| Costa Rica is an eco-tourism paradise
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| | scuba diving here during the late fall
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| with rain forests, exotic wildlife,
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| | season. The operator I used was Rich
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| volcanoes and much more. This little
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| | Coast Diving. The local Costa Rican
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| Central American country is also an
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| | divemasters from Rich Coast they took all
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| interesting place to scuba dive. Most of
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| | of the scuba equipment including tanks
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| the diving in Costa Rica is done on the
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| | down to the beach every morning by pickup
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| west coast Pacific Ocean side with an
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| | truck.The dives ranged from about 60 feet
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| area up in the Guanacaste region located
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| | to 85 feet with mild to moderate
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| in the northwestern part of the country
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| | currents. One thing that all divers will
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| and another south of the capital city of
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| | notice here is that the diving in Costa
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| San Jose near the middle of its west
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| | Rica is very different from the usual
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| coast. If flying into San Jose, one
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| | Caribbean reef diving. The visibility is
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| would have to do some internal traveling
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| | a lot poorer and there are some
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| to get to either of these two
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| | noticeably colder thermoclines. The poor
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| locations.The Guanacaste area is a bit
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| | visibility is due to higher amounts of
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| easier to get to especially if one could
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| | plankton in the local waters compared to
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| arrange a flight right to the town of
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| | the Caribbean Sea. In some dive sites,
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| Liberia in northern Costa Rica. There
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| | we had to swim through sections of water
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| are some seasonal charter flights from
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| | which turned into an almost brown color
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| North America directly to Liberia. The
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| | soup. This cut the sunlight from the top
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| town of Playas del Coco which is used as
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| | drastically. However, there is a huge
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| the main base for divers is a short cab
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| | plus side to this poorer visibility. The
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| ride from the Liberia airport. There are
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| | plankton attracts larger marine animals
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| restaurants and small hotels in Playa del
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| | and if divers came here to see the big
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| Coco including a few American owned scuba
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| | ones, they will not be disappointed.Even
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| dive operators. These dive operators
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| | some of the reef fish here are larger.
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| usually have special package deals
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| | For example, the trumpet fish we saw down
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| available which include both diving and
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| | here are significantly larger than the
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| accommodations with one of the local
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| | ones found in Caribbean waters. Also,
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| hotels. Everything in town is within
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| | there are much more porcupine puffer fish
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| easy walking distance.I made a trip for
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| | here.
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