Diving in Costa Rica

1 destination and 9 documented dive sites. The strip under each destination shows its season, month by month.

Where to dive in Costa Rica

Cocos Island

Costa Rica

Best Jun–Nov

7 Advanced, 2 Experienced+

Pinnacle

down to 30 m

Cocos Island, Costa Rica

Deep seamount off Cocos' southwest corner, never shallower than 18 m, whose cleaning stations draw Galapagos sharks over 3 m long.

Pinnacle

down to 30 m

Cocos Island, Costa Rica

Volcanic pinnacles where hammerheads and marble rays swim right up to divers at 20-25 m, with bottlenose dolphins often joining the safety stop.

Rock formations

down to 30 m

Cocos Island, Costa Rica

A huge submerged archway between 19 and 28 m that whole groups can swim through, with hammerhead cleaning stations nearby.

Wall

down to 50 m

Cocos Island, Costa Rica

Boulder slope off Manuelita islet where scalloped hammerheads queue at cleaning stations at 30-35 m, with an optional wall dropping to 50 m.

Pinnacle

down to 13 m

Cocos Island, Costa Rica

A shallow Cocos site where silvertip sharks queue at a cleaning station while divers watch from the sand at 13 m.

Pinnacle

down to 33 m

Cocos Island, Costa Rica

A pinnacle off Cocos with an underwater archway where whitetip reef sharks rest and even give birth.

Photo credits

Rocky islet off Cocos Island, Costa Rica, Ministerio de Ambiente y Energía del Gobierno de Costa Rica, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons