Scuba Diving in Cocos, Costa Rica

March 22nd, 2008 | by admin |
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Virtual tour of a typical dive site of Cocos, Costa Rica. Dive into the deep blue waters of the tropical Eastern Pacific and get close to schools of grunts and snappers, sharks and rays.
Can you tell all the species on this clip? Here follows the list (in no particular order)… if you find a fish not listed, write a comment ;-)
Casting:
Divers of the Undersea Hunter (Homo sapiens)
Scalloped Hammerhead Shark (Sphyrna lewini)
White-tipped Reef Shark ( Triaenodon obesus)
Spotted Eagle Ray (Aetobatus narinari)
Marbled Ray (Taeniura meyeni)
Bluefin Trevally (Caranx melampygus)
Yellowfin Tuna (Thunnus albacares)
Pacific Dog Snapper ( Lutjanus novemfasciatus)
Mullet Snapper (Lutjanus aratus)
Cottonmouth Jack (Uraspis helvola)
Blue-and-Gold Snapper (Lutjanus viridis)
Leather Bass (Dermatolepis dermatolepis)
Chinese Trumpetfish (Aulostomus chinensis)
Pacific Creolefish (Parenthias colonus)
Rainbow Runner (Elagatis bipinnulata)

  1. 2 Responses to “Scuba Diving in Cocos, Costa Rica”

  2. By abricosen on Mar 22, 2008 | Reply

    So nice, beautyfull

  3. By UNK0VVN on Mar 23, 2008 | Reply

    WOW I am so jealous, it is a shame it is so expensive to dive at Cocos but, maybe that’s a good thing. I am living in Costa Rica right now and I am probably only going to get to dive Catalina, Murcielagos, or Cano island.

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