🇨🇷 Costa Rica

Cocos Island liveaboards (hammerheads), Pavones surf, Lake Arenal kite, Pacific coast spots.

📖 Diving in Costa Rica: 10 Sites Where Sharks Meet Turtles

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Surfing

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Blue Trailz

Blue Trailz is a year-round surf destination in Costa Rica, accessible and consistent for most skill levels.

Beginner

Surfing

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Blue Water

Blue Water is a year-round surf destination in Costa Rica with consistent waves and growing local video documentation.

Beginner Jan·Feb·Mar+

Diving

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Diving and snorkeling point

Islas Tortugas offers year-round diving and snorkeling in Costa Rica with diverse marine life and accessible shallow reefs.

Beginner Jan·Feb·Mar+

Diving

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El Andia - Jureles

El Andia - Jureles is a year-round dive site near Isla del Caño in Costa Rica's protected marine reserve, known for its marine biodiversity and reef habitat.

Beginner Jan·Feb·Mar+

Iconic spots in Costa Rica

Hand-picked landmarks for divers visiting Costa Rica — sites widely featured in dive guides and trip reports.

Diving

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Cocos Island — Bajo Alcyone

Bajo Alcyone is an advanced dive site off Cocos Island, Costa Rica, featuring deep reefs and strong currents in a protected marine area.

Advanced 15–40m

Diving

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Cocos Island — Dirty Rock

Dirty Rock at Cocos Island is an advanced deep dive in Costa Rica's marine protected area, known for strong currents and big pelagic encounters.

Advanced 12–35m

Surfing

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Blue Water

Blue Water is a year-round surf destination in Costa Rica with consistent waves and growing local video documentation.

Beginner Jan·Feb·Mar+

Diving

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El Andia - Jureles

El Andia - Jureles is a year-round dive site near Isla del Caño in Costa Rica's protected marine reserve, known for its marine biodiversity and reef habitat.

Beginner Jan·Feb·Mar+

Diving

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El Arco

El Arco is a year-round dive site near Isla del Caño in Costa Rica's protected marine reserve, known for diverse marine life and scenic rock formations.

Intermediate Jan·Feb·Mar+

Diving

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Jardín Medio

Jardín Medio near Caño Island offers year-round diving in a protected reserve with coral monitoring and diverse marine life.

Intermediate Jan·Feb·Mar+

Diving

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La Cueva

La Cueva is a year-round dive site near Isla del Caño, Costa Rica, protected within a biological reserve and known for diverse marine life.

Diving

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La esquina del jardin

La Esquina del Jardín offers year-round diving in Costa Rica's protected Isla del Caño reserve, known for diverse marine life and coral recovery.

Intermediate Jan·Feb·Mar+

Map of Costa Rica diving spots

13 spots — 8featured

All spots (13 spots)

Diving

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Bat Islands — Big Scare

Big Scare at Bat Islands is an advanced dive site in Costa Rica's protected Guanacaste region, dropping to 35 meters with strong currents and big marine encounters.

Advanced 18–35m

Surfing

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Blue Trailz

Blue Trailz is a year-round surf destination in Costa Rica, accessible and consistent for most skill levels.

Beginner

Surfing

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Blue Water

Blue Water is a year-round surf destination in Costa Rica with consistent waves and growing local video documentation.

Beginner Jan·Feb·Mar+

Diving

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Cocos Island — Bajo Alcyone

Bajo Alcyone is an advanced dive site off Cocos Island, Costa Rica, featuring deep reefs and strong currents in a protected marine area.

Advanced 15–40m

Diving

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Cocos Island — Dirty Rock

Dirty Rock at Cocos Island is an advanced deep dive in Costa Rica's marine protected area, known for strong currents and big pelagic encounters.

Advanced 12–35m

Diving

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Diving and snorkeling point

Islas Tortugas offers year-round diving and snorkeling in Costa Rica with diverse marine life and accessible shallow reefs.

Beginner Jan·Feb·Mar+

Diving

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El Andia - Jureles

El Andia - Jureles is a year-round dive site near Isla del Caño in Costa Rica's protected marine reserve, known for its marine biodiversity and reef habitat.

Beginner Jan·Feb·Mar+

Diving

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El Arco

El Arco is a year-round dive site near Isla del Caño in Costa Rica's protected marine reserve, known for diverse marine life and scenic rock formations.

Intermediate Jan·Feb·Mar+

Diving

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Jardín Medio

Jardín Medio near Caño Island offers year-round diving in a protected reserve with coral monitoring and diverse marine life.

Intermediate Jan·Feb·Mar+

Diving

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La Cueva

La Cueva is a year-round dive site near Isla del Caño, Costa Rica, protected within a biological reserve and known for diverse marine life.

Diving

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La esquina del jardin

La Esquina del Jardín offers year-round diving in Costa Rica's protected Isla del Caño reserve, known for diverse marine life and coral recovery.

Intermediate Jan·Feb·Mar+

Diving

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Las Catalinas Islands

Intermediate dive site near Costa Rica's Guanacaste coast. Depths 8–30m with reef and rocky formations. Year-round access, no permit required.

Intermediate 8–30m

Surfing

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Roco Brava

Roco Brava is a year-round surf destination on Costa Rica's Pacific coast, drawing consistent swells and a tight community of wave riders.