Plongée sous-marine à Guanacaste (Costa Rica)
by Michelline
This discussion is in French, the community’s main language.
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😎 Je pars deux semaines coté Pacifique et aimerais connaître les meilleurs endroits pour plonger dans cette région. Je serais la bas en mars.
merci
Hola Michelle,
Voici, j'espère des info que tu voulais.Nous sommes un centre de Playas del Coco, Guanacaste, 30 mn de Liberia, si tu veux plus d'info pour te loger pas trop cher pas de problème ecrit nous en privé.Nous avons vu les baleins à Bosse il y a 3 jours!!!!Tu aimerai plongé combient de temps?
Playas del Coco est le spot le plus populaire pour la plongée au Costa Rica avec 6 centres de plongees dans la région occupant une dixaine de bateaux de 6 à 25 plongeurs. Vue que c'est reparti sur une 40aine de sites (y compris les Bat Islands et les Catalinas) cela garantir de plonger avec les poissons et non avec d'autres plongeurs...
La plongée ici, se fait tout l'année avec quelques variations de températures et de vie marine:
L'eau est autour des 27°C tout l'année, sauf pendant les mois de Nov. à Mars, cela peut descendre jusqu'à 20° au dessous de la thermocline (à environ 15m). La visibilité n'est pas la raison principale pour venir ici, elle varie entre 5 et 20m, du fait d'être tres riche en plancton, ce qui est à la base de tout intérêt: des millions de poissons qui s'en nourisses et qui de leur part font la nourriture d'autres millions de prédateurs...
Les sites sont des formations de roches volcanique avec de belles jardins de corail jusqu'à environ 10m de profondeur. Les sites ont une profondeur max. de 25m à la moyenne.
Novembre à Mars, c'est la saison des raies Mantas, se regroupant au Catalinas et Bat Islands. Décembre est le mieux pour avoir la chance de voir des requins baleines. D'autres baleines (surtout à bosses) peuvent être observé quasi tout l'année (mais pas en plongée) avec une pointe de Août à Décembre.
Le reste de l'année on peut tenter d'aller voir les requins taureau au Bat Islands, à environ 2 h de bateau depuis Playas del Coco. Cette excursion n'est pas toujours possible pendant les mois de Nov. à Mars, car la mer est plus agitée...
Bien, voilà, salutation et bonne bulles
Sandra
Sandra, Lynn, Patrick
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J'ai fais 2 sites de plonger au CR et nous y avons été décu. Nous avions premierement été a Playa del coco et le mieux qu'on a vu a été des raies... mais de petite et des poissons mais rien en grande quatité. Puis notre deuxieme sote avais été Quepos puis encore la, des plongeurs on dit voir des raie manta, mais nous le mieux qu'on a vu a été une tortue luth(si je me trompe pas) monter en surface a notre entrer dans le bateau! sinon rien dextraordinaire... mes bon nous avons p-t été malchanceux aussi.
Voici ce que j'ai écris il y a un moment sur un autre forum, si quelqu'un a besoin d'une traduction, je veux bien le faire...
"Who could know better about the local dive sites than a local diver?
My favourite spots are from north to south:
Palmares (can be done in one dive with Narizonas, which is just the deepest rock of Palmares) for it's underwater "land"-scape: steep rocks, canyons but also for it's schools of eagle rays and then the surface interval at playa huevos.
Virador for the white-tip reef sharks, the nice topography, scholing fish
Monkey Head for being the place with the biggest amount of fish (that can also suddenly not be there), the gentle slope is not very exciting though...
Mero a shallower dive on a series of rocks to see all the small critters (nudibranches, frog-fish, Sea-horses, octopus surrounded by schooling grunts and snapper
Sorpresa for it's depth and common sighting of schooling big-eye and amber jacks which are rare to see on other sites
Argentina for the sharks, it's topographie, the sting-rays (sometimes dozens) eagle rays and occasional turtles, loads of fish, excellent for a night dive as well
Tortuga for the Wreck and the shallow part with it's coral
Punta Gorda for it's surprises: it's the only site where I have seen a whale-shark, a huge 5ft/1.5m Barracura and schooling blue spotted Jacks (about 2ft/60cm each), common eagle rays, sea horses, a baby shark cave and the nicest coral garden far around
Tiburones for it's depth that always atracts open sea fish on cleaning stations and the impressive rock perfect for a multilevel dive by circling around it to the top...
