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Puntarenas ACTIVITIES  FishingCasino Bikes for Rent Diving Nicoya Gulf Islands Tour Availables: Diving
Bluefin Sportfishing Charters is based in Quepos, Costa Rica, one of the two most important sportfishing destinations in Costa Rica, and one of the major fishing areas in all of Central America. A fully licenced sportfishing charter company, Bluefin services clients in Quepos, Flamingo Beach, and Drake Bay-all three of Costa Rica's main sportfishing locations.
Bikes for Rent Explore Costa Rica by Bike! Tours are available throughout Costa Rica - Arenal, Guanacaste, Corcovado, or mountain bike coast to coast. Custom tours arranged, and top-notch guides and equipment.
Nicoya Gulf Islands
These group of islands are located in the Nicoya Gulf in the Pacific coast right in front of Puntarenas. The islands enjoy a dry tropical weather, with temperatures that range from 77 to 87 Fahrenheit degrees, an exotic vegetation, calm waters all together form a very natural site. The main asset of islands are San Lucas, which counts with small nice beaches suitable for swimming, Gitana, Jesusita, Cedros, Tortuga, and Guayabo, Negritos and Pajaros Biological Reserve.
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A
number of fully stocked dive shops with certified instructors and
dive masters are available in Costa Rica. Most diving is around rock
formations, in 20 to 100 foot depths. Visibility ranges between 20
and 80 feet and water temperatures a steady 75 to 85 degrees, with
80 to 90 degree air temperatures year-round. In addition to coastal
diving, there are charters to Cocos Island, our national park 300
miles off the Puntarenas. 
About
mid-way down Costa Rica’s Pacific coast at Bahia Herradura is
an area known as El Jardin (The Garden), that is famed for its formations
of soft coral and sea fans. This is easily accessed by dive operators
from Puntarenas or Quepos. Further south, Cano Island, just off the
Osa Peninsula, is another virgin diving area with a reef that hosts
a large variety of tropical fish as well as immense grouper, snapper
and such game species as wahoo, roosterfish, jacks and tuna. That
area is serviced by operators out of the Drake Bay region. 
Sport
Fishing
The
Nicoya peninsula also counts with nice beaches that go from Naranjo
to Cabo Blanco Strict Natural Reserve. Among these beaches standout
Tambor and the Curu Wildlife Natural Refuge.