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Fabila and others that want to check it out I would suggest stopping in at MaTi or Dreams for dinner or a drink and walk down the beach, NBBC is right there.
We didn't actually swim at NBBC so I can't comment on that other than to say that there were sea urchin warning signs posted along our section of the beach, we could see the rock/coral shelf was much larger on our end at the waters edge. Water access seemed much easier in the center of NBBC and towards MaTi/Dreams.