The week is built around Playa Cocles, the beach roughly 100 metres from where you sleep. Five guided surf sessions are spread across the seven days, so there is a rest day in the water and room for weather or swell to shift things around. The sessions are guided, which means instruction and someone watching the conditions rather than a board handed over and left to it.

Yoga runs every morning before breakfast. It is the fixed point of the day — you do it before you eat, before the surf, and it sets up the rest of the morning. Breakfast follows, included daily, and then the day opens up.

Afternoons are deliberately unhurried. You can take a bicycle and ride into Puerto Viejo town, walk down to Cocles, use the pool, or sit in the gardens. Nothing is scheduled to fill that time.

Two evening sessions break up the week. There is a breathwork session, and a sound healing session placed before the final surf day. Both are included and both are evening slots, so they don't eat into beach or surf time.

Dinners are included throughout the stay, which means the eating is largely handled — breakfast and dinner at Sanctuary, lunch on your own in town or at the beach. Six nights of accommodation, Wi-Fi, shared kitchen access, the pool, gardens and common spaces and bicycle use all come with the booking.

The pricing is per occupancy rather than per person in a shared room: single occupancy starts at $1,696 and double occupancy is $2,999. If you are travelling as a pair, the double rate is the one to look at.

What's included

- 6 nights accommodation at Sanctuary @ Puerto Viejo - Daily yoga - Daily breakfast - Dinners during the retreat - 5 guided surf sessions at Playa Cocles - Breathwork session - Sound healing session - Bicycle use - Wi-Fi - Shared kitchen access - Use of the pool - Access to gardens and common spaces

What's not included

- Flights - Airport transfers - Lunch - Travel insurance - Personal expenses - Anything not listed as included