Cocos - Island of hammerheads
It is one of the most awesome underwater spectacle: to be surrounded by hundreds of hammerhead sharks. A real possibility in Cocos. A true island of sharks, pristine and fascinating. But not just hammerhead sharks make this workshop of SharkSchool™ unique but other species like Galapagos sharks or Silvertips as well.Since many years, Cocos is one of the top destinations on every diver’s wish list. Together with the Undersea Hunter team, SharkSchool™ and its partner WIRODIVE organize this unique trip to this remote island in the eastern Pacific. Each dive is unique, be it because of cleaning stations for hammerheads, sharks feeding on a “baitball” or unusual underwater formations. A playground for every video- and photographer.
Cocos is reached after about 30 hours at sea from Puntarenas, Costa Rica. Such a journey
needs a true ocean going vessel which the Undersea Hunter is suited very well for this task. The former trawler, before refitted as a dive boat, can withstand rough seas easily. The Undersea Hunter is 36m long, offers eight cabins, and overall space for 18 divers. The cuisine can satisfy every diver’s wish and so does the stability of the Undersea Hunter at night for a good night’s rest. She always anchors in calm bays for the entire stay in Cocos. There is a large sundeck for relaxation and to “get away from other divers” for a while or between dives.
There is a large dive dick, with enough space for even 18 divers, even more since one does not have to carry tanks around. BCs, tanks etc. stay on actual two diveboats, smaller speedboats than bring the divers back and forth to the sites during the stay in Cocos.Workshop
The workshop in Cocos is quite intense, not just because there is so much to tell and explain about the local shark species but likewise because past workshops showed that everyone wants to try many different approaches to interact with these sharks. SharkSchool™ teaches an INTERACTION I workshop at Cocos where interacting with the sharks is a core element for the participants using ADORE-SANE. Although Erich focuses on hammerheads and the other local species, he tries to add as many other species as possible - since it is a given that every diver then wants to see more sharks after this course is over.
Typical day of diving
06:00 Early Breakfast
07:30 Dive 1
09:00 Breakfast
10:30 Dive 2
13:00 Lunch
15:00 Dive 3
17:00 Lectures
19:00 Dinner
Costa Rica - and Cocos is part of it - offers more than just to land in San José and then rush to Cocos. Costa Rica is probably the most fascinating country of Central America, and WIRODIVE put an incredible add-on package together.
Please contact us, or WIRODIVE for further information.