Fishing in Tamarindo, Guanacaste

Guanacaste offers pristine beaches, great resorts, and world-class fishing, especially in the town of Tamarindo. Learn everything you need for your vacation here.

There are many fish species you can target in Costa Rica.

Inshore fishing trips are focused around submerged rock formations, where you might catch roosterfish, grouper, snapper, or amberjack. Then there’s surface action too, where you’ll see jacks, mackerels, wahoo, tuna, dorado, and more. Black marlin and yellowfins are others you can find when inshore fishing in Tamarindo. You’ll have plenty of time to head further out in search of billfish.