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Viking Rock
Cocos Island, Costa Rica
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Max depth40 m
LevelAdvanced and up
Water bodyPacific Ocean
Water temp27–30°C
Estimated from climate dataYear-round
About this site
Viking Rock is a wall dive site, Puntarenas, Costa Rica, in the Pacific Ocean. It has a maximum depth of about 40 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
- 1Cocos Island Dirty Rock0.2 km
- 2Manuelita Outside2.3 km
- 3Manuelita Inside2.3 km
- 4Dirty Rock2.3 km
- 5Punta Maria3.6 km
- 6Lobster Rock3.6 km
Straight-line distances.
Sources: Dive Vibe Community (ODbL) · Species occurrences: OBIS (CC BY 4.0), GBIF.org