Chatham Bay Dive Site — Costa Rica

About Chatham Bay

Protected bay offering calmer conditions. Excellent for night dives with hunting whitetip sharks, sleeping nurse sharks, and mating octopus.

Site Information

• Depth: 5–20 m
• Difficulty: beginner
• Site type: Bay
• Best time: Year-round
• Region: Costa Rica

Highlights

• Whitetip Reef Sharks
• Nurse Sharks
• Octopus

Marine Life at Chatham Bay

• Great Hammerhead
• Whale Shark
• Tiger Shark
• Whitetip Reef Shark
• Oceanic Manta Ray
• Bottlenose Dolphin
• Galapagos Shark
• Bull Shark

Liveaboards visiting Costa Rica

• Sea Hunter — 4.9/5, from €529/day