Chris had booked a sunset cruise for the afternoon from Playas del Coco. We stopped for lunch there at small cafe across the street from the beach—Soda Teresita. A soda is what the small cafes are called. We enjoyed grilled snapper and salad, fries for Chris.
Due to the shallowness of the bay, we took a tender (boat transport) to the catamaran we would be sailing on for the afternoon—the New Marlin.
The boat offered an open bar, lunch later in the afternoon, and a stop for snorkeling.
As we were motoring to our snorkel spot, the captain spotted dolphins and circled around them for about a half an hour. They were fun to see.
I had read that the water on the Pacific side of Costa Rica was a lot colder than the water on the Caribbean side. I was pleasantly surprised that it was still relatively warm and didn’t take my breath away to step into the water when we snorkeled.
The water was nowhere near as clear as the water in Tahiti, but we saw lots of puffer fish, sea urchins, and volcanic coral. As we swam around, you could tell that there was a hot spring inlet because all of a sudden the water was a lot warmer.
The lunch consisted of bbq chicken, rice, beans, and pico de gallo (that was excellent), taco chips, fruit and chocolate chip cookies. And all that you could drink.
We arrived back close to Playas del Coco as the sun was setting.
Since we had such a late lunch around 4 pm, we opted not to stop for a sit down dinner and just ate snacks back at the rental.