Bioluminescent plankton lights up the shallows on dark nights.
Blue Flag beach
A dark-sand beach on a narrow peninsula about 15 km south of Golfito, with the calm inner Golfo Dulce on one side and the Rio Coto Colorado mangroves on the other. The northern stretch near the village is mostly flat and good for swimming, while the southern end has enough of a shorebreak to surf. It holds a Bandera Azul Ecologica flag with two white stars and one pink star.
Reached by a dirt road from Golfito (about 40 minutes) or by a passenger water taxi from the Golfito docks.
Zancudo
The Zancudo Lodge is a beachfront fishing resort on Playa Zancudo built around a private fleet of 32 foot Contender center consoles. Guests fish inshore river mouths and offshore grounds for marlin, sailfish, dorado, yellowfin tuna, wahoo, and roosterfish, with more than 70 IGFA records set from the lodge. The property, formerly known as Roy's Zancudo Lodge, includes the Gamefisher restaurant and beachfront rooms and suites.