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 light journal

First light to
last glow.

Fifteen original photographs from the same stretch of Central Pacific coastline. Each one is responsive and optimized so the color arrives quickly on any screen.

SunriseInland · behind the palms SunsetWest · over the Pacific
A fiery red sunrise reflected across the wet sand at Playa Hermosa, Costa Rica
Sunrise 01Fire on the water
Golden sunrise clouds mirrored in the calm shoreline at Playa Hermosa
Sunrise 02The whole sky, twice
Pink and orange sunrise glowing behind palm trees on the Central Pacific coast
Sunrise 03Palms before breakfast
Pink morning clouds reflected in the incoming tide on Playa Hermosa's black sand
Sunrise 04Color finds the tide
The first sun breaking through palms over an empty Playa Hermosa beach
Sunrise 05First light breaks through
Pastel sunrise and palm silhouettes reflected on a quiet Costa Rica beach
Sunrise 06A quiet beginning
Deep coral sunrise colors stretching across the wet black sand
Sunrise 07Red sky, open beach
Golden dawn illuminating the curve of the Pacific shoreline
Sunrise 08Where the morning lands
Blue-hour light and a golden horizon over Playa Hermosa
Sunrise 09Before the color arrives
A dancer silhouetted against a colorful Central Pacific sunset reflected on the shoreline
Sunset 01One last dance with daylight
Pacific sunset seen above Playa Hermosa and the palms of Hermosa Palms
Sunset 02The Pacific keeps the last light
Sunset glowing through palms beside the Hermosa Palms Beach Club pool
Sunset 03Golden hour at the Beach Club
Pink and violet sunset clouds glowing above the homes and palms of Hermosa Palms
Sunset 04Hermosa Palms catches the color
Rocky standing on driftwood beneath a brilliant Playa Hermosa sunset
Sunset 05Rocky owns the horizon
Rocky standing on a beach log with the soft Playa Hermosa sunset behind him
Sunset 06Rocky waits for the afterglow

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

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