Three hundred miles—and a 36-hour boat ride—southwest of mainland Costa Rica, a lush volcanic island rears up improbably out of the Pacific Ocean. Cocos is at once a geological anomaly, a stopover for ...

According to Travel + Leisure magazine, Costa Rica has one of the best places in the world to practice diving: Cocos Island. “Costa Rica’s Cocos Islands lie more than 340 miles off the country’s ...

The scent of diesel, rusting anchors and fish slurry hung in the humid air of the harbor. I was in Puntarenas on the western shore of Costa Rica, waiting to leave on a scuba-diving trip to Cocos ...

It’s 5 a.m., and the stillness rouses you. You slide out of your bunk and rush out on deck to find your boat anchored at ChathamBay. The water below is bright turquoise and green, full of life and the ...

Two months ago we turned to an expert panel to help us list the "World’s 10 Best Scuba Spots". After finalizing our list, we took a step back and had a realization: Four of the 10 spots were in the ...

Cocos Island a remote and Untamed Marine reserve in the wild blue Waters of the Southeastern Pacific ringed by one of the world's richest coral reefs Cocos is a holy grail for divers and undersea ...