Fiery sunrise reflected across Playa Hermosa beach in Costa Rica

Original photography · Playa Hermosa

Every morning,
a different sky.

Jeff and Rocky walk the beach before the day begins. This is the Playa Hermosa they find—unfiltered, unhurried and never the same twice.

The morning ritual

Sunrise with
Jeff & Rocky.

Most mornings begin with Rocky and a camera on Playa Hermosa’s black sand. The tide turns the beach into a mirror, the clouds catch fire, and for a few minutes the whole coast feels private.

These are Jeff’s photographs—not stock images and not a tourism campaign. They are a living journal of the place you will wake up beside when you stay with Pacific Soul.

23 seconds of pure joy

Rocky runs
into the morning.

This is the movie Jeff was talking about: Rocky racing along the shoreline as the first light reaches Playa Hermosa.

A Playa Hermosa sunrise journal

First light,
collected.

Ten mornings from the same stretch of Central Pacific coastline. Each photograph is responsive and optimized so the color arrives quickly on any screen.

A fiery red sunrise reflected across the wet sand at Playa Hermosa, Costa Rica
Morning 1.ToString("00")Fire on the water
Golden sunrise clouds mirrored in the calm shoreline at Playa Hermosa
Morning 2.ToString("00")The whole sky, twice
Pink and orange sunrise glowing behind palm trees on the Central Pacific coast
Morning 3.ToString("00")Palms before breakfast
Pink morning clouds reflected in the incoming tide on Playa Hermosa's black sand
Morning 4.ToString("00")Color finds the tide
The first sun breaking through palms over an empty Playa Hermosa beach
Morning 5.ToString("00")First light breaks through
Pastel sunrise and palm silhouettes reflected on a quiet Costa Rica beach
Morning 6.ToString("00")A quiet beginning
Deep coral sunrise colors stretching across the wet black sand
Morning 7.ToString("00")Red sky, open beach
Golden dawn illuminating the curve of the Pacific shoreline
Morning 8.ToString("00")Where the morning lands
Blue-hour light and a golden horizon over Playa Hermosa
Morning 9.ToString("00")Before the color arrives
Golden New Year's Day sunrise reflected across the wet beach in Playa Hermosa
Morning 10.ToString("00")A new year at the water

All photographs by Jeff Powers · Playa Hermosa, Puntarenas, Costa Rica

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