You want to dive into a colorful world and only hear your breath? Costa Rica is predestined for unforgettable diving and snorkeling trips. Our experts will show you the most beautiful places to explore the underwater world of Costa Rica. The best diving in Costa Rica is offered on the Pacific side of the country. The dive center Tamarindo does not offer the biodiversity of tropical seas but impresses with their large fish wealth and the encounters with big fish. If you are not certified with diving, do not worry! Get yourself a try dive with PADI dive instructor and enjoy your holiday!

PADI maintains the highest standard of Scuba Diving and certification. Learn this Padi diving course on your vacation, this is a very important Open Water dive course. Trips to Costa Rica is possible all year round, the best time is from December to May. On Cocos Island, diving is very good all year round, as there is no pronounced dry or rainy season. The water temperatures are between 23 ° C and 28 ° C. Cocos Island offers next to Galapagos and Malpelo the most famous and spectacular dive sites in the world with a large fish guarantee.

Most dives take place in front of stored small rocks and islands. At these places, there are cleaning stations to which hammerhead schools regularly come. Currently, no night dives are being done in Cocos Island. Large shoals of fish, mostly spiny mackerels, barracudas and large fish such as silky sharks, Galapagos sharks, silvertip sharks, manta rays, whale sharks, sailfish, dolphins, and whales can be seen on almost all tours. Turtles, many moray eels and lobsters are always present. The rocks are little overgrown, corals and sponges are almost nonexistent.

Catalina and Bat Island in northwestern Costa Rica have beautiful dive sites, with bull sharks, manta and eagle rays as well as large schools of buffalo and manta ray. Caño Island is located about 15 kilometers off the SW coast of the country. Here in 1976, a nature reserve was established. Around the island there are great dive sites, encounters with hammerhead, nurse, white and blacktip reef sharks, swarms of mackerel, tuna and barracudas are always possible, but manta rays, turtles and eagle rays are also common. Drake Bay is a good place to spot humpback whales, whales from the Arctic come here from late January to early May, and whales from Antarctica from late August to early November.