Dive Conditions

Visibility: 55 ft

Water Temp. 79°F

Currents

mild

strong

Weather

Climate

sunny

rainy

Sea

calm

choppy

Crossings

to Cocos

calm

choppy

to land

calm

choppy

Sea Hunter

This was our last expedition of 2024! It’s hard to believe that the New Year is almost upon us. The island provided a fantastic trip to conclude the year, featuring mantas, schooling hammerheads, and so many close encounters with sharks.

Alcyone emerged as one of our favorite dive spots this week, notable for the largest schools. Small Dos Amigos offered incredible experiences with Galapagos sharks, an enormous tiger shark, and curious dolphins encountered during our safety stop in the blue. Punta Maria presented us with graceful manta rays, while Manuelita Coral Garden showcased Cocos Island’s legendary hammerhead cleaning station activity along its sandy bottom.

Other highlights included massive schools of jacks, colorful frogfish, and the most enormous nudibranch our dive guides have ever encountered! Toward the week’s end, we also enjoyed a beautiful island hike, where we daydreamed about the pirates and explorers who had left their initials carved into the rocks in the bay.