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Sea Glass Collecting in The Caribbean & Mexico

Rivermouth - Rincón, Puerto Rico

Note: If you visit this area please be advised that there is a stretch of beach between the tidal pool and Rivermouth that is extrememly dangerous for swimming. When the waves are up you can see the undertow in action. This is probably where the glass that is carried down the stream at Rivermouth gets transformed into sea glass. Much of my Rivermouth sea glass is very satiny and I wonder if these conditions are the cause.

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Collecting Sea Glass In Costa Rica

Although I have quite a bit of sea glass from Costa Rica I can not say that it is truly a sea glass collecting destination. When my husband and I visit Costa Rica we walk the beaches for miles and miles to access remote surf breaks. The sea glass we collected there was the odd piece found here and there over vast stretches of beach when we weren't even looking. Friends tell me that they find sea glass at Playa Conchal but that it is not worth going there just for that.

Despite all the rivers that run to the sea there is not a lot of sea glass in Costa Rica. One reason is that Costa Rica has had a strict bottle return policy for years. When I first started visiting the country in the late 80's if you wanted to leave the store with a drink they would pour it in a plastic bag and put a straw in it as the bottles carried a hefty deposit ( Yes the "to go" plastic bag negates the purpose of the recycling law ). That empty bottle had value and they were not letting it out of their sight! You often see cases of empty bottles stacked up at bars, restaurants and stores waiting to be cashed in. Because of the Costa Rican recycling effort there is not a lot of glass that finds it's way to sea. Costa Rica is far from perfect environmentally but the country has been a shining example environmentally in many ways and it's beaches are far cleaner than the beaches in Puerto Rico and other Central American Countries.




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