Having recently returned from a two week visit to Costa Rica during the traditional rainy, or"green"season, it became very apparent to me the true year round joy time spent in Costa Rica can be.  Did it rain more than in other times of the year?  Yes, it did.  Did this rain in any way detract from my overall experience?  No, not at all.  In fact, I think the rainy season is now my favorite time to visit Costa Rica!  Here is the main reason why...living in temperate North American climates we've come to associate rain with being physically uncomfortable.  Our rain is just about always cold, regardless of season or temperature.  Additionally, the accompaniment of persistently cloudy skies and high winds tends to move us indoors and out of the natural environment.  In Costa Rica, rain merely means that you could get wet...not uncomfortable, just wet.  The rain here is warm.  Rarely is it accompanied by high winds.  It also rarely lasts more than an hour, as do the clouds that it comes from.  End result - an invitation to spend more time in outdoors with a variety and zeal that may not be possible in the traditional high, or "dry" season.  The daily temperatures during the green season are cooler and allow you to fish that extra hour or hike that extra mile comfortably.   Occasionally cloudy skies are easier on your eyes, easier on your skin and usually make for better fishing.  This is also the season of regeneration here in Costa Rica.  With the "rain"forest at it's greenest and most brilliant, and birds and animals more active throughout the day those nature walks can be that much more intriguing and exciting.  The oceans experience subtle but purposeful changes as well.  Humpback whales migrate thousands of miles to calve and rear their young in these tranquil tropical waters.  The rivers swell and fill the ocean with life-giving nutrients - the start of a food chain that produces Costa Rica's great wealth and variety of aquatic life.  The cooling of water temperatures cycles in a whole new variety of migratory game fish, and, in my opinion, not only the best fishing of the year, but fishing in which you will most likely have the entire ocean to yourself!  This brings me to the final big draw of the so-called "green" season - no crowds...ever!  Don't get me wrong, Sierpe is a quiet place relatively speaking even in the peak of the high season, but the ability to be the only boat on the ocean, the lone person drinking coffee in a riverside cafe, and only person in your row on an international flight redefines tranquility and solitude in my book. 

 

What are you waiting for?  Green means go!

 

Pura Vida - Cassidy