Dive Review of Underseahunter/Sea Hunter in
Costa Rica/Cocos Island

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Underseahunter/Sea Hunter, Aug, 2003, by Nikki Mahan, WA, USA . Report 608.
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Ratings and Overall Comments 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Accommodations		Food
Service and Attitude		Environmental Sensitivity	N/A
Dive Operation		Shore Diving
Snorkeling	N/A
Overall Rating
Value for $$	N/A
Beginners
Advanced
Comments	This was my third and in some ways, the best trip to Cocos Island. The silvertips are back at Silverado and the hammerheads are also making a comeback. We did see hammerheads on every dive at least. The whitetips are a constant, hundreds of them. The night dive was pretty amazing, with the whitetips hunting. We saw two whalesharks, a 25 ft male at Dirty Rock and a beautiful 18 ft female at Manuelita. The sharks were very accomodating, they both hung around letting us snuggle and take photos until we had to leave for our safety stop. At Alcyon, a beautiful, mostly black huge manta ray buzzed us and posed for photos as well. We saw many eagle rays swimming in formation, also as many as 15 to 20 marble rays at a time, surrounding us as we watched them. Two large frog fish make their home at a 100 foot depth at Viking Rock. On the trip back we had schools of pilot whales, dolphins on the bow and a lonesome false killer whale joining our trip.
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	501-1000 dives
Where else diving	all over the world
Closest Airport		Getting There
Dive Conditions
Weather	rainy	Seas	currents
Water Temp	79-81°F / 26-27°C	Wetsuit Thickness	5
Water Visibility	60-100 Ft/ 18-30 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	yes
Enforced diving restrictions	one hour limits, no decompression diving
Liveaboard?	no	Nitrox Available?	N/A
What I Saw
Sharks	Lots	Mantas	1 or 2
Dolphins	Schools	Whale Sharks	1 or 2
Turtles	> 2	Whales	>2
Ratings 1(worst) - 5 (best):
Corals		Tropical Fish
Small Critters		Large Fish
Large Pelagics
Underwater Photography 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Subject Matter		Boat Facilities
Overall rating for UWP's		Shore Facilities
UW Photo Comments	[None]

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Dive Review of Underseahunter/Sea Hunter in Costa Rica/Cocos Island

Underseahunter/Sea Hunter, Aug, 2003,

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Dive Review of Underseahunter/Sea Hunter in
Costa Rica/Cocos Island