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Costa Rica

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Wildlife In Costa Rica

Browse the full species list linked to approved dive spots across Costa Rica.

green and black fish in body of water
Rays

Stingrays

5 linked spots

Sharks

Whitetip Reef Shark

Triaenodon obesus

5 linked spots

gray snake photography
Rays

Moray Eel

4 linked spots

Saltwater Fishes

Scalloped Hammerhead

Sphyrna lewini

4 linked spots

Saltwater Fishes

Snapper

4 linked spots

Gestreifter Adlerrochen ( Pteromylaeus bovinus )
Rays

Eagle Ray

2 linked spots

Rays

Giant Oceanic Manta Ray

Mobula birostris

2 linked spots

Saltwater Fishes

Goatfish

2 linked spots

Green sea turtle ( Chelonia mydas ), Moorea, French Polynesia
Turtles

Green Turtle

Chelonia mydas

2 linked spots

Saltwater Fishes

Grouper/Basslets

2 linked spots

brown turtle in sea
Turtles

Hawksbill Turtle

Eretmochelys imbricata

2 linked spots

Humpback Whale underwater shot
Whales

Humpback Whale

Megaptera novaeangliae

2 linked spots

Saltwater Fishes

Jackfish

2 linked spots

Red lionfish (Pterois volitans) near Gilli Banta Island (near Komodo, Indonesia)
Saltwater Fishes

Lionfish

2 linked spots

gray shark in body of water
Sharks

Nurse Shark

Ginglymostoma cirratum

2 linked spots

Molluscs

Octopus

2 linked spots

Saltwater Fishes

Scorpionfish

Scorpaenidae

2 linked spots

a fish that is swimming in the water
Saltwater Fishes

Barracuda

1 linked spot

A blacktip reef shark swims over sandy seabed.
Sharks

Blacktip Reef Shark

Carcharhinus melanopterus

1 linked spot

Shark swimming with striped fish underwater
Sharks

Bull Shark

Carcharhinus leucas

1 linked spot

Jellyfish

Portuguese Man o'War

Physalia physalis

1 linked spot

Rays

Ribbon Moray Eel (Ghost Eel)

Rhinomuraena quaesita

1 linked spot

Saltwater Fishes

Soldierfish

Myripristinae

1 linked spot

a blue and white fish in an aquarium
Saltwater Fishes

Triggerfish

1 linked spot