Costa Rica dive spots

[Moose016]

I'll defitely try and make it there, but it will be my first trip to Costa Rica and I'd like to see the country as much as dive it, with only 6 real travel days, that will be a very big balancing act. Thaks for the info though.

 

[Moose016]

Has anyone been dove CABO VELAS or have a review/info on it? As good as Islas Catalinas?

Thanks a lot

 

[rexman24]

I have dove the Catalinas, ended up going with AquaCenter diving out of Flamingo, great Op and friendly, nice boat.

Cabo Velas is more of a local close to shore dive spot, and I would think you are not as likely to see bigger fish there, mostly just the smaller reef fish.

 

[Moose016]

Sounds good, I'll try and stick with the catalinas. Neither operator out of tamarindo is doing the bat islands this time of year, which I'm very dissapointed about.

 

[Pura Vida Diver]

The operators in Guanacaste have the Papagayo winds coming down from the north to contend with this time of year. While it may not make much difference with local conditions they make fairly long ocean passages, like to the Bats, difficult at best.

If you make it down to Quepos/Manuel Antoino give us a try. Since we don't have to contend with the winds, now is the best time to dive the Central Pacific. Today we had 50+ ft viz local and our big boat made the first trip of the season to Cano Island. Reef report from Cano was 80+ ft of viz and lots of white tips.

www.oceansunlimitedcr.com