Drowning on playa palmar

There's absolutely nothing deceiving whatsoever about those waves.

They come in pretty high continuously with a loud thundering crash, and the pulling out is felt very strong to where you can feel it even if you are only ankle to knee deep.

I use to go out relatively far and try timing the waves and body swimming in on the top of crest without a board or what not. When you catch them just right it feels so cool up high and is a lot of fun as you ride it in.
But when you don't time it you better decide fast to duck under and come out on other side or you'll be tossing n tumbling under water for a bit and can get pretty banged up.....or worse.