The UNDERSEA HUNTER is 90 feet of live-aboard comfort and convenience. Specialties of this adventure are excellence in service, food and non-stop underwater excitement.

The UNDERSEA HUNTER offers ten-day adventures to Cocos Island, 300 miles offshore of Costa Rica's Pacific coast. Due to flight schedules in and out of San Jose, the capital city, an overnight stay is required both before and after the cruise. San Jose is located in a wide mountain valley at 3000' elevation and offers several diversions, including jungle hikes, volcano tours and whitewater rafting. Local shopping offers bargains for leather crafts, woodcarvings, hammocks, coffee and macadamia nuts. There are Black Jack casinos and several nightclubs to catch your interest.

From San Jose, a tour bus will transport you to the coastal village of Puntarenas where the UNDERSEA HUNTER is berthed. This scenic drive takes approximately two and one half hours and offers an excellent opportunity to see the lush mountain countryside of the region.

COCOS ISLAND ABOARD THE UNDERSEA HUNTER

A distinctive and remote diving location, Cocos Island is for the serious diver! Cocos Island has retained its pristine appearance both above and below the ocean's surface. Cocos is a very lush, rugged tropical island that is preserved as one of Costa Rica's National Parks.

It is a long voyage to the island, but one that serious divers are happy to make. The experiences one will have on this trip are sure to spice up any logbook. Once aboard the UNDERSEA HUNTER, the cruise to Cocos Island takes 32-36 hours and culminates with breathtaking views of numerous waterfalls. Diving here is just short of unbelievable.

In the waters of Cocos Island, you will dive with white tips and hammerhead sharks, marbled stingrays approaching 6' in diameter, manta rays up to 12' across, giant moray eels and an occasional whale shark! Additionally, you will see moorish Idols, large schools of jacks and tuna, creole fish, lobsters, octopus and other various reef life. Silky sharks, silver tips, sailfish, marlin, and green turtles are also in the area. The key word in describing Cocos Island diving is ACTION! ! ! If you are looking for adventure, it's here! Conditions around Cocos are varied. The one constant factor at Cocos is change. Currents are at times strong and unusually changeable. Diving could become strenuous, but not more that any experienced diver could handle. Visibility averages 80-100' with occasional extremes of 40' and 120'. With this in mind, be prepared for some of the best diving of your life.

FACILITIES

•    This vessel has seven cabins:
                                   A. Four double-bed staterooms with private bath.
                                   B. Three doubles with private bath.
•    Total capacity is thus up to 14 passengers.
•   Diver facilities are extremely well designed: private camera/strobe storage shelves with individual 110 volts AC power, individual gear storage, a private dryer for clients towels and bathing suits, etc.
•    The chase boats are superb, two fiberglass cruisers of 24' and 22'. UNDERSEA HUNTER puts 8 or less divers in each chase boat.                       
•  This is a superbly comfortable, stable and spacious vessel, with everything a serious diver/ photographer could wish for. While on board the Sea Hunter, you can also take advantage of the opportunity to become a certified nitrox and rebreather diver, which will both extend your bottom time, and allow you to get even closer to the marine life.

SAMPLE ITINERARY

Day 1 - Upon arrival in San Jose, Costa Rica, you will need to take a taxi to your hotel. There are plenty of taxies available, even big cars for those of you who carry a lot of gear. The same evening, the Undersea Hunter representative will fax you to confirm your pick up time, the next day. Evening at your leisure.
Day 2 - You will be picked up before noon at your hotel and transferred by bus to Puntarenas, a seaport village where the UNDERSEA HUNTER boards its passengers. That afternoon, you will begin the cruise to Cocos Island.
Day 3 - All day of travel. There will be ample time to arrange dive and camera gear. The cruise gives you an opportunity to get acquainted with the other divers.
Days 4 to 9 - Spent diving the pinnacles around the perimeter of Cocos Island. Divers usually average three dives per day at depths of 60-100' or more. Water temperature of approximately 78-82F (27-30C).
Day 10 - Make the last 3 dives before the cruise back to Costa Rica and reality!
Day 11 - All day to discuss the diving and to compare your adventures!
Day 12 - Arrival in Puntarenas. Immediately after breakfast you will be transported back to San Jose. Upon arrival in San Jose you will need to spend an additional hotel night as airline departures are the following morning.