A place for surfers, artists, and crazy monkeys. Come join the fun.

Montezuma is a black hole to another dimension mixed with locals as well as an expat community. It’s a long-time favorite of backpackers, eco-tourists, surfers, and space aliens who come for the beaches, rivers, and the magnificent Montezuma waterfall.

Montezuma has the best point break surfing between May-November. Check it out for yourself.

Montezuma Surf Video - produced, edited, & filmed by professional photographer, john ussenko.

The surfing industry is growing in Montezuma. You will discover some of the best point break surf in the area. And it has one of the most beautiful beach breaks as well. If you're interested in surfing and do not mind getting wet, then visit Montezuma in the green season which is May-November. Yes, there's plenty of rain but the waves are the best during that time of year. You'll find friendly locals and warm smiles and surfers of all ages.

Downtown Montezuma Village consists almost entirely of accommodations, restaurants, tour operators, and souvenir shops. It's the perfect place to find inexpensive accommodations, good for the budget-oriented crowd or you can even find a fully equipped house with AC. It has an ATM machine that accepts foreign credit cards, two grocery stores with plenty of goodies, and the best part...a great handful of wonderfully delicious restaurants.

Montezuma waterfall is the biggest in the area, about a 7 minute walk along the road to the south pass the futbol (soccer) field. This is the same direction to Cabuya Village which is located about 7 kilometers further south near Cabo Blanco Nature Reserve.

Playa Montezuma is in the center of Montezuma Village and a great beach to hang out and take a dip. The best part, 30 steps away is Hotel Moctezuma Bar...cervezas, sun, sea, I think you get the picture. Going across the village, you'll find another beautiful and long beach if you're not needing to have the convience of cold beverages. And if you keep going along the coastline, you'll come to one of the favorite beach breaks in the area, Playa Grande. Locals use that beach for surf lessons so it's great for all levels.

If you're looking for more action, there are many activities to enjoy in and around town. Check out a guided hiking tour in Cabo Blanco Nature Reserve or the Curu Wildlife Nature Reserve Photo Tour.

Things to do in Montezuma...if you want to Create Your Own Surf Video, check out HD Costa Rica for more details. They support local junior surfers by helping promote their dreams. If you want to help, go ahead and join the cause by purchasing any of HD Costa Rica's services.

Surf Montezuma like a crazy surf monkey and learn the lingo:

Cutback: Generating speed down the line and then turning up the face to reverse direction. Has the effect of slowing the rider down to keep up with slower wave sections that appear after a fast section, for example a drop in.

Floater: Popping up on the lip of the wave and coming down with the lip. Can be used at the end of a wave when the wave section is closing out. Very easy and popular on small waves.

Top-Turn: Simple turn off the top of the wave. Used sometimes to generate speed and sometimes to shoot spray.

Air / Aerial: Popping up over the lip into the air. Many types include ollies, lien airs, method airs, and other skateboard airs.

Bottom turn: The first turn at the bottom of the wave.

Caught inside: When a surfer is paddling out and cannot get past the breaking surf to the safer part of the ocean to find a wave.

Close-out: When the wave breaks in front of, or potentially on top of, the rider. A wave is said to be "closed-out" when the wave breaks at every position along the face at once.

Drop in: Dropping into (engaging) the wave, most often as part of standing up.

Duck dive: Pushing the board underwater, nose first, and diving under an oncoming wave instead of riding it.

Goofy foot: Left foot on back of board.

Over the falls: When a surfer falls and the wave carries him in a circular motion with the lip of the wave, also referred to as the "wash cycle", being "pitched over" and being "sucked over" because the wave can suck the surfer off of the bottom and draw him or her "over the falls."

Wipe Out: Falling off your surfboard while riding a wave. Accident while involved with surfing.