“The new Tulum” is a phrase that’s thrown around a lot.
Santa Teresa, Costa Rica, is one recipient of this title, but it’s no knockoff of Mexico’s famous and favorite hippie-chic resort town. In fact there’s not much the two have in common besides a proliferation of yogis and palm trees.

Santa Teresa is billed as a surfer’s paradise, and the surf is indeed exceptional. It provides consistent and outstanding swells year round.