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Beautiful

Atmosphere:
The beach is absolutely beautiful and the water is bright blue and clear and you're right in the middle of nature/jungle. The next beach is Playa Buenavista with 3 or 4 nice Hotels close to the beach. You can walk to Barrigona from Buenavista over the rocks during low tide - it takes about an 45 min. This beach is never overcrowed and a real Costa Rican gem.

Additional Info:
You can park right in front of the beach, next to the rivermouth but don't leave anything valuable in the car. Best would be to get there with a local car. Don't get me wrong, the beach is great and the people living in Esterones/Samara and in the area around a very friendly but sometimes rental cars get broken into. 
There are strong currents at Barrigona. 
You can get tubes on days with offshore wind and strong swell. Right by the River when you're entering the beach is a beach break spot. On the westend, next to the rocks, is a point break. 
I've witnessed maximum 3 people in the water surfing during the weekend.

Location

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Access

Walk	Don't know
Public access	Yes
4x4 required	Yes
Boat required	No

Wave Characteristics

Type	Point break
Direction	Right and left
Bottom	Sandy with rock
Power	Fast Powerful Fun
Frequency	Very consistent (150+ days/year)
Normal length	Normal (50 to 150m)
Good day length	Normal (50 to 150m)

Ideal Conditions

Wind direction
Swell direction
Swell size	Don't know - Don't know
Tide	Mid tide
Tide movement	Rising tide

Crowd

Week	Empty
Weekend	Empty

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