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COCO’S ISLAND - UNDERSEA HUNTER
MARCH 28-APRIL 7, 2010

Escorted by: Cindi LaRaia

Cost: $4,750 per person twin share, boat only. Plus the park fee currently 245.00 *subject to increase.

Not much introduction is needed with regards to the reputation of diving the famed Cocos Island aboard the Undersea Hunter!

We will be going in the dry season, with calm waters, sunny weather, water temps approx 80-84 F range, visibility ranging from 60 to 100ft. This is a very active reproductive behavior time for the sharks and all marine life! Whalesharks have been seen here all year round, on and off.

This is a very popular trip, I suggest if you want to go let me know soonest!

Undersea Hunter takes maximum of 14 pax!

Located in the Eastern Tropical Pacific, 300 miles southwest of Cabo Blanco, Costa Rica, lies the famous Cocos Island Marine Park. A rugged and incredibly beautiful island, this World Heritage Site is the crown jewel of Costa Rica's many National Parks. Cocos Island has an irregular coastline, it is roughly five miles by two miles (8 x 3 kilometers).

The island was formed during a volcanic upheaval about two-and-a-half million years ago and is composed of basaltic rock, and lava flows. Its landmass is punctuated by four mountain peaks, the highest of which is Cerro Yglesisas, at 2,080 feet or 634 meters.

The island has two large bays with safe anchorages and sandy beaches: Chatham is located on the northeast side and Wafer Bay is on the northwest. Just off Cocos are a series of smaller basaltic rocks and islets. The largest satellite is Isla Manuelita (formerly Nuez).

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.

Cocos Island is also home to at least twenty seven endemic fish species including the exotic red-lipped batfish. The terrestrial life at Cocos also exhibits a high number of endemic plants. Here there exist around seventy out of the two hundred thirty five identified vascular plant species in the world, some twenty five species of moss, twenty seven species of liverwort and eighty five species of fungus. There are upwards of eighty seven bird species, including the famous Cocos Island cuckoo, finch and flycatcher. There are three hundred sixty two species of insects, of which sixty four are endemic, and two native reptiles.

DIVING:

We daily schedule two dives in the morning (8 AM and 11 AM), one in the afternoon (3 PM) and a night dive at 6 PM.

After a dive briefing from our Divemasters on the mothership, our guests board the two skiffs that each accommodate up to nine divers plus Divemaster, who always dive with the group and the Skiff Driver. After a short ride, each of the skiffs will reach a different dive site that is switched on the following dive allowing the two groups to dive the same areas but at different times of the day.

On the way to or from the divesites it is very common to find exciting snorkeling opportunities with Pacific Mantas, Bottlenose Dolphins or even a Bait Ball that will keep the adrenaline brewing all day long.

Read my trip report from my COCOS ISLAND revisited after 19 yrs, March 2008!!! This date in 2010 is the first available charter I could get!!!

Enjoy,
COCOS ISLAND Trip Report, March 2008

This trip will fill up fast; don’t miss out.

First Deposit due $1650.00 per person

Email me Or call 800.886.7321

I cannot wait to get back to Cocos and play with sharks!!!

-- Cindi

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