Cocos Pelagic Expedition 2027

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Trip overview

Trip Overview

Escape to Cocos Island on a liveaboard scuba diving trip in Costa Rica! Cocos is a lush, green, uninhabited island resting 342 miles off Costa Rica's Pacific coast. Rocky pinnacles surrounding Cocos are beacons for big animals and big action. Schooling hammerheads, countless white-tip sharks, mantas, tuna, and even whale sharks call Cocos home. This ten-day trip offers seven days of Costa Rica liveaboard scuba diving.

To get a little insight as to what the trip is like, read the reports from our previous trips: 2015 trip and 2016 trip.

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Dive Overview

You'll be diving in water temperatures between 72-82F with cool thermoclines.

Alcyone - A 600 long submerged mountain, the top of the mountain is 75 from the surface. Schooling Hammerheads, Mantas and schooling fish. Possible Sailfish or Marlin.
Big Dos Amigos - This islet features a 45-foot-high arch and 60-foot pinnacle off the southeast side. Look for Rainbow Runners, Yellowtail Snapper, Bigeye Jacks and lobster. Hammerheads swim between the pinnacle and arch.
Bird Island, Chatham Bay - Dove from Chatham Bay, southeast of Manuelita, this site provides a variety of marine life including Frog Fish, lobsters, morays, rays, White Tip Sharks and Hammerheads. There is even a cleaning station.
Dirty Rock - A large island with schools of Marble Rays and Hammerheads.
Lone Stone - Schooling Marble Rays and Mobula Rays.
Manuelita - Lots of White Tips, Marble Rays, and schools of Creoles.
Special Sightings - Whale Sharks, mating Eagle Rays, Sail Fish, mating White Tip Sharks, False Killer Whales.
Ubing Rock, Wafer Bay - This 300 rock begins at 20 and drops to a 110 sandy bottom. The southeast slope attracts schooling Hammerheads.

Sample Itinerary

Day 1: Transfer from host hotel to Puntarenas for boarding and departure for Cocos Island
Day 2 - 3: Transit to Cocos, arrival at Cocos Island, diving begins
Day 4 - 8: Diving around Cocos Island
Day 9 -10: Transit to Puntarenas
Day 11: Check out at 7 am and transfer to the San Jose Airport (SJO) or host hotel