Argo Liveaboard, Costa Rica
- from US$ 551 / day
- 9.1 Superb
- 11 Verified Reviews 11 Verified Reviews
- Free Nitrox Flexible Booking
Because of its remote location, Cocos Island can only be reached by liveaboard and its unspoiled marine beauty is rated one of the top 10 places to scuba dive in the world. M/V Argo is a 40m luxury yacht scheduling year round diving cruises to Cocos Island. The fourteen member professional crew is on hand to ensure the ultimate diving adventure in and out of the water.
MV Argo can accommodate up to 18 guests in 9 cabins. Each stateroom features a bathroom with a shower and individual climate controls. The Argo chef prepares fresh, gourmet international cuisine to be enjoyed in the beautiful dining area. A spacious and stylish lounge and sun deck are furnished with comfortable seating to create the pinnacle of relaxation after an adventurous day of diving. The waters surrounding Cocos Island are a playground for hammerheads, eagle rays, and whales. Onboard diving amenities include dive gear, Nitrox, rebreathers, three dive tenders and knowledgeable and passionate dive staff.
Aboard a Cocos Island Argo sea safari, scuba divers will experience a once in a lifetime dive adventure. Book today.
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Included: VAT, Hotel Transfer, Alcoholic Beverages, Drinking Water, Soft drinks, Tea & Coffee, Full-Board Meal Plan (All meals), Snacks, Diving Package, Nitrox, Land Excursions, Cabin Towels, Complimentary Toiletries, Deck Towels, Laundry / Pressing Services.
Required Extras: National Park Fees (450-554 USD per trip).
Optional Extras: Gratuities, Airport Transfer (30 USD), Nitrox Course (200 USD), Private Dive Guide, Rental Gear.
Book now, pay later: You can easily place your booking online. We will then hold the spaces for you and you can confirm with a payment later.
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Boat features
Food & Drinks
If you have any specific dietary requirements whilst on-board your cruise, you can add this to your special requests on step 2 of the booking form. We advise limiting these requests to religious beliefs or food allergies.
Diving
The crew speaks English and Spanish.
Gear Rental
There is diving gear available on this boat. Please provide your rental needs on the booking form. See below for further details on inclusions and pricing. Show prices.
Drawings & Vessel Layouts
Boat Specifications
- Year built 2008
- Length 129 feet
- Beam 26 feet
- Cruising speed 10 knots
- Engines CAT D398TA - 634 KW (850HP) @ 1225rpm
- Max guests 18
- Number of cabins 9
- Number of bathrooms 9
Boat Navigation and Safety
Argo Reviews
- 9.1 Superb
- 11 Verified Reviews
- Vessel 9.8
- Crew 9.1
- Food 9.3
- Diving 8.7
- Value 8.4
- 5.6 Review score
- Alexis R
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United States
Poor
The Food was fantastic, as was the friendly Dining Room Staff. Nice, expensive Cabin. Diving was extremely controlling and monotonous, brought a negative, stressful energy to the Group…no fun at all, very disappointing.
- Recommended for
- Food, Dining Service, Cabin
- 9.6 Exceptional
- Ken C
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Belgium
HAMMERHEADSSSS
Being surrounded by a school of about 300 hammerheads, 2 huge frog fish and lots of shark activity around the cleaning stations.
- Recommended for
- Crew, amazing island, no mass destination
- 10 Exceptional
- Linda M
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United States
Cocos Island - Worth the Wait! Should have done it years ago.
I've had Cocos Island on my bucket list for years and dreamed of making the trip on the Argo which I had heard was "the" luxury boat to book. I finally made the booking just a few weeks before the trip when some discounted space was available. The boat and diving was amazing. We had lots of shark action with hammerheads, Galapagos sharks schooling round us, a few Silky and Black Tip sharks and the most white tip sharks I've seen anywhere. We even caught the moment when two white tips mated in the water column and fell to the reef. Lots of large schools of fish and healthy reef diversity. The boat itself was perfect: Nice dive deck with lots of room for gearing up and cameras. The food was good. The cabin was roomy and had a very modern bathroom and plenty of hot water for showers. The dive guides were great and worked hard to get you to the best action. I'm now hooked on Cocos and the Argo! My only regret is that I waited so long to book a trip! One lady on our boat had been to Cocos on 19 trips with the Undersea Hunter boats (Argo or Sea Hunter). I can see why! I hope to be back myself very soon!
- Recommended for
- Three best things: Healthy reef diversity, lots of sharks, Dive guides and crew.
- 9.6 Exceptional
- Robert H
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United Kingdom
Trip of a lifetime
Diving the cocos islands was always a dream for me, well the trip lived up to the dream. Great organization from start to finish. Diving world class, all the staff onboard professional and on hand to ensure diving and life onboard ran smoothly. Diving the cocos islands is not for the non experienced diver, strong currents and tiger sharks require the respect they deserve..seeing all the wildlife up close in the natural environment is the reason you go to cocos. Total respect is paid to the wildlife and environment, no feeding, no touching, no chasing...just dive and experience the true nature all around. Thank you to all the staff, and thank you to all the dive staff for making the diving feel safe but at the same.time a great adventure.
- Recommended for
- World class diving, Professional crew, Excellent all round trip
- 10 Exceptional
- Ulrika W
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Sweden
Truely amaizing diving
We had an amazing time on board the Argo. Diving was excellent!! We saw all we had expected and more!! You can never get tired of hammerheads, tigers, galapagos, silvertips, mantas, eagle rays, marbled rays... But if you do there are lots of other things to see from sea horses to dolphins. The Argo staff was the best ever. So professional, friendly and helpful. They made the whole trip run super smooth. Thank you!!
- Recommended for
- The marine life, the super staff onboard, the many different dive sites.
- 8.8 Fabulous
- Kathleen S
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United States
Excellent accommodations and very relaxing and 5 stars for the meals
The weather was excellent and the diving was outstanding. It was so nice to disconnect from the rest of the world for 11 days and just relax and enjoy the diving. This isn't a trip for inexperienced divers given the depth of each dive. It was very fast pace diving, not much room for error and each diver must equalize quickly and get down fast. I was be going back again.
- Recommended for
- comfort, food, and very laid back
- 8.8 Fabulous
- David F
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United States
Once in a lifetime
Few people in life have the opportunity to be submariners; this boat affords you that opportunity. It’s challenging diving but unquestionably worth both the time and money.
- Recommended for
- 1. Submarine; 2. Bait Ball; schooling hammerheads
- 9.2 Superb
- Christophe M
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France
coco's island liveaboard
Amazing dives in Manuelita, sighting of hammerheads by dozen every dive and sometimes by hundreds, tiger shark almost every dive on manuelita, good atmosphere and food on board
- Recommended for
- amazing diving spots, very good sides, good boat
- 9.6 Exceptional
- Pongtharin T
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Thailand
Very well organised
Diving itself.
- Recommended for
- the crews, the boat and the dive sights
- 9.2 Superb
- Alexander S
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Austria
A must do at the right time of the year
- tiger sharks - massive schools of hammerheads - frogfish - island hiking - super friendly staff - comfortable cabins - excellent food
- Recommended for
- Diving, island-activities, staff
