La Cueva

Puerto Cortés, Puntarenas, Costa Rica

Water bodyPacific Ocean

Water temp28–30°C

Estimated from climate dataYear-round

About this site

La Cueva is a cave and reef dive site near Puerto Cortés, Puntarenas, Costa Rica, in the Pacific Ocean. Commonly reported marine life includes dolphins, reef sharks, sea turtles, jacks, stingrays. 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
Longtail StingrayHypanus longus
King AngelfishHolacanthus passer
Razor SurgeonfishPrionurus laticlavius
Hawksbill TurtleEretmochelys imbricata

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