Cocos Island Aggressor, Costa Rica
8.5 Fabulous
- Nitrox available
- En-Suite bathrooms
- Aircon Cabins
“The observation of a hammerhead shark at a relatively short distance. ”
Highlights
Built for comfort and stability, the Cocos Island Aggressor is a 38 meter/124ft liveaboard that accommodates up to 22 passengers in 11 staterooms – 4 master staterooms on the upper deck and 7 deluxe staterooms on the lower deck. Each room has a private bathroom, shower, and air conditioning, and every passenger gets a spacious locker for their dive gear. The Cocos Island Aggressor has a spacious salon, a large sun deck, loungers and chairs, a bar, and a grill. With a varied, mouth-watering menu, lunches consist of lighter meals such as hot soups, salads, and sandwiches. The talented onboard chef prepares delicious dinners that include salads, seafood, beef or chicken, BBQ, and even fresh homemade desserts. There is a variety of complimentary fruit juices, soft drinks, water, iced tea, coffee, and a limited selection of local beer and wine. All meals, snacks, and beverages are provided.
Boarding and departure times are subject to the tides. Immediately after boarding, the liveaboard departs for its 36-hour crossing to Cocos Island. During trips and between dives, guests can hang out at the bar on the top deck and catch up on the day's diving while relaxing on the comfortable loungers. The Cocos Island Aggressor offers multiple dives throughout the day for an average of 21 dives on a 10-night trip. No night diving is currently offered at Cocos Island.
Guests can enjoy diving at the Cocos Island National Park, a UNESCO World Heritage site, for the chance of big fish encounters with creatures like hammerheads, whitetip sharks, manta rays, and whale sharks. Aside from the incredible diving, guests will also be taken ashore to hike through the jungles of Cocos and swim in waterfalls.
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Included: VAT, Hotel Transfer, Alcoholic Beverages, Drinking Water, Soft drinks, Tea & Coffee, Wine with Dinner, Full-Board Meal Plan (All meals), Snacks, Diving Package, Cabin Towels, Complimentary Toiletries, Deck Towels.
Required Extras: National Park Fees (350-630 USD per trip).
Optional Extras: Gratuities, Nitrox, Rental Gear, Scuba Diving Courses, Snorkel Gear.
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Cocos Island Aggressor Reviews
- 8.5 Fabulous
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Vessel
7.6
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Crew
8.9
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Food
9.5
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Diving
8.9
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Value
7.4
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- 8.8 Fabulous
- Jonathan N
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United States
Cocos is one of the few dive locations that lived up to the hype in spades, best pelagics diving I've done thus far.
Cocos is one of the few dive locations that lived up to the hype in spades. Giant Mantas 1 foot away several times, interacting. A Pod of 30+ Bottlenose Dolphins playing with us for 20 mins.Giant Schools of Hammerhead Sharks on several dives, Hammers on every dive.The Food and Professionalism on the Boat was Awesome, Especially the DM and Trip Director Warren. Give Warren a Raise. The boat ride is a long one, but totally worth it. The world needs to mimic the marine protections that the Costa Rican Government has put in place at Cocos.
- Recommended for
- Giant Mantas 1 foot away, a Pod of 30+ Bottlenose Dolphins playing with us for 20 mins.. Giant Schools of Hammerhead Sharks on several dives, Hammers on every dive.. The Food and Professionalism on the Boat was Awesome, Especially the DM and Trip Director Warren. Give Warren a Raise..
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- 8.0 Very good
- Steven W
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United States
Great dive. Diving well organized
Better options for dietary restrictions. Vegan options were not really offered even though it was indicated on the preference sheet
- Recommended for
- Diving well organized. Cruise Director very engaged. Video options for purchase.
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- 9.2 Superb
- Michael P
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United States
Can't Wait to do it again!
I booked this liveaboard for my 50th birthday and it did not disappoint. The boat was comfortable and spacious. The crew could not have been better. Jorge, our waiter, was super nice and accommodating. The Chef did a fantastic job! As a pescatarian, they were very accommodating but I would have liked more bean and tofu options for protein. The Panga drivers, Alberto and Lito, were awesome. The dive leaders, Mauricio and Warren were phenomenal. I followed Warren from Panga to Panga because I enjoyed his leadership and guiding. I dived with Mauricio one day and he was fantastic too! I was sad to leave but inspired to do it again.
- Recommended for
- The location and diving.. The crew. The boat.
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- 9.2 Superb
- Christopher A
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United States
The Crew and Island are the entire trip!
