Guanacaste · Marina Flamingo
Guanacaste's working sportfishing marina.
Sailing from Flamingo
Flamingo has been the fishing marina of the north Pacific for as long as anyone has been fishing it commercially, and the rebuilt marina put proper infrastructure back under it. The offshore grounds are a manageable run, the inshore rock structure holds roosterfish and cubera, and the beaches either side make it an easy base for a group where only half the party wants to fish.
Season: Offshore sailfish and marlin run strongest May through September. Inshore roosterfish fish well most of the year. Dry season December through April gives the calmest inshore days.
Getting here: About an hour from Liberia (LIR), or roughly 4.5 hours from San José. Tell us where you are staying and we will sort transport to the dock.
Departures: Marina Flamingo. You get the exact vessel, berth and meeting time in your written confirmation — we do not leave you wandering a marina at 5am looking for a boat name.
Based here
4 of our 8 vessels are home-ported at Marina Flamingo. Boats do move between marinas for multi-day and corporate work — ask and we will tell you what is possible.
The fishing boat in the fleet with a proper interior, which makes it the one to book when half the group wants to fish and the other half wants shade, a cold drink and somewhere comfortable to sit.
Best for
Offshore and inshore fishing, mixed fishing and cruising days
Fast, simple and built to fish. Gets tight to the rock piles and headlands where the inshore fish live, and gets you back to the beach before lunch.
Best for
Inshore fishing, fast short runs, small groups
The workhorse. Short runs to the good spots, snorkel drops along the coast, and getting guests between beaches without a long day at sea.
Best for
Half-day fishing, coastline runs, beach transfers
Bolted onto any charter day. Wakeboard, ski, or put the kids on a tube for an hour — it is the thing that turns a nice boat day into the one they talk about afterwards.
Best for
Wakeboarding, waterskiing, towables, add-on to any charter
What runs from here
The full run to blue water. Marlin, sailfish, dorado and tuna, with a crew that has fished these banks for a decade.
Real offshore fishing on a shorter clock. Best for dorado, tuna and whatever is holding close to the shelf.
Consecutive days on the same boat with the same crew. The way the fishing actually compounds.
Rocky structure, live bait, and the hardest-pulling fish in Costa Rica within twenty minutes of the beach.
The Pacific goes gold for about twenty minutes. We put you in the right place for all of it.
Two or three quiet spots along the coast, clear water, and nobody else on the reef.
A full day on the water built around an anchorage most visitors never see.
Retreats, incentive trips and client days. Multiple boats, one point of contact, one invoice.
Book
Dates, boats and prices for Marina Flamingo. Or call +506 8888-1234 and talk to someone who knows the marina.
Or call +506 8888-1234. We answer every enquiry within 12 hours, 7 days a week.
30% deposit confirms your date. Balance is due on the day of the charter, at the dock. Prices are per boat in USD, not per person.
Send us your dates for Flamingo and we'll come back with what's open, which boat, and the total — in writing.