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Sharks Cave
Puerto Cortés, Puntarenas Province, Costa Rica
Water bodyPacific Ocean
Water temp28–30°C
Estimated from climate dataYear-round
About this site
Sharks Cave is a cave and reef dive site near Puerto Cortés, Puntarenas, Costa Rica, in the Pacific Ocean. 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
Guineafowl PufferArothron meleagris
Yellowfin SurgeonfishAcanthurus xanthopterus
Longtail StingrayHypanus longus
King AngelfishHolacanthus passer
Razor SurgeonfishPrionurus laticlavius
Hawksbill TurtleEretmochelys imbricata
Nearby sites
- 1La Cueva0.1 km
- 2El Arco0.4 km
- 3El Andia - Jureles0.6 km
- 4The Lighthouse1.0 km
- 5Jardín Medio1.2 km
- 6The Garden1.6 km
Straight-line distances.
Sources: Species occurrences: OBIS (CC BY 4.0), GBIF.org