Playa Bejuco unfurls in a straight line for more than three kilometres, its charcoal sand striped by tidal run-off and scattered driftwood. The beach sits between Esterillos Oeste to the north and Parrita to the south, a transitional stretch that sees a fraction of the traffic Jacó pulls. Mornings bring onshore breezes that comb the surface into corduroy; afternoons the wind builds and the waves steepen, peaky and forgiving for learners.
“One of the central coast's longest uninterrupted stretches of sand, consistently uncrowded even on weekends.”
Playa Bejuco — photo by Mozo Man
The village behind the beach consists of a handful of sodas, a mini-super, and a scattering of vacation rentals half-hidden by mango and coconut palms. You won't find jet-ski operators or beach clubs—most visitors are Tico families who arrive before noon, set up canopies, and let kids chase retreating waves. The sand slopes gently, and the shore break stays manageable except during the biggest swells, when sets rumble in chest-high and close out across the sandbar.
Sunset turns the Pacific a hammered bronze, silhouetting the few remaining fishing pangas pulled above the high-tide line. Frigatebirds hang motionless overhead, and brown pelicans dive just beyond the break. If you walk south in late afternoon, the beach empties entirely, the only sound the hiss of spent whitewater draining back through volcanic grit.
