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Playa Cocles Reviews

Eric
366 reviews

Sandy barrels Jul 27, 2007

Sandy beach barrel break in shallow water about a mile away from Puerto Viejo. Good to check out if Salsa Brava and some of the other breaks in town aren't happening.

Given the shallow water in which the waves break, and the hollow powerfulness of them, they can be deceptively dangerous. Or perhaps I was just unlucky, but in any case, I ended up impaling my foot with my skag here. Doesn't seem to be a regular life guard on duty, but the advised strategy if you are injured here is to hop around here until someone with a first aid kit comes, then take a taxi to a clinic in the next town...

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Playa Cocles Blogs

Exciterte

Nov 22, 2008

…stop a bit at a banana plantation and washing station, take some pictures how they wash the bananas and pack them and then drive to Playa Cocles via Puerto Viejo. We are happy we made it safely, because the road to Playa Cocles is completely flooded and even the entry road to the Cariblue Hotel is. The rest of the day we only watch the rain, the storms. The rains… Panama and Puerto Viejo

Higton

Aug 11, 2006

Playa Cocles a kilometre down the road which regularly dumps rubbish surfers like me underwater and the fabulous breakfast joint called Bread and Chocolate . Life is hot and easy, it is hard to do anything but relax and just take it all in. Sunday provided… Cultural Melting Pots Are Go

Eric

Jul 28, 2007

After a late night in town, both Dave and I woke up relatively early to check out the surf at Playa Cocles. A few people had told us that the previous day the surf was 8-10 ft, and we were more than a little bit skeptical. Shallow, hollow beach breaks are pretty scary even at half that size if they have any power, and when… A brief jaunt to the clinic for some stitches