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Resort Divers De Costa Rica/ Allegro Papagayp 
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Guanacaste |
Day 1 Thursday - Half day costal Fishing with Resort Divers. Arranged prior to arrival via email with owner Viviane. Captain and F... Full report |
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1/2004 |
Jacki Briggs
<100 Dives |
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Rich Coast Divers/ Allegro Papagayo
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Guanacaste |
We dove 3 times with Rich Coast Divers last week. Basically, it's a reasonably good operation, with a few problems that prevent it... Full report |
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5/2009 |
 Randy and Carol Thompson
1000+ Dives |
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Rich Coast Divers/ Villas Sol
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Guanacaste |
This was our first trip to Costa Rica, after hearing from many people that it's a great destination. And we had a blast, from... Full report |
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6/2008 |
 Timothy A. Kolakowski
250+ Dives |
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Rich Coast Divers
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I've been diving Playa del Coco three times in the last 5 years, all with Rich Coast Divers. They have changed owners, and althou... Full report |
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12/2007 |
 Terry Anderson
500+ Dives |
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Rich Coast Diving/ Villas Sol
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Great time diving with Rich Coast Diving – we dove 6 days in a row with them in early November, 2012. The staff were all very frie... Full report |
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11/2012 |
 Patricia MacSween
250+ Dives |
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Rich Coast Diving/ Villa del Sol
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Guancaste |
I went to Costa Rica with modest expectations for the diving and was blown away by the great dives I had. I choose Rich Coast Div... Full report |
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11/2010 |
Brent Woods
250+ Dives |
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Rich Coast Diving/ Villas del Sol (hotel)
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Playas Del Coco |
I chose Rich Coast Diving based on positive reader reports. Unfortunately, I found the operation has apparently changed since the... Full report |
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12/2006 |
Bob Sivak
100+ Dives |
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Rich Coast diving
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playa del coco |
We fell in love with Costa Rica. Both under and above the water it's beautiful, we've even changed our plans and are getting read... Full report |
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8/2005 |
Brenda van Gestel
1000+ Dives |
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Rich Coast Diving
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Pacific Side |
"Left Out at Sea"
Though I had confirmed our reservations 3 times directly with Rich Coast's owner, upon arrival we were greeted with the comment "O... Full report |
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12/2003 |
Douglas
500+ Dives |
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Rich coast/Rocket Frog/ Villa del sol
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It was late may and maybe not the best time of year for diving the Playa Coco area. The water was murky on local dives and vis... Full report |
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5/2013 |
Gary Bohner
250+ Dives |
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Rocket Frog/ Margaritaville]
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Flamingo Beach |
"Rocket Diving"
Rocket Frog staff were wonderful. The visibility was very poor so you had to stay close to the dive master or you would be lost. T... Full report |
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3/2019 |
G Charles Wohlust
250+ Dives |
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Rocket Frog
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"Good Diving, Disappointint Operation"
Just came back from a 9 day trip to Costa Rica which included 7 days of diving, 2 of which were with Rocket Frog. Initial reaction... Full report |
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8/2016 |
Kevin W. Meyer
250+ Dives |
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Rocket Frog/ Los Almendros de Ocotal
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Playa Ocotal, Guanacaste |
"Not the best visibility but big stuff!!"
Having done liveaboards on my last two vacations, I went to the Guanacaste area of Costa Rica to do a little bit of diving, see so... Full report |
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11/2014 |
Adam Hartnett
500+ Dives |
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ROCKET FROG DIVERS
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Guanacaste/Tamarindo |
"Outstanding dive operator!"
Shark dive for the Bat Islands.
Great facility north of Tamarindo. Very well set up shop, fleet of fast boats, Incredible dive ma... Full report |
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11/2023 |
William Hubbarth
1000+ Dives |
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Rocket Frog Divers/ Bosque del Mar
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Playa Hermosa] |
"A fish parade"
While there is no coral to speak off (mainly volcanic rocks), there are loads of fish. While you are diving and it gets dark, you ... Full report |
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8/2021 |
Susan M Fuchs
250+ Dives |
1 |
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Scuba Dive Costa Rica
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Playa Flamingo Las Catalinas |
"Great Diving, Great Operation"
Just came back from my second trip to Costa Rica. The first time (May) we used SDCR and were very pleased. The diving was great, v... Full report |
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8/2016 |
Kevin W. Meyer
250+ Dives |
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Sea Hunter
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Cocos Island |
"Hammerheads, Reef , Tiger , and more sharks plus whales and mantas."
