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The country's rainiest month is the Caribbean's driest
When the Pacific and the Central Valley get their heaviest rains of the year, the Caribbean does the opposite. It's not seasonal folklore: it's an atmospheric mechanism documented by the IMN. We walked the 3.2 km between Punta Uva and Manzanillo to see what's in that window — including a cargo ship run aground nine years ago that no one has removed.
Punta Uva: What You Hear on the Only Costa Rican Beach Among the World's 50 Best
Just one Costa Rican beach made the 2025 global list. It isn't on the well-trodden Pacific but on the South Caribbean, and what set it apart wasn't its sand or its surf — it was its sound. Three days to understand what that really means.