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Costa Rica's scuba diving portal: everything you want to know about diving in Costa Rica

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Annie

Annie wrote many of Scuba.cr's early guides to Costa Rica's fish, sharks, rays, turtles and whales.

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Cano Divers

Dive Companies

Cano Divers is a dive operation that is supported by Pirate Cove, a PADI International Resort Member. They are known to provide high quality of…

Rich Coast Diving

Dive Companies

Rich Coast Diving is a well-established scuba diving company located in Playas del Coco, Guanacaste. The company was originally founded in 1993, but…

Oceans Unlimited Scuba Diving

Dive Companies

Oceans Unlimited Scuba Diving is a five-star dive resort associated with PADI located on the central Pacific coast of Costa Rica. The dive center…

Flamingo Beach Resort Dive Center

Dive Companies

Flamingo Beach Resort is an exquisite dive resort in Playa Flamingo. Located in close proximity to Catalina and Bat Islands and other lesser known…

Costa Rica Dive and Surf

Dive Companies

Costa Rica Dive and Surf is a dive shop located in Dominical, on the Pacific coast of Costa Rica. The company offers different kinds of underwater…

Deep Blue Diving Adventures

Dive Companies

Deep Blue Diving Adventures is the first PADI associated Gold Palm Resort in Playas del Coco, Guanacaste. Since 1998, the dive shop is offering…

Yellowfin Charters and Diving

Dive Companies

Yellowfin Charters and Diving is a fishing and dive company in Guanacate, Costa Rica. Founded in 2002, the well-known company has acquired a fleet of…

Isla Tortuga Dive Club

Dive Companies

Isla Tortuga Dive Club is a scuba diving company in the Central Pacific tropical town of Montezuma, Costa Rica. The diving company is the only…

Mystic Dive Center

Dive Companies

Mystic Dive Center is a foremost scuba diving school in Playa Ventanas Beach. The dive center offers several aquatic facilities that vary from…

Summer Salt Dive Center

Dive Companies

The Summer Salt Dive Center is a company that is very popular with divers and other professionals interested in seeing the rich exotic lands and…

Sail Hibiscus & Gold Coast Charters

Dive Companies

Interested in getting the best of your experience of diving and snorkeling both? Check out Sail Hibiscus and the great packages they offer for…

Herradura Divers

Dive Companies

Herradura Divers is the first premier dive resort in Playa Herradura, Jaco. The dive operator is affiliated with PADI, an international association…

Ocotal Diving

Dive Companies

Ocotal Diving is a PADI five-star Golden Palm Beach and Resort located in Ocotal in Guanacaste Province, Costa Rica. The dive center is right on the…

Resort Divers (Papagayo Resort)

Dive Companies

Resort Divers of Costa Rica is a first class diving company which gives its guests an amazing trip including diving activities and full spa…

Reef Runner Divers

Areas

Reef Runner Divers is located in Puerto Viejo on the Caribbean side of Costa Rica, and specializes in scuba adventures to the country’s best tropical…

Punta Uva Dive Center

Dive Companies

Punta Uva Dive Center is a scuba diving center located in Punta Uva along the Caribbean coast of Costa Rica. The two-story company is standing right…

All You Need to Know about Cocos Island

Areas

Cocos Island in Costa Rica is now famous all over the world for several different reasons. It is said that Cocos Island actually used to be a popular…

The Undersea Hunter Group

Areas

One of the world’s leading dive companies is the Undersea Hunter Group which focuses especially on live aboard diving to Cocos Island and Malpelo…

Okeanos Aggressor Fleet

Areas

Okeanos Aggressor is a fleet designed to give scuba divers the best experience they have ever had while indulging in this hobby. The main purpose of…

Curu Dive Company

Dive Companies

Curu Dive Company is a Costa Rican tour organizer corporation that was established in 2000. It was initiated by a group of people who are descendants…

Costa Rica Adventure Divers

Dive Companies

Costa Rica Adventure Divers is a tour company located in Drake Bay, along the Osa Peninsula. The company offers various recreational aquatic…

Charlie’s Adventure Tours

Dive Companies

Charlie’s Adventure Tours is an original tour company which was established 12 years ago in Gulf of Papagayo, Guanacaste, Costa Rica. What began as a…

Bill Beard’s Costa Rica Diving

Dive Companies

Bill Beard’s Costa Rica Diving is one of the oldest diving schools in Costa Rica which has been around since 1970. The owner, Bill Beard, and company…

Aqua Center Diving

Dive Companies

The tropical country of Central America is famous for its spectacular scenery and wildlife. Recently, Costa Rica has become a rather preferred…

Cortez Angelfish

Sea Life

Cortez Angelfish in the Pacific Ocean are not available year round unlike most other fish in the ocean. The scientific name given to Cortez angelfish…

The Costa Rica Dome

Areas

Famous as the home to the marvelous blue whales, the Costa Rica Dome is a biologically diverse offing site on the southern portion of the Pacific…

Isla Ballena

Areas

Isla Ballena is a small tropical island situated in the province of South Puntarenas on the Pacific coast of Costa Rica. Isla Ballena correctly…

Sardine Schools in Costa Rica

Sea Life

Sardine schools can commonly be found in the waters of the Pacific Ocean or anywhere near Costa Rica. They are colloquially called ‘pilchards’ and…

Butterfly Fish

Sea Life

The Pacific Ocean plays host to a number of beautiful fish that attract tourists from all over the world. Butterfly fish are one of those creatures…

Drake Bay

Areas

Drake Bay or Bahia Drake is a little headland located to the north of the Osa Peninsula on the southwestern coast of Costa Rica. It was discovered by…