The diving at Cocos Island was probably some of the very best in 20 plus years of diving. Large schools of hammerheads with multi... Full report |
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9/2024 |
Matt Radtke
1000+ Dives |
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Sea Hunter
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Isla del Cocos |
"Cocos Effect: Anything can happen "
This was my 6th- 7th trip to Cocos. Several trips were on the Argo with the Turtle Iland Resortation Network foks. They conduct tru... Full report |
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10/2021 |
James Smith
1000+ Dives |
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Sea Hunter
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"Comfortable boat, safe tenders, big fish."
The dive guides took good care of us in cool, swift currents. There were so many hammerheads that they started to look normal. Som... Full report |
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12/2020 |
Kathleen Poole
500+ Dives |
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Sea Hunter
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CoCos Island |
"Expectations exceeded"
My hope was to see large marine life up close. Hammerheads, white tip, black tip, Galapagos, Tigers, Silkies, Marble rays, Eagle r... Full report |
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11/2020 |
Rika
100+ Dives |
1 |
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Sea Hunter
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Cocos Island |
"Always good diving and lots of variety The Cocos effect!"
Cocos is always a good bet when you want to dive with multiple species of sharks and have potential encounters with other pelagics... Full report |
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11/2020 |
David C Kinney
1000+ Dives |
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Sea Hunter
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Cocos Island |
"Outstanding"
DIVING
This trip was a long time coming and it far exceeded expectations. The diving in Cocos is difficult to put into words, a... Full report |
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7/2018 |
Catriona Steele
500+ Dives |
3 |
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Sea Hunter
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Cocos |
"Cuckoo for Cocos"
I traveled with my teen age son, Ryan. Here's his trip report:
[. . . ] - ... Full report |
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7/2017 |
Kirsten Treais
1000+ Dives |
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Sea Hunter
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Cocos Island |
"School was definitely in session!"
We booked a ten night, seven days of diving charter on the Sea Hunter. Transit time to/ from Cocos Island to the mainland was appro... Full report |
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8/2016 |
Eric Eckes
1000+ Dives |
3 |
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Sea Hunter
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Cocos Is |
"Great Operation, Great Destination, Lousy Timing"
A somewhat difficult review to write, as this was a long- awaited trip where the wildlife was not what we hoped for. The trip repor... Full report |
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7/2015 |
John Sommerer
500+ Dives |
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Sea Hunter
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Cocos Island |
"Cocos June 2015"
This was my 9th trip to Cocos, 6th on the Sea Hunter. I had not been since the tiger sharks arrived in 2008. The tiger sharks we... Full report |
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6/2015 |
Tom Mifflin
500+ Dives |
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Sea Hunter
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Cocos |
Ben Davison, Undercurrent sent an email about a 20% discount on the SEa Hunter, if you were able to travel between April 21- May 1. ... Full report |
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4/2015 |
Edward Leibowitz
250+ Dives |
1 |
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Sea Hunter/ Grano de Oro
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Cocos Island |
This was our first trip to the Pacific and our first live aboard trip. We saw two documentary films about Cocos Island, one last ... Full report |
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4/2011 |
Michael D Smith
100+ Dives |
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Sea Hunter
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Cocos |
This 12 night charter was my fourth to Cocos and the third one on this boat. Nevertheless, the decision to join this trip was mad... Full report |
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7/2010 |
DAVID SHEMTOV
500+ Dives |
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Sea Hunter
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Malpelo & Cocos |
The Best big animal diving ever! Consistantly more marine life than I have ever seen. This was the trip of a life time!!! Malpelo ... Full report |
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7/2006 |
Dave & Susan Eckenberger
1000+ Dives |
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SEA HUNTER
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COCO ISLAND |
THE FIRST TIME I SAW THE HOWARD HALLS IMAX VIDEO ON COCO AND READ EVERY ARTICLE ABOUT THE SEA HUNTER. I KNOW I HAD TO GO THERE I W... Full report |
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12/2005 |
Robert Levine
1000+ Dives |
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Sea Hunter
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Cocos Island |
The diving was very excellent. I went with the special rebreather expedition sponsored by Fathoms magazine and managed by Brett Gi... Full report |
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8/2005 |
LeRoy Anderson
250+ Dives |
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Sea Hunter
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Cocos Island |
Crouching in a semi circle in the sand, or clutching the boulder ridges along the side walls of Alcyone, we watched in awe as l... Full report |
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7/2003 |
Patrick Wikstrom
500+ Dives |
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Sea Hunter
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Cocos |
We had two wonderful trips aboard the Sea Hunter, one in January, one in August. There were less sharks, but sunny weather during ... Full report |
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1/2002 |
Starkovsky, Cynthia
250+ Dives |
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Sea Hunter liveaboard
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Cocos/Malpelo |
Malpelo was outstanding. We had over 500 silkies checking us out on one of our safety stops. Moray eels are everywhere, sometimes... Full report |
