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La esquina del jardin
Puerto Cortés, Puntarenas, Costa Rica
LevelIntermediate and up
Water bodyPacific Ocean
Water temp28–30°C
Estimated from climate dataYear-round
About this site
La esquina del jardin 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
BestGoodMixedOctoberBest
Typically one of the best months here.
Marine life
Recorded nearby
Whitetip Reef SharkTriaenodon obesus
Ember ParrotfishScarus rubroviolaceus
Yellowfin SurgeonfishAcanthurus xanthopterus
Longtail StingrayHypanus longus
Guineafowl PufferArothron meleagris
King AngelfishHolacanthus passer
Green TurtleChelonia mydas
Razor SurgeonfishPrionurus laticlavius
Nearby sites
- 1The Garden0.8 km
- 2Paradise0.9 km
- 3Jardín Medio1.1 km
- 4The Wreck1.2 km
- 5El Andia - Jureles1.7 km
- 6La Cueva2.3 km
Straight-line distances.
Sources: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL) · OpenWaterAtlas (CC BY 4.0), citing OBIS/GBIF · Species occurrences: OBIS (CC BY 4.0), GBIF.org