Hello! Cocos Island is at the top of my "go to" list, and I'm hoping someone will give me the truth about how strong the currents usually are. I read articles about how strong they are, but then when I read the trip reports from the Undersea Hunter's website, they never go past "mild". I'm sure they're not trying to talk someone out of going there, but I also hear nightmare stories of people that pay big money for trips to find out things that are never discussed. An example being, a friend of mine did a liveaboard on the Great Barrier Reef and said the current was ripping non stop......not something that I have ever read about on 'dive the world'. any help would be appreciated! Thank you
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Augustus
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Its been a while since i was at cocos but I have done quite a few trips on the Sea Hunter Boats. Currents can range from nothing (inside of Manulitos) to VERY STRONG where your mask can get pushed off your face if you are on the bottom holding on. As the previous poster says its advanced diving. If you go expect to have dives exposed to major currents but off hand I would say that is not what you would deal with most of the time. Its a great dive location. As a PS if you are thinking about going this year you may want to see what happens with El Nino. El Nino years are not the best time to go. Nice and warm water great viz but not that many sharks.
BDSC
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Took my second trip to Cocos this past December. In two trips there I've experienced no more current than I have had in Cozumel. Most of the dives we went on there was little to no current. We experienced more surge than anything else on some of the sites. Go! You won't be disappointed. One other option to think about is diving the Socorro Islands. Big animal action was unmatched to any other place I've been.
mantajohn
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I have also dived cocos twice. This year with generally mild current - a couple of years ago, mask ripping current on around half the dives.
my thoughts are that you may/may not get strong current, but only go if you are comfortable if the strong currents do rock up.
also, unsurprisingly, we had massively better shark numbers/sightings in the strong current trip.
my thoughts are that you may/may not get strong current, but only go if you are comfortable if the strong currents do rock up.
also, unsurprisingly, we had massively better shark numbers/sightings in the strong current trip.
Again, thanks for all the replies! Now, how about anyone that's been to Guadalupe Island for cage diving with the great whites. That might be #1 on my to do list, but I'm hoping it's worth it for just a handful of days. I HAVE to see these things in person before people kill them all off, I'm just hoping that after seeing the first three, that it doesn't become mundane. That's another trip that's fairly expensive, especially for only 4 or 5 days. I know they can't guarantee sightings, but I'd be beside myself if I shelled out that kind of scratch to look at blue water.
Guadalupe island is very easy. You don't even need scuba certification. Most boats have surface cages on snuba and one submersible cage that will go down 30 feet. You will see great whites and it will be memorable. It is not a typical dive trip since it is all in cages. Just sharks, seals, and some fish - blue water. Although we got real lucky when I was their and saw a Mola Mola too!
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