El Arco

The Anchor · Puerto Cortés, Puntarenas, Costa Rica

LevelIntermediate and up

Water bodyPacific Ocean

Water temp28–30°C

Estimated from climate dataYear-round

About this site

El Arco is a reef dive site near Puerto Cortés, Puntarenas, Costa Rica, in the Pacific Ocean. Best for divers with some experience. Marine life recorded within about 5 km (OBIS/GBIF) includes reef sharks, sea turtles, jacks, stingrays, moray eels. Typical surface water temperature ranges from about 28 to 30 °C over the year.

Conditions by month

BestGoodMixed

OctoberBest

Typically one of the best months here.

Marine life

Recorded nearby

Whitetip Reef SharkTriaenodon obesus
Ember ParrotfishScarus rubroviolaceus
Guineafowl PufferArothron meleagris
Yellowfin SurgeonfishAcanthurus xanthopterus
King AngelfishHolacanthus passer
Razor SurgeonfishPrionurus laticlavius
Hawksbill TurtleEretmochelys imbricata
Bluefin TrevallyCaranx melampygus

Nearby sites

Straight-line distances.

Sources: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL) · OpenWaterAtlas (CC BY 4.0), citing OBIS/GBIF · Species occurrences: OBIS (CC BY 4.0), GBIF.org