deep Sea Fishing, Saltwater Fishing, Pacific Ocean Fishing
- 44ft Luxury Luhrs Convertible for Quepos fishing
- Phone Number: Inshore Fishing, Offshore Fishing, Deep Sea Fishing, Saltwater Fishing, Pacific Ocean Fishing
- Display Address: Quepos, Puntarenas Province
- 38ft Custom Sportfisher for Los Sueños fishing
- Phone Number: Inshore Fishing, Offshore Fishing, Deep Sea Fishing, Saltwater Fishing, Pacific Ocean Fishing
- 36ft Topaz Express for Los Sueños fishing
- Phone Number: Inshore Fishing, Offshore Fishing, Deep Sea Fishing, Saltwater Fishing, Pacific Ocean Fishing
- 30ft Flybridge Express for Los Sueños fishing
- Phone Number: Inshore Fishing, Offshore Fishing, Deep Sea Fishing, Saltwater Fishing, Pacific Ocean Fishing
- 36ft Hatteras for Los Sueños fishing
- Phone Number: Inshore Fishing, Offshore Fishing, Deep Sea Fishing, Saltwater Fishing, Pacific Ocean Fishing
- 31ft Luhrs Express for Los Sueños fishing
- Phone Number: Inshore Fishing, Offshore Fishing, Deep Sea Fishing, Saltwater Fishing, Pacific Ocean Fishing
- 43ft Sportfishing yacht for Los Sueños fishing
- Phone Number: Inshore Fishing, Offshore Fishing, Deep Sea Fishing, Saltwater Fishing, Pacific Ocean Fishing
- 31ft Palm Beach for Flamingo fishing
- Phone Number: Inshore Fishing, Offshore Fishing, Deep Sea Fishing, Saltwater Fishing, Pacific Ocean Fishing
- 34ft Walkaround Express for Los Sueños fishing
- Phone Number: Inshore Fishing, Offshore Fishing, Deep Sea Fishing, Saltwater Fishing, Pacific Ocean Fishing
- 42ft Sportfishing Yacht for Los Sueños fishing
- Phone Number: Inshore Fishing, Offshore Fishing, Deep Sea Fishing, Saltwater Fishing, Pacific Ocean Fishing
- 58ft Viking for Playa Herradura fishing and overnighters
- Phone Number: Inshore Fishing, Offshore Fishing, Deep Sea Fishing, Saltwater Fishing, Pacific Ocean Fishing
- 26ft Apex Center Console for Playa Herradura fishing
- Phone Number: Inshore Fishing, Offshore Fishing, Deep Sea Fishing, Saltwater Fishing, Pacific Ocean Fishing
- 60ft Sportfishing Catamaran for Quepos fishing
- Phone Number: Inshore Fishing, Offshore Fishing, Deep Sea Fishing, Saltwater Fishing, Pacific Ocean Fishing
- 29ft Center Console for Herradura Bay Fishing
- Phone Number: Inshore Fishing, Offshore Fishing, Deep Sea Fishing, Saltwater Fishing, Pacific Ocean Fishing
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