Whale's Tail
Walk into the sea.
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A marine park on the southern Pacific coast best known for the Whale's Tail: a sand and rock spit at Punta Uvita stretching into the sea in the shape of a huge whale's tail, fully exposed at low tide so visitors walk out on it between waves on both sides, and covered at high tide. The park's name means «marine whale», because humpback whales come to its warm waters to calve and nurse twice a year, from both hemispheres, seen breaching and spouting on boat trips, often with dolphins too. The park also has quiet forest-fringed beaches, small coral reefs and sea caves visited by boat, and protects turtle nesting sites. Drinks in glass containers are not allowed in. Check the tide table before visiting the Whale's Tail, and watch for the tide coming back fast. Rip currents are strong on many Pacific beaches, so swim only where others do and keep away from river mouths.
Walk into the sea.
Breaching and spouting.
By boat.
Punta Uvita, southern Pacific coast
Roughly July to October for whales from the south, and December to April for those from the north.