Costa Rica is located in the heart of Central America and is border on its eastern side by the Caribbean Sea on the western by the Pacific Ocean. It takes about 3 ½ hours to drive from coast to coast or you can fly in about 45 minutes. Coast Rica has only about 0.1% of the world’s land mass but makes up 5% of the worlds biodiversity. In 1970 as forests were disappearing there was a growing acknowledgment that something unique and lovely was vanishing, and a systematic effort was begun to save what was left of the wilderness. Today Costa Rica is considered one of the most bio-diverse regions in the world and is home to 20 natural parks, 8 biological reserves, and a series of protected areas that captivate ecotourism lovers. Temperatures are generally mild year round (75f-90f) and there are really only two main seasons, the rainy season from May to November and the dry season from December to April.

Dive Companies

Rich Coast Diving - Join us in exploring virgin, unspoiled locations both above and below our waters for a completely renewed sense of well being. All equipment is new, top quality SCUBAPRO. All regulators are "octopus" equipped for added safety. Aquacenter Diving - Aquacenter Diving retails and operates as a full service Resort Dive Center with regularly scheduled trips, dive packages, introductory courses, and a complete line of certification training programs. The scuba center is located in Guanacaste, close to the beach, next to the Flamingo Marina and just minutes away from guest accommodations. Diving Safaris - Located in the northwest pacific coast of Costa Rica in the Gulf of Papagayo, we are surrounded by an abundance of dive sites, most of which are accessible within a thirty-minute boat ride. Our local dive sites offer white tip reef sharks, giant schools of grunt, yellowtails, spotted eagle rays, turtles, stingrays, angel fish, octopus, seahorses, starfish, frog fish and many species of eels.

Dive Sites

Costa Rica is home to some very diverse diving with both the Pacific Ocean and the Caribbean Sea to choose from. On the Caribbean side you will find the Gandoca-Manzanillo Wildlife Refuge with its sandy beaches, gentle waves and coral reefs. There are over 30 varieties of coral and the reefs are home of over 120 species of marine life Located in the Eastern Tropical Pacific, 300 miles southwest of Cabo Blanco, Costa Rica, is the famous Cocos Island Marine Park. This rugged and incredibly beautiful island is the crown jewel of Costa Rica's many National Parks. Among Cocos Island’s many attributes is a startling degree of biodiversity. This Island’s world-renowned waters explode with life; including innumerable white tip reef sharks, schooling hammerhead sharks, dolphins, mantas and marbled rays, giant moray eels, sailfish, and of course the occasional whale shark. Other common encounters are large schools of jacks and tuna, silky sharks, silver tip sharks, marlin, Creole fish, green turtles and octopus. Join Undersea Hunter liveaboard for an experience you will not forget.

Useful Links

Costa Rica Official Visitors Website - looking for information on where to stay, what to do and how to get to Costa Rica. Visit the website of the tourism board for Costa Rica. Entry Requirements - As in most of the countries, in order to visit Costa Rica, the traveler must show his or her passport. The passport must be valid during the following 6 months from the entry date to Costa Rica. Weather - find current conditions, forecasts and other useful information for everywhere from Chacarita to San Jose Tobias Bolanos. Restaurants & Food - When traveling to another country it is always nice to feel comfortable when choosing where you will dine, the type of food you’re interested in and of course price, value & service. At www.costaricarestaurants.net we will give you a basic overview of what to expect when dining out in Costa Rica.