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DeepSee Submersible Diving under Cocos Island

DeepSee Submersible Diving under Cocos Island

Dive Profile Type of Diving: Deep-Sea Submersible Diving Maximum Depth:  80 – 300 meters (260 – 1,000 feet) Visibility: 20 – 35 meters, dependent on artificial light Temperature: 68 – 82°F (20 – 28°C) If you have been reading scuba diving articles about Cocos Island, you may think what environment lies beyond the maximum depth […]

Silverado – Home of the Silvertip Sharks

Silverado – Home of the Silvertip Sharks

Located in the northeast corner, Silverado is one of the few places in Cocos Island where Silvertip Sharks abound and is the only known location for their cleaning station. Aside from this, it is only dive site in Cocos Island that does not require a deep dive. Dive Profile Type of Diving: Liveaboard Diving Maximum […]

Punta Maria – An Underwater Football Field

Punta Maria – An Underwater Football Field

If there is one description that perfectly fits and sets Punta Maria unique from other dive sites is the football-sized seamount that is divided centrally by a sand channel where you can literally sit back, relax and enjoy the non-stop underwater action. Located in the western corner of Cocos Island, Punta Maria is one of […]

Manuelita – 24 Hours of Underwater Entertainment

Manuelita – 24 Hours of Underwater Entertainment

Located just a few hundred meters from Chatham Bay in the northern coast of Cocos Island where your liveaboard vessel is anchored is an islet that is comparable to New York City which has been tagged as the City that never sleeps, only it’s the underwater version. This 150-meter (495 feet) long islet offers several […]

Dos Amigos Means Double the Fun

Dos Amigos Means Double the Fun

Located in the south-southwest corner of Cocos Island, Dos Amigos offers you twice the fun with two dive sites each having the tremendous bounty of marine life and an amazing underwater rock formation. Aside from hammerhead sharks, you will be amazed by the archway formation of rocks resembling an underwater billboard which is a unique […]

Dirty Rock – An Underwater Barbershop

Dirty Rock – An Underwater Barbershop

Located at the western part of Cocos Island adjacent to the famous waterfall, Dirty Rock has a similar dive profile with Bajo Alcyone where you need to descend and traverse a vertical rock that drops down up to 35 meters (115 feet) where the big boys of the deep await you. Dive Profile Type of […]

Bajo Alcyone – Jam-Packed Underwater Action

Bajo Alcyone – Jam-Packed Underwater Action

Located in the eastern side of Cocos Island, this reef was named after the expedition ship of Jacques Cousteau, who nonetheless invented the scuba equipment we know today. His expedition and yours will be pretty much the same as the intensity of underwater action will be jam-packed with hundreds of hammerhead sharks, thousands of jacks […]

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Cocos Island Liveaboard Trips for 2019

Due to high demand of liveaboard trips to Cocos island, as early as this year, we are publishing the 2019 trips for you to choose your preferred schedule and prepare for the ultimate diving adventure of your life. Reserve your seat to Cocos Island as they are selling like hotcakes. Schedule of Liveaboard Trip to […]