Name: Charming Costa Rica
Start: 2025-06-14
End: 2025-06-21
Location: Guanacaste Province, Playa Hermosa, Costa Rica

YAY Scuba

22 reviews

Jun 14 - 21, 2025

Group size: 8 - 24

Charming Costa Rica

Guanacaste Province, Playa Hermosa, Costa Rica

$NaN

Jun 14 - 21, 2025

Group size: 8 - 24

Nitrox

$139

Night time Boat dives

$85

Dive Insurance - For Divers

$85

Bat Island (AOW only)

$70

Afternoon boat dive

$40

Additional night

$266

Day 1 - Saturday
Day 1 - Saturday
Welcome to Costa Rica
Welcome to Pura Vida! Touch down at the Liberia International Airport (LIR). Check into your hotel, and grab a tropical drink. In the afternoon meet up with your dive center for a dive briefing to check in and confirm any last-minute questions about diving conditions.
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Day 2 - Sunday
Day 2 - Sunday
Dives and relaxation
Breakfast at the Hotel. Scuba divers begin their diving on Day 2. Enjoy 2-Tank boat dive.
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Day 3 - Monday
Day 3 - Monday
Triple dive day
Today we will have a 3-tank dive
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Day 4 - Tuesday
Day 4 - Tuesday
Bat Island
2-tank dive for AOW divers, if you prefer you can dive locally around Guanacaste instead. (There is an additional charge for Bat Island due to distance)
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Day 5 - Wednesday
Day 5 - Wednesday
More diving
More diving with a 2-tank boat dive with an optional night dive.
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Day 6 - Thursday
Day 6 - Thursday
Diving
Final day of diving
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Day 7 - Friday
Day 7 - Friday
Topside Explorations
Enjoy breakfast at the hotel. Your private guide will meet you at the hotel reception for a fantastic day exploring the natural attractions that Costa Rica is famous for. Get the best combination of Guanacaste adventure tours with the One Day Adventure Pass at Hacienda Guachipelín by the Rincón de la Vieja National Park. Fill your day with four thrilling adrenaline challenges: a Canopy zip line tour and rappelling through the Rio Blanco Canyon, Tubing on the Rio Negro River in class 2-3 rapids, horseback riding to nearby waterfalls, and then relaxing in natural volcanic hot springs.
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Day 8 - Saturday
Day 8 - Saturday
Head back home
Enjoy breakfast at the hotel. Depending on the flight schedule, transfer to Liberia International Airport for your departure flight.
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Day 1 - Saturday

Welcome to Costa Rica

This was my first live-aboard. It was a wonderful experience. All the planning done by YAY Scuba helped inform my planning, including having the right clothes and equipment for in and out of the water. The vessel crew made life easy with well planned dives and great food. The vessel's accommodations were a bit spartan, but with 5 dives a day, there wasn't much time in cabin or on the deck. Due to weather, we dove more times on the same sites than would be normally expected, but I found that the conditions changed so much on each dive that there was always something new to see. The wildlife was incredible, including Green and Hawksbill sea turtles, Nurse and Caribbean Reef sharks, Octopi, and schools of jewel colored fish. It was a great way to reconnect with friends and meet new friends. Overall, I would not hesitate to do a live-aboard again. I would upgrade the vessel experience on the next live-aboard to a cabin with more elbow room and head room.

By Rob S for St. Kitts to St. Maarten on Dec 17, 2025

Had a great time diving with the YAY Scuba group. Very commendable of what Thor is doing to help our community. Looking forward to diving with them more often.

By William T for Dive Against Debris on Sep 22, 2025

We had a fantastic group! We saw a lot of sharks on all of our dives and it was very well organized by YAY! This team, with different divers each trip, never disappoints with making everyone feel included. Great communication throughout the trip as well. Love the NC diving!

By Jennifer E for Graveyard of the Atlantic on Aug 20, 2025

Absolute best trip, laughed so hard. Sand tigers, wrecks were fantastic. Thank you Thor for a great trip.

By Kimberly D for Graveyard of the Atlantic on Aug 19, 2025

Iceland was my second trip with Thor and YayScuba. This was a hiking trip so a bit of a change of pace but Thor’s planning made this a great trip. Maybe the best thing about YayScuba trips is that all you have to do is show up and all of the logistics are taken care of. It makes travel so easy! It was also special to see Thor’s homeland and to get the local flavor only an Icelander can provide. I already have another trip booked because I know YayScuba trips will be good!