4K views · 190 reactions | Cocos Island diving is always full of adrenaline! | Aggressor Adventures | Facebook

26K views · 1K reactions | Need an adrenaline boost? Then head to Cocos Island, where epic encounters with hammerhead sharks, manta rays and yellowfin tuna await adventure-seeking divers. [Sponsored] | Scuba Diving Magazine | Facebook

Cocos island - Island of the sharks. This will be our second year at Cocos and we couldn’t be more excited! Expect to see huge schools of hammerhead sharks, as well as encounters with loads of white-tip reef sharks, marble rays, tiger sharks, the ever-fascinating lobster and octopus, and MORE! We have some last minute spaces available for our September trip!! DM us for info! #scuba #diving #adventuretravel #cocosisland #costarica #travelling | Nautilus Liveaboards

The epic beauty of rays at Cocos Island. Rays and sharks are close biological relatives, both belonging to the class Chondrichthyes, meaning they share a common evolutionary lineage and have skeletons made of cartilage rather than bone. Rays essentially represent a flattened, bottom-dwelling branch of the shark family tree: their bodies are adapted for life on or near the seafloor, with pectoral fins expanded into wing-like discs, while sharks evolved streamlined bodies better suited for open-wa

180K views · 2.1K reactions | Schooling Hammerhead Sharks in Cocos Island! | Aggressor Adventures | Facebook

Every dive around Cocos Island 🇨🇷 was pure excitement—especially when sharks made an appearance! We often found the slender, sleek, and agile Reef Sharks hugging coral or rock reefs between interspersed sandy bottoms. When not swimming or resting motionless on the seabed, they could be seen hiding behind protective caves and ledges. These natural bottom-dwellers are real homebodies, regularly returning to the same location to rest. Un-territorially happy to cohabit with their own species, (and