Cannot emphasize enough how fabulous this trip was. Cocos Island has got to be one of the most beautiful places on earth ... both out of and under the water. Capt. Mauricio is an absolute gem! Always laughing and helped me when I got a little nervous with the 5ft+ swells, gave me the nickname Scarey Shark - hahahah! As a matter of fact the entire crew were gems! Each one always had a smile on their face and made sure that your stay aboard the Cocos Island Aggressor was perfect. Warren the Cruise Director/Dive Guide was passionate, knowledgeable and did an amazing presentation at the end with the video of our trip. You can tell he loves Cocos and diving ... I think sometimes he got so wrapped up in enjoying the dive that he forgot he was our dive guide. Our server Eduardo was spectacular; had our drinks ready at each meal, our room turned down with chocolate each night and EVEN DID LAUNDRY (which is a huge plus on such a long trip) The rooms were nice and comfortable. The WC had a slight odor but seriously what do you expect from a boat. There were designated space under the beds for suitcases which was also a plus. The diving was out of the this world. El Niño ended in April and we were in a La Niña with colder water which brought in the sharks. Oh my goodness were there sharks! Hundreds of sharks! But not only that we saw a Manta, Whale Shark, sharks mating and one person in our group saw a Stripped Marlin in the distance not to forget ALL the fish! We were in the rainy season which I was not looking forward and now I think that is the only time to go. This brought in alot of rain, wind and big swells so trips in the panga were quite bumpy but also brings in all the large pelagics. The land tours were great too. Thank you to the crew of the Cocos Island Aggressor! Can't wait to come back!
- Recommended for
- Crew, Cleanliness, Laundry Service
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- 9.6 Exceptional
- Kelly L
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United States
Must dive Cocos Island!
Whale sharks, hammerheads, mantas.
- Recommended for
- Whale sharks, hammerheads, mantas.
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- 8.8 Fabulous
- Adam F
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United States
Despite cabin accommodations being less than optimal, the staff, the diving, the food, and the scenery were excellent.
Swam with a giant Oceanic Manta. Saw scores of hammerheads. Marble Rays. Massive schools of Jacks.
- Recommended for
- 1. The diving 2. The island 3. The food.
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- 10 Exceptional
- Jack K
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United States
Excellent
At the end of the week the crew assembled videos and slide shows to share with us and when you see all of the wonderful tings we saw underwater you realize just how wonderful the trip was. Cannot say enough about how wonderful the crew was and the food was excellent!
- Recommended for
- The crew, the food, the boat
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- 8.8 Fabulous
- jim G
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United States
REMOTE ! and other things
Lowlights: it's an older ship , and AC seems to be an "almost-always" issue - our room was 83 / humid all trip as was a few other rooms.
- Recommended for
- Early March trip : only boat on/and/or around Cocos Island ! , hammerheads , great crew
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- 8.0 Very good
- Tom M
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United States
Great diving in Coco Islands
An amazing experience diving one of the more remote places in the world. Unfortunately the "new" boat (which seemed refurbished at best) had issues and our bow cabin was very cramped and certainly not as advertised.
- Recommended for
- Great dives. Excellent food. Highly attentive crew.
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- 4.4 Review score
- Travis M
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Canada
Disappointing trip on Cocos Island Aggressor
This is a tough review to write because I really had my hopes up for this trip but there are so many things that went wrong on my trip it's really disappointing. While the diving was very good and our wildlife encounters were great the bad side is the boat side needs some work. First of all the cabins have no external ventilation, so this means humidity from there shower is trapped in the room, and any dampness brought in with the divers stays in the room. My room was very humid at night which forced me to sleep outside most nights. Secondly the showers often ran out of water which was frustrating. The fire extinguisher in my cabin was empty as well. For the first few nights hardly any protein was served with dinner and it took some complaints from guests to get this resolved. Sometimes it felt as if the diving wasn't a priority for the crew as we often dove the same sites repeatedly even though nothing was seen there. Also the dive schedule was adjusted twice to accommodate the crew from Aggressor 3 to play soccer against the crew of Aggressor 2, the priority was getting the game in and not the diving for the guests. Lastly the host hotel - D Sabana - is in a bad neighborhood. When walking around outside the hotel we were stopped by locals telling us it's not safe and to go back where we came from. Would recommend staying elsewhere and then taking a cab to D Sabana to meet pick up time.
- Recommended for
- Other guests. Diving. Remoteness of the location.
