Scuba Diving Adventure

Manuel Antonio

Manuel Antonio And Caño Island

Manuel Antonio offers a wide variety of different dive sites and most locations are limited to one boat at a time. This helps to keep the number of divers at one spot down - so that there are always more fish than people in the water! There are a number of different scuba dive trips in Manuel Antonio and Caño Island that can be arranged daily. If you are looking for adventure and want to visit one of Costa Rica's most beautiful beaches, then Manuel Antonio is the place for you. The warm waters, the relaxed atmosphere and the friendly people have made this area one of Costa Rica's premier travel destinations.

Diving Conditions in Manuel Antonio

Due to the high nutrient content found in the waters of Quepos and Manuel Antonio - there is an wide variety of marine life. Visibility does vary throughout the year and is generally in the range of 20-65 feet in the dry season (Dec - May) and 10 - 40 feel in the rainy season (June - November). The water temperature stays pretty much constant year round, ranging from the mid 80's to low 70's - a 2 or 3 mm wetsuit is recommended when scuba diving in Manuel Antonio. Dive sites are selected daily for the best conditions and average dive depths range between 40 - 80 ft

Marine Life at it's best!

Scuba Diving in Manuel Antonio Costa Rica is famous do the wide variety of marine life found here. Schools of Snapper, Jacks and Grunts cruise by. You can get up close and personal on the reef with Angel Fish, Moorish Idols, Surgeon Fish, Giant Damsel Fish, an array of Puffer Fish, Scrawled File Fish, Octopus, a variety of Eels and Crustaceans. Plus Reef Sharks, Rays, Sea Turtles, Pan Tropical Dolphins and in season the majestic Humpback whales and Manta rays (Dec - April). Manuel Antonio Costa Rica has a variety of soft and hard coral formations, though the Pacific Coast does not have the coral gardens that are found in the caribbean. The underwater environment found in this area was formed by the intense volcanic activity that formed Manuel Antonio Costa Rica.