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Bajo Alcyone
Cocos Island, Costa Rica
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Max depth40 m
LevelAdvanced and up
Water bodyPacific Ocean
Water temp27–30°C
Estimated from climate dataYear-round
About this site
Bajo Alcyone is a pinnacle dive site, Puntarenas, Costa Rica, in the Pacific Ocean. It has a maximum depth of about 40 m. Recommended for advanced divers. Marine life recorded within about 5 km (OBIS/GBIF) includes groupers, jacks, reef sharks, moray eels, hammerhead sharks. Typical surface water temperature ranges from about 27 to 30 °C over the year.
Conditions by month
BestGoodMixedOctoberBest
Typically one of the best months here.
Marine life
Recorded nearby
- Pacific CreolefishCephalopholis colonus
- Agujon NeedlefishTylosurus acus
Black TriggerfishMelichthys niger
Rainbow RunnerElagatis bipinnulata- Rock BlennyEntomacrodus chiostictus
Cortez Rainbow WrasseThalassoma lucasanum- Rough TriggerfishCanthidermis maculata
Mexican HogfishBodianus diplotaenia
Nearby sites
- 1Alcyone, Cocos Island0.7 km
- 2Cocos Island Bajo Alcyone3.1 km
- 3Silverado4.1 km
- 4Lobster Rock4.7 km
- 5Manuelita Inside6.4 km
- 6Viking Rock6.5 km
Straight-line distances.
Sources: Dive Vibe Community (ODbL) · Species occurrences: OBIS (CC BY 4.0), GBIF.org