La Viuda
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About this site
La Viuda lies off the Guanacaste coast of Costa Rica, in the Pacific waters near the Papagayo Gulf area of the country's northwest, and is typically reached by boat from towns such as Playas del Coco. Divers here have reported a varied mix of life, including whitetip reef sharks, king angelfish, Mexican hogfish, and guineafowl and white-spotted puffers, along with chestnut morays, giant damselfish, and both blue sea stars and Panamic cushion stars along the bottom.
Marine life here
Confirmed by our research team, reported by independent divers, or observed nearby via iNaturalist — each entry is labelled with its source.
Blue Sea StarPhataria unifascialisReported here · unconfirmed
Whitetip Reef SharkTriaenodon obesusReported here · unconfirmed
Chestnut MorayGymnothorax castaneusReported here · unconfirmed
White-spotted PufferArothron hispidusReported here · unconfirmed
King AngelfishHolacanthus passerReported here · unconfirmed
Giant DamselfishMicrospathodon dorsalisReported here · unconfirmed
Guineafowl PufferArothron meleagrisReported here · unconfirmed
Mexican HogfishBodianus diplotaeniaReported here · unconfirmed
Panamic Cushion StarPentaceraster cumingiReported here · unconfirmed
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