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Wafer Bay aka Bahia Wafer
 Cocos Island, Costa Rica
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Entry Type: Boat
Aquatic Life: Plenty To See
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Wafer Bay aka Bahia Wafer is a boat accessible salt water dive site, located in Cocos Island, Costa Rica.
From;
pbs.org/wgbh/nova/sharks/island/sanswaferbay.htmlNamed after a 17th-century surgeon who visited Cocos with the "gentleman pirate" Edward Davis, this picturesque bay holds several pirate wrecks and, in the surrounding cliffs, the so-called Devonshire Treasure—if it is still there (see Legends and Lore. The long-suffering treasure-seeker August Gissler encamped here for nearly 20 years in the last century, but today Wafer Bay is home only to the small garrison of National Park rangers.