Offshore fishing tours can take you anywhere from three to thirty miles from the coast, and you can expect to spend anywhere from an hour to five hours or more on a charter boat. The type of water encountered on an offshore sportfishing excursion in Costa Rica necessitates heavier gear and technology such as radar and sonar. The techniques used during offshore fishing trips are less hands-on, but only until a large gamefish has taken your bait – and you might also be limited to only catching one or two. Offshore sport fishing in Costa Rica is exhilarating but also exhausting as hook-ups can last hours, depending on the type and size of fish on your hook.