Dos Amigos - Small - Cocos Island
Dos Amigos Small offers a deep wall dive, often with strong currents that make it better suited for experienced divers. We’ve seen schooling hammerheads pass through the blue here, along with marbled rays cruising the sandy bottom. Keep an eye out for white-tip reef sharks resting in the crevices. It’s a good spot to check if the current isn’t too much.
- Location
- Cocos Island, Costa Rica, Central America
- Coordinates
- 5.508295, -87.102170
- Type
- pinnacle
- Maximum Depth
- 15-35m
Marine Protected Area: Isla del Coco
Nearby Dive Sites in Cocos Island
- Alcyone - 25-40m (cave)
- Bait Balls - 15-30m (drift)
- Bajo Alcyone (pinnacle)
- Bajo Dos Amigos - 20-40m (pinnacle)
- Dirty Rock - 15-40m (pinnacle)
- Dirty Rock
- Dos Amigos - Big - 20-40m (pinnacle)
- Dos Amigos Grande
- Dos Amigos Pequeño - 15-30m (pinnacle)
- Isla Cascara - 15-35m (wall)
- Isla Manuelita - 10-35m (wall)
- Isla Pajara
- Lobster Rock
- Manuelita Deep
- Manuelita Garden - 5-20m (reef)
Marine Life in Cocos Island
Home to 291 recorded species including 245 reef fish, 28 sharks & rays, 8 whales & dolphins, 3 other, 3 sea cucumbers, 1 starfish.
Notable Species
- Agujon Needlefish (Tylosurus acus) - Reef Fish
- Blackfish (Melichthys niger) - Reef Fish
- Salmon (Elagatis bipinnulata) - Reef Fish
- Cortez Rainbow Wrasse (Thalassoma lucasanum) - Reef Fish
- Kawakawa (Euthynnus affinis) - Reef Fish
- Notchfin Blenny (Entomacrodus chiostictus) - Reef Fish
- Ocean Triggerfish (Canthidermis maculata) - Reef Fish
- Giant Hawkfish (Cirrhitus rivulatus) - Reef Fish
- Coral Hawkfish (Cirrhitichthys oxycephalus) - Reef Fish
- Kingston (Decapterus macarellus) - Reef Fish
- Devilfish (Ophioblennius atlanticus) - Reef Fish
- Mexican hogfish (Bodianus diplotaenia) - Reef Fish
- Ring-tailed Surgeonfish (Acanthurus xanthopterus) - Reef Fish
- Scalloped hammerhead (Sphyrna lewini) - Sharks & Rays
- Giant damselfish (Microspathodon dorsalis) - Reef Fish
- Kihikihi (Zanclus cornutus) - Reef Fish
- Cowfish (Tursiops truncatus) - Whales & Dolphins
- Bluefish (Kyphosus vaigiensis) - Reef Fish
- Whitetip reef shark (Triaenodon obesus) - Sharks & Rays
- Glasseye Snapper (Heteropriacanthus cruentatus) - Reef Fish