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Hi all,
A lot of people were helpful when we were planning our Costa Rica trip so I thought I would post an update for others who may be heading down:
Location: Off Playa Flamingo area, 2 days/5 dives. Catalina Island (West Side), Dos Sombreros, Las Tetas, Dirty Rock, Elephant Rock.
Visability: Not the greatest - under 40 feet for both days, but satisfactory for us.
Current: Light - though our reference point for surge is shore diving in Monterey,CA (strong)
Dive Operator: AqauCenter out of Flamingo Marina
We enjoyed the diving a lot. Definitely not the Carribean or Hawaii in terms of clarity, but we saw a lot of sealife over the course of 2 days. Dives were usually 60-80 feet.
Spotted Eagle Rays (multiples each dive), lesser Devil Ray, schools (similar to a flock of birds) of Cow Nosed Rays, White tipped reef sharks, a bull shark, swam with a school of barracuda, dolphins doing flips out of the water, and of course the usual eels and fish galor.
I was comfortable in a 3mm shortie, my wife who gets colder wore a full. Half the group on our boat dove with a rash guard or nothing. It's fairly warm in the water.
AquaCenter was great - the guides were professional. The number of people on the boat ranged from a max of 8 to just 2 (my wife and I) on an afternoon dive. Ana was the one I coordinated with before heading down. The equipment is the basic BCs, Weight belt, depth and air guages - no computers, but we brought our own.
Overall, a great trip.
A lot of people were helpful when we were planning our Costa Rica trip so I thought I would post an update for others who may be heading down:
Location: Off Playa Flamingo area, 2 days/5 dives. Catalina Island (West Side), Dos Sombreros, Las Tetas, Dirty Rock, Elephant Rock.
Visability: Not the greatest - under 40 feet for both days, but satisfactory for us.
Current: Light - though our reference point for surge is shore diving in Monterey,CA (strong)
Dive Operator: AqauCenter out of Flamingo Marina
We enjoyed the diving a lot. Definitely not the Carribean or Hawaii in terms of clarity, but we saw a lot of sealife over the course of 2 days. Dives were usually 60-80 feet.
Spotted Eagle Rays (multiples each dive), lesser Devil Ray, schools (similar to a flock of birds) of Cow Nosed Rays, White tipped reef sharks, a bull shark, swam with a school of barracuda, dolphins doing flips out of the water, and of course the usual eels and fish galor.
I was comfortable in a 3mm shortie, my wife who gets colder wore a full. Half the group on our boat dove with a rash guard or nothing. It's fairly warm in the water.
AquaCenter was great - the guides were professional. The number of people on the boat ranged from a max of 8 to just 2 (my wife and I) on an afternoon dive. Ana was the one I coordinated with before heading down. The equipment is the basic BCs, Weight belt, depth and air guages - no computers, but we brought our own.
Overall, a great trip.