Overview

Scuba diving at night in Costa Rica is a once in a lifetime experience. Book your next excursion here.

Tour Description

Scuba diving at night in Costa Rica is a once in a lifetime experience.  Start the boat ride with briefings from your guides regarding the boat and dive safety and procedures. Along the way, keep your eyes open for signs of dolphins, whales (in season), mating turtles (in season) and the amazing jumping rays.

We will choose two dive sites off the coast of Costa Rica. Weather & daily conditions depending, will dive to a maximum depth of 60ft (40ft if certification is restricted).

With the possibility of seeing White tip reef sharks, Spotted eagle rays, Giant Manta Rays, Nudibranchs, Octopus, big schools of fish, eels and even maybe a seahorse, the variety of life in this ocean is astounding and never boring as it changes so much during the year.

The key to a safe scuba diving experience at night is to be properly geared up.  Always keep your eyes open as you never know what might swim your way!

There is a vast difference between scuba diving at night and a day dive!  The reef actually transforms into a different world once the sun sets down.

Although many shipwrecks sink too deeply to be easily visited by recreational scuba divers, a few land intact in water that’s shallow enough to dive to without special precautions and equipment (120 feet or less) yet not so shallow that big storm waves smash them into pieces.  These wrecks become artificial coral reefs, and the big hollow spaces are favorite lurking spots of groupers, sharks, eels and more!

The Costa Rica reef system is nocturnal within itself and your favorite coral will look totally different at night when the coral polyps extend their tentacles to feed.

Some species of fish are more active during night compared during the day, like the smaller types of sharks for example.

Reviews (05)

Mike Snow

25 Mar 2019

Our January 12 to the 22 stay was our second trip to Villa la Sata. We didn’t think it could get any better but this was a very special time in this extremely special place. For all our experiences here in Guanacaste this Estate cannot be matched. The village of Flamingo provides varied opportunities for dining and entertainment. Whether at Angelina’s, Coco Loco or La Forketta the food was amazing. The in home chef Jean Luc was the BEST! The beauty of the white sand beach of Flamingo is unparalleled. The staff at Villa la Sata was extremely accommodating. There was no better way to escape the cold of Montana. We will return yet again, Michael Snow

Josh Wright

02 Apr 2018

It would be tougher to spend a week in Costa Rica in a nicer home than Villa La Sata. Not only is it centrally located to the “hopping” area of the Pacific Coast side of Costa Rica, it is positioned on the property and Bay perfectly. A view of over 180 degrees of the ocean is breathtaking. The home is beautiful, updated and unquestionably a once-in-a-lifetime vacation home. This will go down as the nicest home we have ever spent time in, on vacation.

T. Meehan

21 Mar 2018

We stayed at Villa La Sata, in Costa Rica for a few days in February. It is a very special place which is beautifully appointed with detail after detail. I can’t imagine a better location in the world to soak up the sun on its terraces, perched on a cliff overlooking a mile or so of wonderful beach. We had magnificent sunsets every night that were among the best I have ever seen. My wife was in heaven as she cannot miss a sunset.

Holden Ogg

23 Mar 2018

Staying at Villa La Sata was an amazing experience! The views were immaculate and the villa was very impressive… I loved waking up to the sound and site of the beach each morning. The fact that you can see the water as the front gate opens and from every room is why I would consider this the Gem of Flamingo. I’ve never experienced anything like the sunsets here as well. As a videographer and photographer it was more than just a paradise it was Heaven.