Costa Rica Diving 5 Day Weather Forecast

Rich Coast Diving is the only PADI 5*CDC Facility in Costa Rica. Now with direct flights to Liberia airport it makes it so easy for you to come to Playas del Coco and join us for a dive.
Diving In Costa Rica can be done all year round, especially here in Playas del Coco, but this month we move into a special period because it is bull shark time! From May till November we take advanced divers to the famous "Murcielagos" or known as the Bat islands. The trip leaves early morning 7 am and takes a bit over an hour, but then once you roll of the boat at the first dive site "Big Scare" you will be mesmerized by your surroundings. We drop down to 30m / 100ft and wait for the bull sharks to come and check us out. When the dive continues we might encounter the giant manta rays as well. The second dive is Black Rock, one of my favorite of all times; big schools of jacks, snappers and more fish will be blocking your camera view. Very common place for spotted eagles rays to hang out as well.
Bats is for advanced divers because of the depth, current and surge. Temperatures this time of the year are around 28C/ 82F. Rich Coast Diving is more than happy to take you on this magnificent dive. You can also do the PADI Aware Shark specialty and we will show you what is happening with our shark population.
Sharks are in trouble, so lets enjoy them while we still can! Of course we are trying everything to stop Shark Finning and this is also one of the reasons Rich Coast Diving has the Green star Award and helps out project Aware on their campaigns by donating $10 for every person we certify. Recently we also became a member of the Nakawe project. This is a new organization that is fighting hard to safe the Costa Rican sharks.

From November to May we float towards the other side and offer dives to the Catalina islands. Here the Giant Manta Rays hang out above the cleaning stations. These magnificent creatures just create a massive shadow over you if they pass above your head.

Local dives go out every morning at 8 am all year round. We will do 2 different dive sites to spot big schools of fish, white tip reef sharks, nudibranchs or a few of the different rays form the little round rays to the spotted or massive stingrays.

We offer courses for the beginner, advanced and Pro levels. Internships for Pro levels available.