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6/2002 |
Nikki Mahan
500+ Dives |
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Seahunter
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Cocos Island & Malpelo |
The ship is in excellent condition. Everything worked! Including all the multimedia video. Good assortment of video movies in ord... Full report |
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10/2006 |
Mel Butler
1000+ Dives |
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SeaHunter
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Cocos/Malpelo |
SeaHunter is a fantastic boat with a fantastic captain (Chris), divemaster (Toby) and crew! Fly to San Jose and the SeaHunter arra... Full report |
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8/2006 |
Laura Mosqueda
250+ Dives |
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SeaHunter
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Cocos Island |
Unbelievable diving, schools of scalloped hammerheads on every dive; silvertips, silkies and white tips as well. Very comfo... Full report |
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9/2005 |
Carol Gurba
100+ Dives |
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Sirenas Diving/ La Puerta del Sol Hotel
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Guanacaste |
"The Perfect Covid-Era Diving Escape"
I spent six nights in Playa del Coco, and four days diving with Sirenas, in late May. It had been 18 months since I’d been in the... Full report |
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5/2021 |
Sandy Falen
1000+ Dives |
2 |
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Summer-Salt
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Guanacaste - Playa del Coco |
Hotel Puerta del Sol (arranged through Summer- Salt and with no independent website) is clean and comfortable, though hardly posh. ... Full report |
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6/2008 |
Bill DuBois
100+ Dives |
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Tamarindo Diving
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Guanacaste |
"Adequate diving from Tamarindo, Guanacaste Province, Costa Rica"
We dove the Catalina Islands off the northern coast of Guanacaste (the Nicoya penninsula). There are several departure destination... Full report |
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11/2021 |
A J Underbrink Jr
500+ Dives |
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Tamarindo Diving
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Guanacaste |
"Adequate diving from Tamarindo, Guanacaste Province, Costa Rica"
We dove the Catalina Islands off the northern coast of Guanacaste (the Nicoya penninsula). There are several departure destination... Full report |
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11/2021 |
A J Underbrink Jr
500+ Dives |
1 |
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Undersea Hunger/ [N/A]
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Cocos Island |
We flew Chicago to Houston, then Houston to San Jose. Spent the night in San Jose to ensure all our baggage arrived. Stayed the th... Full report |
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7/2004 |
Steve and Beth Welch
250+ Dives |
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Undersea Hunter
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Cocos Island |
"Cocos Island hammerheads. "
Cocos Island was my consolation prize for not being able to dive Galapagos (yet). I received an a mail that said, “one space avai... Full report |
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10/2023 |
Mary Adams
1000+ Dives |
1 |
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Undersea Hunter
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Cocos Island |
"Cocos Island - the best!"
I have been to Cocos several times and every time is different - you never know what the ocean will give you but there is always s... Full report |
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10/2021 |
Kabir Teja (Dive Hard)
1000+ Dives |
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Undersea Hunter
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Cocos Island |
"Probably the best overall shark trip I've done (Argo)"
This Argo trip was pretty fantastic compared to my July 2015 trip on the Aggressor. I think part of it was the time of year (earl... Full report |
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11/2018 |
James K Harris
500+ Dives |
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Undersea Hunter/ Argo
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Cocos Island |
"It's nice to know some things don't change"
This is our third trip to Cocos and the third with the Undersea Hunter Group. This time we opted for their luxury vessel, the Argo... Full report |
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8/2016 |
 Gary & Robin Schiendelman
1000+ Dives |
2 |
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Undersea Hunter
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Coco;s Island |
"A well oiled machine"
Third trip to Coco's Island on the Undersea Hunter. A very good boat with a crew to match. All divers must be Nitrox certified, ... Full report |
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7/2015 |
david whiteside
250+ Dives |
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Undersea Hunter
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Cocos Island |
"Cocos Island on the magnificent Undersea Hunter"
Everything was perfect on the entire trip, thanks to Onno @ [. . . ] and the wonderful crew (and boat)of the Sea Hunt... Full report |
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10/2014 |
Warren Sprung
500+ Dives |
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Undersea Hunter
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Cocos Island |
"Pre El Nino Dive Trip to Cocos Island: Great trip, limited prospects"
I took advantage of a sudden cancellation to take this trip, which had been on my bucket list. The bottom line is that this is a ... Full report |
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6/2014 |
David Welch
1000+ Dives |
2 |
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Undersea Hunter/ Dive Vessel Argo
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Costa Rican Dome |
"Know Before You Go."
It sounded so cool on the Undersea Hunter website. Join the Big Animal Expeditions trip to the " Blue Whale Cafe" at the Costa Ric... Full report |
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1/2014 |
Michael Marmesh
500+ Dives |
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Undersea Hunter
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ARGO Liveaboard |
Capitalism has reached Cocos Island. There is now a $35 per person per day head tax while diving without so much as a T- shirt.
