UnderSea Hunter Liveaboard Group - Costa RicaContact InformationCocos Island, Costa Rica
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Facts / Features
- Multiple Vessels
- Submersible
- Dive and Film support
- Special Offers
- Remodeled
- Research Expeditions
Undersea Liveaboards is based out of Costa Rica and we dive the Cocos and Malpelo islands.
We schedule two dives in the morning (8 AM and 11 AM), one in the afternoon (2.30 PM) and a night dive after 6 PM (but schedule might vary depending on daily events and other circumstances).
After a dive briefing from our Divemasters on the mothership, our guests board the two skiffs that each accommodate up to 9 divers plus Divemaster, who always dives with the group. The Skiff Driver remains with the skiff and follows the group throughout the entire dive. After a short ride, each of the skiffs will reach a different dive site that is switched on the following dive allowing the two groups to dive the same areas but at different times of the day.
On the way to or from the dive sites it is very common for our Skiff Drivers to seek out the best spots to watch dolphins, mantas, bait balls, and visit some of the Islands most beautiful spots reachable only by skiff.
After the third dive, or before your night dive, if time permits, guests can use the sea kayaks, go for a swim or snorkel around the boat, or just relax and watch movies.
Due to the remoteness of both Cocos and Malpelo, safety is an absolute priority at all times.
Our Captains are qualified with internationally recognized seafaring licenses. Many of our crew are Medic First Aid Instructors or are trained for basic first aid and as DAN O2 providers. All our crews maintain peak performance skills for emergencies like Man Overboard, Lost Diver Searches, Fire at Sea and more.
Since the nearest hyperbaric facility in San Jose is 1.5 sailing days away, we must maintain a safe diving practice within the recreational diving limits. Thus decompression dives are not permitted and a maximum depth of 130 ft. / 40 m. is imposed. To increase safety and bottom time while maintaining safe non-decompression dives the use of Nitrox becomes essential.
DAN O2 Emergency kits are present on all of our skiffs as well as on the mother ship.
The total isolation of these Islands and the prevailing ocean currents play a major roll in our emergency plan and readiness for when divers might drift away from the dive sites. With the frequent rainsqualls, surface conditions are unpredictable at times. For this reason we have hired and trained highly skilled skiff operators who have the knowledge and the know-how to search and locate divers even in the most extreme conditions.
We conduct a short dive briefing before each dive including the points of interest of the specific dive. All dives are lead by our dive master. The buddy dive system is obligatory. A 60-minute maximum dive time is enforced.
We further provide all guests with our Safety Kit that includes an extra-large orange dive sausage, a powerful storm whistle and a special safety light. Furthermore after one year of testing several Radio Diver Locator systems, we have found the symbiosis that fully satisfies our rigorous standards. The ACR miniature Personal EPIRB together with a high-tech Radio Direction Finder from Sea Marshall will help locate a drift diver more than five miles away.
These electronic units are fixed to the individual divers BCD. An on-board homing receiver will guide the vessel towards the missing diver, and these units will also transmit the marine international distress signal that is monitored by all ships and coast guard vessels.
