Surf: Rio Chico welcomes long, consistent, uncrowded lefts to wrap around a rock shelf and bend into the private beach, inviting high energy turns on the steep walls. Better at lower tides with slack winds and W in the swell, pay to park and surf at the hotel. Further south are decent beachbreaks through Las Tunas and Ayambe. Environment: Having to pay to surf here seems to keep the crowds down. Intermediates or better.