Costa Rica 2010 part II Playas del Coco incl Bat Islands Guanacaste

Amazing Manta Rays; Sea horses; Turtles and all kind of fish. If you're thinking about diving around Playas del Coco (North West Costa Rica Guanacaste area) you should see this movie. Just some shots I took during my vacation in May 2010. Normally I use music I like, this time I used Royalty Free music.

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• jack polanen
• jackpolanen
• diving
• buceo
• tauchen
• Guanacaste
• Playas del Coco
• SummerSalt
• Bonica

[peninha1975]

Beautiful videos.and obviously great camera.Only now at the age of 35 I've done a couple of try dives...and loved it..as I knew I would.(mind you it couldnt go wrong in theMaldives), looking for a place where I can do my next ones, this time for a open water course.where do you reccommend with good vis, warm waters and great marine life/good reefs(not australia)?

[jackpolanen]

@peninha1975 Thnx for your comment on my movie. If you like warm water; good viz and great marine life, I would choose Bonaire. Especially if you're a new diver it's a great place to learn and enjoy diving from the very first minute with healthy reefs and lots of fish. Costa Rica (west-coast) is also great, with a bit more bigger marine life but often colder water; viz seldom as good as on Bonaire and all dives are boat dives while Bonaire is shore-dive capital of the world! Jack

[shaxs]

Awesome I am going to Costa Rica May 2012... Going to be staying in Playa Flamingo area for some of it. Looks like some nice sea life....Can you give me some info on who I should dive with and where?

[jackpolanen]

@shaxs Thnx for your comment! About diving there. i love it. Viz is not always to great and the water is often a bit green, but... there's so much life and if you do the right dive-sites and are lucky... big stuff! Manta's BullSharks etc. It's all there. If possible go to the Catalina's and / Bat Islands. The others are also nice though. The two shops I can recommend are SummerSalt and RichCoast both based in Playas del Coco. (A bit far from Flamingo though)

Have fun!

Jack

[peninha1975]

thanks for your quick reply Sir!

[ScubaJim20]

Great video. We are planning our trip to Guanacaste in February 2012 and plan on doing some diving. Looks like a beautiful dive location. I do alot of diving in the North East USA and I wish the visibility was that good on some days. Thanks for sharing!

[shaxs]

@jackpolanen Okay great. Im not a fan of seeing Bull sharks.. I would rather miss seeing them. I am from San Diego originally so I know about low viz. Maybe I will make my way over to the Caribbean coast and dive there.

[motorcyclemvp]

cool video