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Cocos Island Dirty Rock
Puntarenas, Costa Rica
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Max depth12 m–35 m
LevelAdvanced and up
Water bodyPacific Ocean
Water temp27–30°C
Estimated from climate dataYear-round
About this site
Cocos Island Dirty Rock is a dive site, Puntarenas, Costa Rica, in the Pacific Ocean. It has a maximum depth of about 35 m. Recommended for advanced divers. Marine life recorded within about 5 km (OBIS/GBIF) includes groupers, jacks, reef sharks, moray eels, dolphins. 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
Black TriggerfishMelichthys niger- Agujon NeedlefishTylosurus acus
Rainbow RunnerElagatis bipinnulata
Cortez Rainbow WrasseThalassoma lucasanum
Whitetip Reef SharkTriaenodon obesus
Mackerel TunaEuthynnus affinis- Rough TriggerfishCanthidermis maculata
Nearby sites
- 1Viking Rock0.2 km
- 2Dirty Rock2.1 km
- 3Manuelita Outside2.5 km
- 4Manuelita Inside2.5 km
- 5Punta Maria3.4 km
- 6Lobster Rock3.8 km
Straight-line distances.
Sources: OpenWaterAtlas (CC BY 4.0), citing OBIS/GBIF · Species occurrences: OBIS (CC BY 4.0), GBIF.org