an entertaining experience keeping these creatures in my hands. The divemasters

Costa Rica is an eco-tourism nirvana with rain forests Nolan Ryan Jersey , exotic wildlife,
volcanoes and much more. This gentle Central American country is also an
fascinating place to scuba dive. Most of the diving in Costa Rica is done on
the west coast Pacific Ocean side with an area up in the Guanacaste region
located in the northwestern part of the country and another south of the capital
city of San Jose near the median of its west coast. If flying into San Jose,
one would have to do some internal traveling to get to either of these two
locations.

The Guanacaste area is a bit smoother to get to specially if one could arrange
a flight right to the town of Liberia in northern Costa Rica. There are some
seasonal charter flights from North America directly to Liberia. The town of
Playas del Coco which is used as the main base for divers is a short cab ride
from the Liberia airport. There are restaurants and small hotels in Playa del
Coco incAdd an Imageluding a few American owned scuba dive operators. These
dive operators normally have terrific package deals available which include both
diving and accommodations with one of the local hotels. Everything in town is
within easy walking distance.


I made a trip for scuba diving here during the late fall season last year. The
operator I used was Rich Coast Diving. The local Costa Rican divemasters from
Rich Coast took all of the scuba equipment including tanks down to the beach
every morning by pickup truck.

My favorite toy while scuba diving is the Aeris XR-1 Computer Console Scuba Dive
Computer Console. I found that this AERIS computer is absolutely quality at its
best, easy to read and easy to use. There's a comfortable mix of graphics and
icons that made this computer extremely user friendly. I hate to say that with
age my sight is becoming more challenged, but the oversized digits and a
split-screen display made using the computer even easier. Additional attributes
include the water and manual activation and user-replaceable batteries. I was
able to customize the information presented during a dive with a press of a
button and for me the saying applies "the easier the better."

The dives meandered from about 60 feet to 85 feet with balmy to moderate
currents. One thing that all divers will notice here is that the diving in
Costa Rica is very opposite from the usual Caribbean reef diving. The
visibility is a lot shorter and there are some noticeably colder thermoclines.
The poor visibility is due to higher sums of plankton in the local waters
compared to the Caribbean Sea. In some dive sites, we had to swim through
sections of water which turned into an almost brown color soup. This cut the
sunlight from the top drastically. However, there is a huge plus side to this
poorer visibility. The plankton draws in tremendous marine animals and if
divers came here to see the big ones, they will not be let down.

Even some of the reef fish here are larger. For example, the trumpet fish we
saw down here are significantly more sizable than the ones encountered in
Caribbean waters. Also, there are much more porcupine puffer fish here.
Previously in Caribbean waters, I?ve seen only a few porcupine fish and they are
ordinarily alone. Conversely in Costa Rica, I observed huge schools of them.
We found large schools of other fish types on a regular basis as well.

The local divemasters here unquestionably function in a different way compared
to their counterparts elsewhere. In many Caribbean locations, the divemasters
would push a ?look only, no touch? rule. In Cosat Rica the divemasters actively
considered every rock to find amusing creatures for us. They would catch them
in their hands and pass them over to the other divers. In the seven days of
diving, I held a seahorse, an octopus, a spotted eel, an orange color frogfish
and a puffed up porcupine fish. I understand that this practice of handling
marine wildlife is debatable in terms of ethics but it was certainly an
entertaining experience keeping these creatures in my hands. The divemasters
were certainly worked hard as they were eager to make sure that the guests had
superb dive trips.

Large animals such as giant sea turtles, stingrays and white tip sharks were
also spotted. On one juncture which I will never blank out for the rest of my
life is when a very remarkable school of cow-nose rays headed straight for our
group of divers. They seemed like a tremendous squadron of alien spaceships.
They went right through and past us while we watched in wonder. Then they went
away. This unforgettable experience was much too short lived.

In conclusion, Costa Rica is an amusing destination for divers to look at.
There won?t be crystal clear visibility but the aquatic life will be different
with more massive animals to see. The diving itself is also very reasonable in
cost being significantly lower than in top-notch priced locations such as the
Cayman Islands and the Bahamas. If you are a scuba diving affectionado or
newbie, you may want to consider using the Aeris XR-1 Computer Console Scuba
Dive Computer Console. In addition, there are umpteen other things to see and
do on land besides the scuba diving which makes Costa Rica a destination to
include on your list.

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