Dive Review of SeaHunter in
Costa Rica/Cocos/Malpelo

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SeaHunter, Aug, 2006, by Laura Mosqueda, CA, USA ( Contributor 14 reports with 6 Helpful votes). Report 2674.
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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	SeaHunter is a fantastic boat with a fantastic captain (Chris), divemaster (Toby) and crew! Fly to San Jose and the SeaHunter arranges transportation to the port in Puntarenas (about a 2 and 1/2 hour drive). We went first to Malpelo, a long (48 hour) boat ride from Puntarenas and had an easy crossing but poor luck related to undersea life. We did see several mantas and a few hammerheads but not what we were hoping for. Half-way through our second dive day the divemaster (Toby) asked the group if we wanted to move on to Cocos where he had reports of better underwater action. There was unanimous support for this idea so we proceeded for another 36 hours and arrived in Cocos for a spectacular week of diving: huge schools of hammerheads, jacks, blue and gold snapper, tuna; encounters with black tips, turtles, mantas; white tips everwhere. Divers need to pay attention as the diving is deep (often below 100 feet), the currents are strong, and there is often significant surge and swells at shallower depths. The divemasters and panga drivers are exceptionally saftey-conscious while maintaining a reasonable expectation that each diver is responsible for themselves. Excellent dive briefings, evening presentations about the area and wildlife, great food, exciting diving, superb crew all make for a spectacular trip.
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	251-500 dives
Where else diving	California, Caribbean, Sea of Cortez, Indonesia, Hawaii
Closest Airport		Getting There
Dive Conditions
Weather	cloudy	Seas	currents
Water Temp	72-80°F / 22-27°C	Wetsuit Thickness	5
Water Visibility	40-75 Ft/ 12-23 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	no
Enforced diving restrictions	60 minutes, 130 feet
Liveaboard?	yes	Nitrox Available?	N/A
What I Saw
Sharks	Lots	Mantas	1 or 2
Dolphins	Schools	Whale Sharks	None
Turtles	> 2	Whales	None
Ratings 1(worst) - 5 (best):
Corals		Tropical Fish
Small Critters		Large Fish
Large Pelagics
Underwater Photography 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Subject Matter	N/A	Boat Facilities	N/A
Overall rating for UWP's	N/A	Shore Facilities	N/A
UW Photo Comments	[None]

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Dive Review of SeaHunter in Costa Rica/Cocos/Malpelo

SeaHunter, Aug, 2006,

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Dive Review of SeaHunter in
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