My favorite at the Bat's: Bajo Negro for it's wall to "hang" in and watch the fish pass: millions of grunts, jacks, snappers and dozens of eagle rays. I had a seasoned diver who put it in his top ten (out of about 5'000 dives). It's also an exciting trip through the open sea where you feel so small (accompanied by dolphins and occasional whales)
My favorite at the Cat's: The Wall (Northwest drift) and Punta Catalina (the point) for it's drift, the manta rays and to give me a change...the trip along the coast is also fantastic.
We do all the sites regularly and make sure that nobody dives the same site twice, unless you ask for it! Of course you can dive every site hundreds of times and still discover new staff, but every dive site has its high-lights that we want you to discover!
Check out OUR photos"
Sandra, Lynn, Patrick
EXPLORER et DÉCOUVRIR, APPRENDRE et PARTAGER
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nous comptons aller au costa rica entre janvier et février, nous ne faisons pas de la plongée mais nous aimerions avoir la possibilité de voir baleines et le rêve le requin baleine, , je n'ai pour le moment que peu de renseignements sur le pays, nous aimerions faire un tour du costa rica (pas en groupe), nous aimons la nature les oiseaux enfin des passionnés de la nature (en septembre nous partons au brésil pour faire le pantanal) si vous connaissiez des petites agences locales qui organisent des tours cela m'intéresse, pour le brésil je passe que par des agences locales, nous sommes habitués à voyager depuis 20 ans notre but est de connaitre les gens, le pays mais nous ne voulons pas être dans des hotels à touristes, à bientôt hélène😏
Hola Helene!
Cela m'a l'air d'un grand voyage que vous prevoyez, ou allez vous rentrer en France apres le Bresil?
Tout d'abord pour les baleines (a bosses) et les requin baleines vous avez choisi la meilleure periode de l'annee! Meme si c'est relativement rare, on a les meilleures chances de voir des requin baleines entre decembre et fevrier. C'est pareil pour les baleines (plus frequents, venant de l'hemisphere Sud) que nous rencontrons le plus souvent au debut de l'annee. Ceux venant de l'hemisphere Nord sont just en train d'arriver maintenant...Ce serait avec plaisir de vous emmener en mer pour essayer d'en voir quelques-uns, quelque-chose que je ne peux malheureusement pas garantir...😕 Mais on fait toujours de notre mieux, dans cette enorme etendu du Golf du Papagayo!
Concernant l'organisation de votre sejour au Costa Rica, il existe beaucoup de tour operateurs sur place que vous pouvez choisir a fur et a mesure. Les hotels sont generalement plein d'information et de "flyer" et vont vous aider a trouver les choses a faire absolument. La pluspart ont des site web anglais/espagnol. Pour vous en mentionner quelques-uns, les voici:
The Learning Trips, www.costa-rica.us
Swiss Travel, www.swisstravelcr.com (c'est un des plus important et connu au Costa Rica, pas de miracle avec un tel nom! Dois je dire que nous sommes Suisses 🙂? En faite, ce n'est pas dirige par des Suisses...) et
Escapes Ecologicos, www.escapesecologicos.com (ils travaillent avec la France et peuvent peut-etre offrir des guides francophones).
Je me rejouis de vous lire ou encore plus de vous rencontrer ici, au Costa Rica!
Patrick
Patrick
Sandra, Lynn, Patrick
EXPLORER et DÉCOUVRIR, APPRENDRE et PARTAGER
EXPLORER et DÉCOUVRIR, APPRENDRE et PARTAGER
Hola Helene!
Cela m'a l'air d'un grand voyage que vous prevoyez, ou allez vous rentrer en France apres le Bresil?
Tout d'abord pour les baleines (a bosses) et les requin baleines vous avez choisi la meilleure periode de l'annee! Meme si c'est relativement rare, on a les meilleures chances de voir des requin baleines entre decembre et fevrier. C'est pareil pour les baleines (plus frequents, venant de l'hemisphere Sud) que nous rencontrons le plus souvent au debut de l'annee. Ceux venant de l'hemisphere Nord sont just en train d'arriver maintenant...Ce serait avec plaisir de vous emmener en mer pour essayer d'en voir quelques-uns, quelque-chose que je ne peux malheureusement pas garantir...😕 Mais on fait toujours de notre mieux, dans cette enorme etendu du Golf du Papagayo!
Concernant l'organisation de votre sejour au Costa Rica, il existe beaucoup de tour operateurs sur place que vous pouvez choisir a fur et a mesure. Les hotels sont generalement plein d'information et de "flyer" et vont vous aider a trouver les choses a faire absolument. La pluspart ont des site web anglais/espagnol. Pour vous en mentionner quelques-uns, les voici:
The Learning Trips, www.costa-rica.us
Swiss Travel, www.swisstravelcr.com (c'est un des plus important et connu au Costa Rica, pas de miracle avec un tel nom! Dois je dire que nous sommes Suisses 🙂? En faite, ce n'est pas dirige par des Suisses...) et
Escapes Ecologicos, www.escapesecologicos.com (ils travaillent avec la France et peuvent peut-etre offrir des guides francophones).
