Bat Islands
If you are serious divers looking for a more adventurous diving trip, then you must try the Bull Shark dive Bat Islands or as they are locally known, Islas Murcialego. The site is called The Big Scare and home to Bull Sharks and giant Pacific Manta Rays.
This site is also home to many species that are found all over Costa Rica but the reason divers are heading to The Bats is to see the Bull Sharks. During the summer months the water at the islands can be blue, clean and warm. The site is 30m/90ft deep and the conditions call for moderately experienced divers. For this reason we require our divers to be minimum of PADI Advanced Open Water or equivalent with recent diving experience and close to 30 logged dives.
Bat Island charters typically run from May to September during the fair weather season. This is a natural shark dive and there is no feeding involved.
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- Bull Shark Dive: $225USD
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- Bull Shark (Carcharhinus leucas)
- Other species also seen in Las Catalinas such as White tip reef sharks, Giant Manta rays, Eagle rays, Cow nose rays and Devil rays.
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Bat Islands charters run for a fixed number of 6 diving guests. It is important that you let us know if and when you would like to dive at Bats as soon as possible so we can line up the charter with other interested divers.
Bat Islands charters depart at 6:30am from Tamarindo. The travel time is approx 1 hour and 30 mins. After the two dives we return to Tamarindo at approximately 1:30pm.
The maximum dive depths are 90ft/30m and our group sizes usually 2 PADI Professionals to 6 diving guests.
On board we serve soft drinks, chilled water, fresh fruits. Please feel to bring along your own snacks and drinks if you feel you will need something additional to what is provided. You should also think about bringing sunscreen and a towel.