Costa Rica Diving Atlas
Isla del Coco lies far out in the Pacific, a national park and UNESCO World Heritage site where schools of scalloped hammerhead sharks pass by its cliffs and islets. Divers reach it on a liveaboard that departs from Puntarenas and dive from a tender boat. Closer to the coast lies Isla del Caño off the Osa Peninsula. As a biological reserve, it only allows a limited number of divers, and day boats run from Drake Bay, Sierpe, Uvita, and Dominical. Humpback whales from both hemispheres come to these waters to mate and give birth to their calves.
Here, you dive from a base, on a day boat, or at the house reef. Instead of access and parking, each profile lists the port and the boat ride. In the weekly schedule of a base, you can see how a dive week is organized. In the accommodation section, the band shows which base and house reef belong to each property. Restaurants and excursions for non-diving days are listed with a map link, along with airport transfers and the chapter on emergencies and recompression chambers. Where dive sites can only be reached by liveaboard, the band compares routes, boats, and departure ports.
You will receive an A5-format PDF that you can read on your phone or tablet while on the go and print as a booklet at home.