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11/2013 |
Don Bellew
1000+ Dives |
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Undersea Hunter
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Coco's Island |
The undersea hunter is a wonderful boat, this was my third trip to Coco's on this boat. The crew really knows what they are doing... Full report |
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7/2013 |
david whiteside
250+ Dives |
1 |
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Undersea Hunter/ Argo
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Cocos Island |
I went on the vessel Argo which is the largest of the 3 vessels that are operated by the Undersea Hunter group. This vessel costs... Full report |
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4/2013 |
Steven Rosenfeld
1000+ Dives |
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Undersea Hunter
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Cocos Island National Park |
This was a special expedition (run twice a year) to assist scientists tag hammerhead and Galapagos sharks underwater using pole sp... Full report |
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4/2013 |
TODD STEINER
<100 Dives |
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Undersea Hunter
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I recently had the opportunity to visit the Cocos Islands aboard the Undersea Hunter in early June. As most of us here at the foru... Full report |
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6/2010 |
MAX WEINMANN
500+ Dives |
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UNDERSEA HUNTER/ SEAHUNTER
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COCOS ISLAND |
10 DAY TRIP ON THE SEAHUNTER, A FINE VESSEL, VERY WELL KEPT. EXCELLENT CREW, AND ATTITUDE. MEALS WERE BEST I'VE EVER HAD ON A LIVE... Full report |
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11/2008 |
TOM LOPATIN
500+ Dives |
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Undersea Hunter
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Cocos Island |
Isla del Cocos via the Undersea Hunter is as good as advertised, 11 days at sea to a fabulous site. We totally lucked out weatherw... Full report |
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2/2008 |
Ed Noga
500+ Dives |
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Undersea Hunter
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Cocos Island |
Be aware that it's a 30 - 36 hour ride from the mainland out to Cocos. What the crew said was an average passage seemed pretty ro... Full report |
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11/2007 |
Mike Judd
250+ Dives |
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Undersea Hunter
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Cocos Island |
I was on the Undersea Hunter in 91 and the Sea Hunter in 95. Both are excellent boats and have great diving operations. The shar... Full report |
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8/2006 |
Gary R. Nachtigal
1000+ Dives |
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Undersea Hunter
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This trip to Malepelo Island and then to the CoCos Islands was the best dive trip that we have ever been on. The Seahunter a... Full report |
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8/2006 |
Chris Cozzi/Lisa Anderson
500+ Dives |
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Undersea Hunter
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Cocos Island |
Two days before we were scheduled to fly to Costa Rica, 24 people were arrested for plotting to blow up at least 10 airborne plane... Full report |
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8/2005 |
Jeanne & Bill Downey
1000+ Dives |
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UnderSea Hunter
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Cocos Island |
The Undersea Hunter is a well run operation from sched, trip planning to the actual diving. The trip out was better then ex... Full report |
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6/2005 |
Michele
100+ Dives |
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Undersea Hunter
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Cocos Island |
Cocos is ONLY for experienced divers. The dives are all deep, currents can be ripping, safety stops can become blue water drifts ... Full report |
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11/2004 |
Peter Belden
100+ Dives |
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Undersea Hunter
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Coco Island |
If your mantra is "Hammerheads" this is your place. Sharks are everywhere. Hundreds of scalloped hammerheads, hundreds of white ... Full report |
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7/2004 |
Ralph Baker
250+ Dives |
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Undersea Hunter Group
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Cocos Island[N/A] |
By far, the most professional/ safety conscious operation I've ever experienced. It needs to be (out of range of heli evac, a... Full report |
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5/2008 |
Mickey Rosenberg
100+ Dives |
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Underseahunter/ Sea Hunter
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Cocos Island |
This was my third and in some ways, the best trip to Cocos Island. The silvertips are back at Silverado and the hammerheads are a... Full report |
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8/2003 |
Nikki Mahan
500+ Dives |
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UnderSeahunter
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Cocos/Malpelos |
The FATHOMS MAGAZINE rebreather expedition took on the double island trip with the SeaHunter visiting first Malpelos for four days... Full report |
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6/2003 |
Gregg Gaylord
500+ Dives |
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Underseahunter
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Cocos Island |
Flat ocean on the trip to and from Cocos Island. The dive masters were great with predive instructions which can be very important... Full report |
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5/2002 |
Willard Pascoe
500+ Dives |
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www.almacodiving.com/ www.villavistazul.com/costa_
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Playa Ocotel |
Villa Vista Azul [. . . ] ) is a gem of a location. It's a short walk to the beach and dive... Full report |
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8/2006 |
Gregg Gaylord
1000+ Dives |
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