Tilawa Viento Surf Center
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Tilawa Viento Surf Center is a noted windsurfing
centre, located on the northwestern shore of Lake Arenal
in Guanacaste Province
in northwest Costa Rica
. The lake receives strong winds between November and March and is rated as one of the finest windsurfing locations in the world. The centre, which opened in 1993, offers lessons to visitors of all standards.
Windsurfing
Windsurfing or sailboarding is a surface water sport that combines elements of surfing and sailing. It consists of a board usually two to four metres long, powered by the orthogonal effect of the wind on a sail. The rig is connected to the board by a free-rotating universal joint and comprises a...
centre, located on the northwestern shore of Lake Arenal
Lake Arenal
Lake Arenal is an artificial lake in Costa Rica, located in the northern highlands of the country. It was enlarged to its present size as a part of a 1979 hydroelectric project by the Costa Rican government to provide electricity to the country.- Geography :...
in Guanacaste Province
Guanacaste Province
Guanacaste is a province of Costa Rica located in the northwestern part of the country, along the coast of the Pacific Ocean. To the north it borders Nicaragua. To the east is the Alajuela Province, and to the southeast is the Puntarenas Province. It is the most sparsely populated of all the...
in northwest Costa Rica
Costa Rica
Costa Rica , officially the Republic of Costa Rica is a multilingual, multiethnic and multicultural country in Central America, bordered by Nicaragua to the north, Panama to the southeast, the Pacific Ocean to the west and the Caribbean Sea to the east....
. The lake receives strong winds between November and March and is rated as one of the finest windsurfing locations in the world. The centre, which opened in 1993, offers lessons to visitors of all standards.