Je me rejouis de vous lire ou encore plus de vous rencontrer ici, au Costa Rica!
Patrick
Bonjour patrick Pouvez vous me dire les prix de la plongee sous marine et pour voir les baleines a bosse? Une agence conseillé peut etre? J y vais en décembre . Merci d avance
Patrick
Bonjour patrick Pouvez vous me dire les prix de la plongee sous marine et pour voir les baleines a bosse? Une agence conseillé peut etre? J y vais en décembre . Merci d avance
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Which atolls or islands would you recommend?
Thanks for your help!
Hi there, my husband loves fishing, and during our upcoming vacation in French Polynesia, he’s planning to do two half-day trips. We’ll be staying in family-run guesthouses on the following islands: Tahiti, Moorea, Huahine, Bora Bora, Rangiroa, and Fakarava. Which type of fishing should he choose for the best experience, and on which islands? Thanks in advance for your help! 🙂
Hi there,
We’re heading to South Africa for a two-week vacation next March.
We’d love to see great white sharks and maybe even try the cage diving. We’re planning to go to Gansbaai—do you think we’ll have a chance to see them? Also, do you know of any specialized agencies that aren’t too commercial and are respectful of the animals?
Thanks
Bonjour,
notre voyage en Indonésie étant annulé, et notre agence nous déconseillant l'Egypte, nous sommes à la recherche d'un lieu où nous pourrons faire du snorkeling depuis la plage (et en excursion bateau). Je connais un peu Zanzibar pour y être allé il y a plus de 10 ans, ainsi que Pemba (mais les prix ont explosé), et je me tourne aussi vers Mafia. Est ce propice au snorkeling , des resorts ont ils des house reef où l'on peut voir des choses intéressantes (je ne m'attends pas non plus au niveau de la Sulawesi ou des Raja). Merci d'avance pour toute info.
notre voyage en Indonésie étant annulé, et notre agence nous déconseillant l'Egypte, nous sommes à la recherche d'un lieu où nous pourrons faire du snorkeling depuis la plage (et en excursion bateau). Je connais un peu Zanzibar pour y être allé il y a plus de 10 ans, ainsi que Pemba (mais les prix ont explosé), et je me tourne aussi vers Mafia. Est ce propice au snorkeling , des resorts ont ils des house reef où l'on peut voir des choses intéressantes (je ne m'attends pas non plus au niveau de la Sulawesi ou des Raja). Merci d'avance pour toute info.
Bonjour à tous,
Je pose ma question malgré la situation incertaine actuellement, mais évidemment mon plan de voyage est conditionnel à l'évolution de la pandémie, donc merci de vous abstenir ceux qui me diraient juste de rester chez moi ;)
Donc, je planifie de passer l'hiver au sud de l'Europe, et ou vers les Balkans et j'aimerais savoir si c'est partout de la plongée en eau froide donc avec le drysuit et tout ou s'il y a des endroits qui sont superbes et ou je peux plonger avec un suit plus épais seulement même exemple en février et mars. J'ai lu pas mal ici sur le portugal et malte https://divezone.net/diving/portugal mais j'aimerais l'opinion récente de plongeurs du coin! :)
Ce que j'aime en plongée c'est l'eau claire, les fonds marins attrayants, la vie aquatique particulière, etc. Je ne suis pas une fan d'épaves, mais je considérerai tout les sites / pays proposés :)
Merci!
Je pose ma question malgré la situation incertaine actuellement, mais évidemment mon plan de voyage est conditionnel à l'évolution de la pandémie, donc merci de vous abstenir ceux qui me diraient juste de rester chez moi ;)
Donc, je planifie de passer l'hiver au sud de l'Europe, et ou vers les Balkans et j'aimerais savoir si c'est partout de la plongée en eau froide donc avec le drysuit et tout ou s'il y a des endroits qui sont superbes et ou je peux plonger avec un suit plus épais seulement même exemple en février et mars. J'ai lu pas mal ici sur le portugal et malte https://divezone.net/diving/portugal mais j'aimerais l'opinion récente de plongeurs du coin! :)
Ce que j'aime en plongée c'est l'eau claire, les fonds marins attrayants, la vie aquatique particulière, etc. Je ne suis pas une fan d'épaves, mais je considérerai tout les sites / pays proposés :)
Merci!





