{"id":7519,"date":"2013-03-19T22:00:11","date_gmt":"2013-03-19T22:00:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.costaricainfolink.com\/en\/?p=7519"},"modified":"2013-07-20T18:38:00","modified_gmt":"2013-07-20T18:38:00","slug":"espadilla-norte-beach-costa-rica","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/costaricainfolink.com\/en\/espadilla-norte-beach-costa-rica\/","title":{"rendered":"Espadilla Norte Beach Costa Rica"},"content":{"rendered":"
Haga click en el siguiente enlace para leer est\u00e1 p\u00e1gina en Espa\u00f1ol: Playa Espadilla Norte Costa Rica<\/a><\/h6>\n

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Location:<\/strong> between Playitas and Espadilla Sur beaches in Puntarenas, Costa Rica.
\nEspadilla Norte Beach GPS Coordinates:<\/strong> 9.391385,-84.149654 (9\u00b023’28.98″N, 84\u00b008’58.75″W)
\nDistrict:<\/strong> Quepos, canton:<\/strong> Aguirre, province:<\/strong> Puntarenas.
\nZone postal code:<\/strong> 60601.<\/p>\n

Espadilla Norte Beach Costa Rica is a unique destination with white sands and clear blue waters in a long and wide beach located meters away from Manuel Antonio National Park entrance, in Quepos, Puntarenas, Costa Rica. In fact, is the largest and most popular beach in Manuel Antonio.<\/p>\n

Its great atmosphere plus lush natural beauty turns this beach into a truly paradise. The landscape at Espadilla Norte Beach is beautifully accented by its incredible amount of tropical vegetation with stately palm trees, as well as its Coral reefs and abundant wildlife with species such as raccoons, porcupines, sloths and monkeys, that simply enchant all visitors. Its cliffs maintain the original vegetation and in their bases in shallow waters visitors can see lots of small fish and coral colonies, which must be protected so that they can be exploited for scientific tourism. In the rainy season the weather is nice for tourists, since generally the rain cools the air, and also, during this time, the endless stretch of sand reflects the sky’s beautiful, billowing clouds. On the other hand, both North and South Espadilla beaches, have been awarded under the Blue Flag award.<\/p>\n

North Espadilla Beach is very popular, and tend to get slightly crowded, however, even when crowded, the beach is so long that you can find space to spread out in the sun or in the shade of the surrounding palms and almond trees. This is a beach ideal for swimming, sunning, and practice some water sports, such as surfing, kayaking, boat trips, jet skiing and fishing, as here abound snapper, snook, mullet, pomfret, etc., just to name a few. Also, North Espadilla is safer than most beaches due to the presence of lifeguards, an uncommon sight on public beaches in Costa Rica. Even though swimming here can be dangerous because of the unpredictable riptides and currents.<\/p>\n

North Espadilla Beach has smooth and consistent waves, better known to have strong rip currents in spite of their small size, so surfers fall in love with the exciting each breaks found here, especially when the tide comes in.<\/p>\n

North Espadilla Beach is accessible to the general public and tends to receive more visitors than the beaches inside the park. The town of Manuel Antonio itself has a wonderful tourism infrastructure that respects wildlife species, as well as the jungle flora found everywhere. Here you can find many restaurants, shops and street-vendors options, even a surf shop.<\/p>\n