Mission Statement In teaming up, Conatus Surf Club and Rancho DiAndrew promises to bring you an optimal surf lifestyle retreat experience. This week-long intensive surf retreat focuses on setting realistic goals and expectations to improve and the most of your surfing. This does not mean that we offer a stand up or get your money [...]
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RAINY SEASON TOUR
RAINY SEASON TOUR OVER THE RIVER AND THROUGH THE WOODS CAN HAVE A WHOLE NEW MEANING AT RANCHO DIANDREW AND AS THE JOURNEY UNFOLDS FOR THE WAY THRU THE WOODS IS A JOURNEY ITSELF BUT THE WATERS WE CROSS CAN BE SO BRAVE WE STOPPED JUST BEFORE TO WARN HER ALL WOULD BE WELL [...]
Surf Lessons For Kids
We Shoot to the Beach The Tide is Low The Moms are Waiting To Start the Show Drew Starts the Lessons With Hops From the Sand Then Out to the Surf Surfboard in Hand Drew Pushes Them Out And Into a Wave And Before it is Done It’s the Next One They Crave [...]
Sunday Funday
The Day is Planned As the Dawn Approaches And the Jungle Awakes As Do Andrew, Chuck, Nathan and Nancy To Prepare for the River And the Gathering of Friends Cutting Boards become Slides For the Children to Ride As the Morpho Slips By The Grill is Readied As We Scramble to the Gorge A Jurassic [...]
Saturday Softball
Early for Shade under the Tree Andrew sets Up the Barb-B-Q For The Folks to Feed The Players Trickle In New Friends and Old We Gather and Watch The Captains Today Choose their Teams Accordingly Let the Games Begin And the Goodwill Abounds As Players and Friends are All Around We Enjoy [...]
Beginner Surf Lesson
We Drive to Pam’s Flutterby House To Pick up Our Guests Their Excitement Abounds For First Lessons to Surf The Beach is Close And the Lessons Begin Paddling, and Standing Follow Post Haste As Duck Dives, and Turning Are Soon [...]
Firing Point
We arrive at the Point Nice Clean Swell, six to eight, + + Hazy, 82 degrees, Water 80 degrees Nobody Out, Andrew Paddles Lines up on the Sets Swell Building, Tide Dropping Swell Sweeping Up the Coast South to West Wrapping, All Alone Eight Minute Sets Two Sets Within Each Set Second Set Bigger [...]
SATURDAY SOFTBALL GAMES
Every Saturday in Uvita you can join local community for a Softball game. Even if you’re only visiting there will be an extra glove and a baseball bat for just you. Andrew from Rancho DiAndrew is grilling his famous pork sandwiches and hotdogs. They are great with a cold beer on a hot tropical day! [...]
WATERFALL TOURS
We’re located alongside a mountain river with numerous pristine waterfalls most of which are impossible to access without a local guide. You will find yourself in the heart of the jungle with unlikely other visitors at the site. Swim, jump cliffs, sunbathe and have lunch on the river banks or at Rancho DiAndrew’s patio at [...]


