Puntarenas, Costa Rica
Boca Barranca
Intermediate
Rivermouth break
Sand bottom
Peels left
0.7–3 m
Any tide
A rivermouth left at the mouth of the Barranca river near Puntarenas, delivering extremely long, wraparound walls on a southwest swell. A legendary, if fickle, mile-long ride when the river mouth lines up; shallow and fast in the inside section.
Hazards
RipStrong CurrentPollution
Conditions
- Best swell
- SW, SSW, W
- Best wind
- N, NE
- Season
- Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug
- Wave size
- 0.7–3 m
- Wave quality
- Consistency
- Crowd
- Coordinates
- 9.9660, -84.7390
Facilities
Parking