Years ago, we began a Pura Vida Adventures tradition of hosting a weeklong Thanksgiving coed surf camp and yoga retreat. Celebrating the holiday with a gathering of new and old friends, beachside bonfires, sunset cocktails, yoga, and surfing is the best! One happy guest dubbed this special camp “Surfsgiving,” and it stuck. Everyone loves Surfsgiving!

During this gratitude-filled week, we surf with friends and family, make new memories and remember all we are grateful for. We even plan a special Costa Rican-style Thanksgiving Day fiesta. The week’s highlight is our famous “paddle out for gratitude” session. The whole PVA “family” (instructors, guests, and staff) paddles out together. We laugh, play, catch a few waves, and have a circle of gratitude ceremony in the ocean. It’s fun, meaningful, and a fantastic moment to be a part of.

What

Click here for more information about all that is included in this 7-day, 6-night all-inclusive Thanksgiving coed surf camp and yoga retreat.

When

This Thanksgiving coed surf school and yoga retreat will be held November 21-27, 2022.

Where

The Pura Vida Adventures Thanksgiving coed surf camp and yoga retreat will be held at our lovely, beachfront host hotel, Hotel Trópico Latino. Pura Vida Adventures and Hotel Trópico Latino are based in the tropical surf and yoga paradise of Santa Teresa, Costa Rica.

Why

Life is too short for one more year of aunt Edna’s dry turkey, gray weather, and trying to avoid political conversations with the in-laws! Why not escape to the tropics with your friends or favorite family members and have the Thanksgiving surf holiday of a lifetime? Trust us, giving yourself the gift of this Thanksgiving surf and yoga retreat will fill your heart with gratitude!

Paddle Out for Gratitude is a Surfsgiving tradition.

“I am more than grateful that I spent this adventurous “Surfsgiving” week full of surfing, yoga, meeting new friends, great food, a lot of laughing, zipline activity, video analysis, and pictures. I joined the camp as a swiss woman by myself and left the camp filled with life-changing ocean experiences and a lot of new friends. During the surf week, Pura Vida Adventure took care of all we needed, from food to massages.THANK YOU!!” ~ Caroline

The PVA family is the best!

“My husband and I just returned from one of the co-ed “Surfsgiving” weeks and we loved everything about the experience…Overall – this trip was the perfect “reset” that we needed after a stressful few months, and we feel so grateful to have been able to do it in such an exquisitely beautiful setting, with such fun and wonderful hosts, and surrounded by an absolutely hilarious group of travelers who quickly became friends. Don’t hesitate to book this trip – you will not regret it! ~ Chelsea

For more information on our Thanksgiving surf and yoga retreat, please click on Surfsgiving.