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Dos Amigos Pequeña

Cocos Island, Costa Rica

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Dive score 78 out of 100, Fair conditions

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Fair conditions

Moderate waves (1.5 m) and 30°C water.

Low risk
Max depth
36 m
Difficulty
Advanced
Type
Reef
Best time to dive
Jun–Dec
DepthGoes past the Advanced limit of 30 m

18 m Open Water, 30 m Advanced, 40 m recreational limit.

About Dos Amigos Pequeña

Volcanic slopes off the smaller of Cocos Island's two Dos Amigos islets, where hammerheads and Galapagos sharks visit cleaning stations. Strong surge and current in the rainy season.

Region
Cocos Island
Country
Costa Rica
Coordinates
5.508° N, 87.102° W

Best time to dive

June to December

Good seasonOther months

Conditions now

Low risk
Water
30°C
Waves
1.5m
Swell
0.8m
Swell period
13s
Wind
13km/h
  • Surge: 1.5 m swell at 13 s

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Latest news for Dos Amigos Pequeña

  • ConservationOngoingApplies to Costa Rica

    Costa Rica Mobilizes Communities to Protect Threatened Coral Reefs

    The Tico Times

    In July 2026 a coalition of Costa Rican environmental groups launched the nationwide United for Costa Rica's Reefs campaign, aimed at dive centres, tour operators, fishers and coastal communities. It covers October 2026 to February 2027, when a strengthening El Niño is expected to stress reefs that are still recovering from the 2023-2024 bleaching.

  • ConservationApplies to Costa Rica

    Impact of the 2023–2024 ENSO Event of the North Pacific Coral Reefs of Costa Rica

    Kerwa UCR repository

    A 2025 study of reefs in the Gulf of Papagayo on Costa Rica's north Pacific coast found sea temperatures stayed above the bleaching threshold for seven months in 2023-2024, reaching a record 10.2 degree heating weeks. Some sites lost more than 90 percent of live coral cover, mostly Pocillopora reefs, while some reefs with higher genetic diversity showed partial recovery.

  • ConservationApplies to Costa Rica

    Alarma en el Pacífico: científicos registran temperaturas oceánicas de 32 grados

    Teletica · in Spanish

    On 28 May 2026 Teletica reported that an expedition measured sea surface temperatures of up to 32 C, about five degrees above normal, roughly 60 nautical miles south of Isla del Caño, linked to an expected strong El Niño. The National Emergency Commission (CNE) issued a green alert for several Pacific coastal areas.

Summaries are ours, written from the linked reports.

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