Aore Adventure Sports & LodgeResort

Aore Adventure Sports & Lodge is a PADI 5 Star Dive Resort, listed under Costa Rica, whose own description places it on Aore Island beside the Segond channel, with diving around Espiritu Santo. It reports 24 years in the dive industry, and its custom-built dive boat heads out to local wrecks, among them the SS President Coolidge, Million Dollar Point and the USS Tucker.

Guests stay in a contemporary beach house right on the sand. The boat loads out front, and the calm water of the channel makes snorkeling from the doorstep easy. The center also runs conservation programs and Emergency First Response, with teaching in English and French.