Coiba in August or at Christmas

[Liberty01]

I read reports about trips in November or December, the dry season and high season. But the whales are around the rainy season. Can you snorkel with them? What is the diving like? I guess there will be less divers than around Christmas. But are there still enough people to run trips to Coiba (I might travel on my own)? Should you book hotel and diving in advance?

Cheers, Liberty

 

[fetucini 357]

Contact 2 oceans diver, have good trips to Coiba and can give good info. Scuba Diving Panama .:2 Oceans Divers:. Buceo Panama PADI - TecRec - Portobelo

 

[gb_williams]

2 Ocean Divers are in Panama City and Portobelo. You will pay a LOT to dive with them in Coiba. Contact Scuba Coiba and Coiba Dive Center in Santa Catalina. Both of them also have contacts with local hotels and cabanas.

Many people in Panama take Christmas off. If the dive ops are planning to be closed over Christmas, they will let you know. But, if they are not, it is probably too far ahead right now for them to confirm any trips at that time of year. August -- maybe better.

 

[USdiver1]

I recommend going dry season (mid December - mid May) for Pacific coast diving. Even though Coiba is far enough off the coast so as not to be too affected by runoff, the seas can be a bit choppier, and the sky overcast (and wet). If I were planning my own trip to Coiba, I'd probably go February or March.