Scuba Diving In Playa Tamarindo, Costa Rica

Costa Rica is a popular destination for individuals interesting in scuba diving or snorkeling. One of the best areas to go scuba (or snorkeling) diving in Costa Rica is in the area of Playa Tamarindo.

Coastal Spanish will assist our students to go scuba diving or snorkeling in the warm and clear waters around Playa Tamarindo, Costa Rica. Playa Tamarindo is home to a variety of dive shops, and our staff at Coastal Spanish are here to help you find the right scuba dive shop. Furthermore we can also help to arrange your language course so that you can take Spanish lessons in the mornings and go scuba diving or snorkeling in the afternoons around the Playa Tamarindo area. In the near future Coastal Spanish will begin to offer a Spanish and Scuba (PADI) Certification Course.

An Overview Of Scuba Diving & Snorkeling Around Playa Tamarindo

Just north of Playa Tamarindo, Costa Rica is the Gulf of Papagayao. This gulf is home to an abundance of scuba and snorkeling spots, most of which are just a short distance from the shore area. The scuba and snorkeling dive sites in this region of Costa Rica will allow you to see schools of grunt, spotted eagle rays, stingrays, reef sharks, octopus, star fish, corals, and many other species of marine life. Occasionally you can see whale sharks as long as 35 ft long along with the occasional, orcas, pilot whales, and mobula rays.

Typically the visibility of these scuba dive spots (snorkeling) in the area of Playa Tamarindo, Costa Rica will range from 30-50 ft. On a good day visibility may get up to 70-80 ft. You will find a variety of volcanic rock formations but little hard coral. Corals typically found around Playa Tamarindo include soft corals, black coral and some orange cup coral. The marine life that live in these waters can be seen on both day and night dives.

For something different, it is possible to book long range scuba dive trips to either the Catalina or Bat Islands. December through April tends to be the best months to go scuba diving around the Catalina Islands. Marine life commonly seen in this area includes mantas, sharks (white tip, bull, and tiger), plus much more!

The trip to the Bat Islands tends to be a rather relaxing cruise and is popular throughout the year. However the best months to go are between March through November. You will have the chance to see bull sharks, cow-nosed rays, eagle rays, along with the ever present varieties of larger schooling fish: rainbow runners, horse-eye jacks, spade fish, pompano, snapper and wahoo.

The area around Playa Tamarindo, Costa Rica is a great place to go scuba diving and snorkeling. You are sure to enjoy yourself if you take the opportunity to go do these acuities. As always our staff at Coastal Spanish Language School is here to help you out.