What is the water temperature and visibility in Costa Rica for diving?

Clásico/Norte

Shark, leopard ray, manta, fish
  • Update date

    March 24, 2025

  • Temperature

    23°C / 73°F

  • Visibility

    2m - 3m / 6ft - 10ft

Sombrero

Southern ray, leopard ray, octopuse, manta, fish
  • Update date

    March 24, 2025

  • Temperature

    23°C / 73°F

  • Visibility

    2m - 3m / 6ft - 10ft

Sombrero

Sharks, fish (Great visibility)
  • Update date

    March 17, 2025

  • Temperature

    25°C - 29°C / 77°F - 84°F

  • Visibility

    10m - 15m / 32ft - 49ft

Clásico/Norte

Mantas, sharks, fish, mobulas, turtle, morey eels
  • Update date

    March 17, 2025

  • Temperature

    26°C - 29°C / 79°F - 84°F

  • Visibility

    10m - 15m / 32ft - 49ft

Pailas/Sur

Sharks, mobulas, mantas, nudibranch, turtles, octopus, sound of whales, school of barracuda
  • Update date

    March 13, 2025

  • Temperature

    26°C - 28°C / 79°F - 82°F

  • Visibility

    8m - 12m / 26ft - 39ft

Clásico/Norte

Mantas, sharks, tons of fish, cownose, eagle ray, school of fish
  • Update date

    March 13, 2025

  • Temperature

    26°C - 28°C / 79°F - 82°F

  • Visibility

    8m - 12m / 26ft - 39ft

Pailas/Sur

Sharks, mantas, octopuses and turtle
  • Update date

    March 6, 2025

  • Temperature

    25°C / 77°F

  • Visibility

    5m - 8m / 16ft - 26ft

Clásico/Norte

Sharks, lots of fish, manta rays and more manta rays
  • Update date

    March 6, 2025

  • Temperature

    25°C / 77°F

  • Visibility

    8m - 10m / 26ft - 33ft

Pailas/Sur

Mantas, sharks, tons of schools of fish, school of mobula rays, whales singing 🐋
  • Update date

    March 4, 2025

  • Temperature

    26°C - 28°C / 79°F - 82°F

  • Visibility

    8m - 12m / 26ft - 39ft

Clásico/Norte

Mantas, schools of jackfish, tons of fish, sharks, schools of mobulas, schools of fish, southern ray, box fish
  • Update date

    March 4, 2025

  • Temperature

    26°C - 28°C / 79°F - 82°F

  • Visibility

    8m - 12m / 26ft - 39ft

Pailas/Sur

Sharks, mantas, schools of fish, school of mobulas, octopus
  • Update date

    March 3, 2025

  • Temperature

    26°C / 79°F

  • Visibility

    8m - 12m / 26ft - 39ft

Clásico/Norte

Sharks, turtle, schools of fish, mantas
  • Update date

    March 3, 2025

  • Temperature

    26°C / 79°F

  • Visibility

    5m - 8m / 16ft - 26ft

Brumel

Guitar ray, southern manta, shark
  • Update date

    February 24, 2025

  • Temperature

    22°C / 72°F

  • Visibility

    3m / 10ft

Clásico/Norte

Sharks, manta, mobula rays
  • Update date

    February 24, 2025

  • Temperature

    22°C / 72°F

  • Visibility

    3m / 10ft

Sombrero

Schools of jack, sharks, baby shark, full of fish everywhere, mantas
  • Update date

    February 17, 2025

  • Temperature

    23°C / 73°F

  • Visibility

    6m - 8m / 20ft - 26ft

Clásico

Sharks, schools of fish, eels, leopard ray, electric ray, southern ray, mantas
  • Update date

    February 17, 2025

  • Temperature

    22°C / 72°F

  • Visibility

    8m - 12m / 26ft - 39ft

Brumel

Leopard rays, fish, sharks, schools of fish
  • Update date

    January 23, 2025

  • Temperature

    22°C - 24°C / 72°F - 75°F

  • Visibility

    5m / 16ft

Clásico/Norte

Sharks, leopard rays, schools of fish, eels, fish
  • Update date

    January 23, 2025

  • Temperature

    21°C - 23°C / 70°F - 73°F

  • Visibility

    5m - 8m / 16ft - 26ft

Sombrero

Whale Sounds
  • Update date

    January 20, 2025

  • Temperature

    27°C / 81°F

  • Visibility

    7m / 23ft

Clásico/Norte

Manta, sharks, schools of fish, sound of whales
  • Update date

    January 20, 2025

  • Temperature

    26°C / 79°F

  • Visibility

    5m / 16ft

Brumel

Shark, eagle ray, longtail stingray, octopus
  • Update date

    January 16, 2025

  • Temperature

    26°C - 24°C / 79°F - 75°F

  • Visibility

    6m - 8m / 20ft - 26ft

Guacamaya

Rays and generic fish, brief turtle with snorks, manta
  • Update date

    January 16, 2025

  • Temperature

    26°C - 24°C / 79°F - 75°F

  • Visibility

    5m - 7m / 16ft - 23ft

Brumel

Schools of fish, sharks, leopard ray, two eagle rays
  • Update date

    January 13, 2025

  • Temperature

    27°C / 80°F

  • Visibility

    6m - 8m / 20ft - 26ft

Guacamaya

Schools of fish, shark, eagle rays, turtles, leopard ray
  • Update date

    January 13, 2025

  • Temperature

    27°C / 80°F

  • Visibility

    10m / 33ft

Sombrero

Baby sharks, southern manta rays and mobula rays were observed
  • Update date

    October 24, 2024

  • Temperature

    27°C / 80°F

  • Visibility

    8m / 26ft

Pailas/Sur

  • Update date

    October 24, 2024

  • Temperature

    27°C / 80°F

  • Visibility

    8m / 26ft

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