Cas Abou (Dingo Bay)
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Novice to advanced |
Recommended depth: |
60 to 80 feet / 18 to 24 meters |
Mooring Depth: |
15 feet |
Type of dive: |
Boat |
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No need to go deep. Dingo bay is more a plateau than a wall. Large giant slit-pore sea rods and sea plumes are decorating the reef. Ever seen a spotted drum? Well you'll find them here, and keep your eyes open for the juvinile drums with their large dorsal fin. Cruising along Dingo bay, you will be passed by large schools of blue tangs.
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Porto Marie (The Valley)
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Level: |
Novice to advanced |
Recommended depth: |
60 to 80 feet / 18 to 24 meters |
Mooring Depth: |
20 feet |
Type of dive: |
Boat and shore |
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The Valley, the site is also called. The reef start with a sandy plateau at 15 feet, where it drops to 60 feet to the next plateau, the wall comes up again to 40 feet and then drops into the abyss. The outskirts of the reef are beautifully overgrown with a big variety of hard and soft corals. Watch your depth when you cross the canyon on the outer reef and fly. Large school of rainbow runners and bar jack will accompany you during this dive. Hawksbill turtles and Eagle rays are no exception on this dive.
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Seldom Reef
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Level: |
Advanced |
Recommended depth: |
60 to 80 feet / 18 to 24 meters |
Mooring Depth: |
N.A. |
Type of dive: |
Boat |
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As the name tells you, we do not have the opportunity to dive this site often. High waves and strong current, at the corner of the bullenbaai, makes it hard to get off and on the boat. But if you are here and the weather gods are on our side, then join. Large brain and maze coral formations together with large sponges and soft corals decorate this wall. Large barracudas and big tarpons are no exception here. Hawksbill turtles and big angelfish are seen here practically every dive. Schools of jacks hunt here for rainbow runners, which gives a beautiful light reflection on the large school. A light show provided by nature.
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Bullenbaai
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Level: |
Novice to advanced |
Recommended depth: |
60 to 80 feet / 18 to 24 meters |
Mooring Depth: |
N.A. |
Type of dive: |
Boat |
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Steep walls overgrown with rough cactus and scroll coral. Large amounts of rainbow runners hunted by bar Jacks. Large blue parrotfish and big porcupine fish are some of the underwater critters you'll find here. After leaving the deeper part of the dive you'll swim back in 40 feet of water, where you are welcomed by blue tangs and French- and stripped grunts.
Keep your eyes open because seahorses can be found on this dive. And after the dive ask the captain about the pile of bottles under the boat.
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Pestbaai (Bachelor Beach)
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Level: |
Novice to advanced |
Recommended depth: |
60 to 80 feet / 18 to 24 meters (depending on certification level) |
Mooring Depth: |
15 feet |
Type of dive: |
Boat |
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Bachelor is a gradual wall dive in the Pestbaai. This wall is covered with a wide variety of hard coral and soft coral. Mostly on the middle part of the Island hard coral is found on the majority of the reefs. Large brain and maze coral formation are also found here. The fish variety is diverse. Larger schools of schoolmaster and French grunts are found here. Big school of Creole wrasses and large blue parrotfish.
A very nice dive to start of a week diving
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Vaersenbaai (Coral Garden)
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Level: |
Novice |
Recommended depth: |
60 to 80 feet / 18 to 24 meters |
Mooring Depth: |
N.A. |
Type of dive: |
Boat and shore |
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As the name tells you, here is the garden you wished you had. A good balance between hard- and soft coral. Large purple tube sponges and barrel sponges are to be seen here. On this dive you have a good change on rainbow runners, Creole wrasses and large porcupine fish. Also here frogfish can be found, so keep your eyes open.
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The Car Wrecks (Off The Road)
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Level: |
Advanced |
Recommended depth: |
110 Feet |
Mooring Depth: |
15 feet |
Type of dive: |
Boat and shore |
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At 80 feet down below, you'll find the first old car wrecks, All American Classics. Covered with purple tube sponges and devil's whip. This site is an artificial reef, but the cars slid down a little further than planned. Well, much more exciting for us. Large moray eels now own these cars, and take good care of them. The only hitchhikers you'll find here are large schoolmasters and white grunts. Let them take you for a ride.
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Point Halfway
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Level: |
Novice to advanced |
Recommended depth: |
60 to 80 feet / 18 to 24 meters |
Mooring Depth: |
15 feet |
Type of dive: |
Boat |
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In the Vaersen bay, there are 3 dive spots, and this is one of them. An easy and good dive. Actually to good for an alternative, but unfortunately the week only has 7 days. Large giant split- pore sea rods are inhabited by schools of grunts and schoolmasters and large brain corals.
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Snake Bay
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Level: |
Novice to advanced |
Recommended depth: |
50 to 60 feet/ 15 to 18 meters |
Mooring Depth: |
15 feet |
Type of dive: |
Boat and shore |
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On the snake bay, next to St.Michaels bay, you'll find the large formations of mound and boulder coral. Boulder star and mustard hill coral are presented to you in a very impressive way. A very healthy reef on which, if there where no fish, the view is just breathtaking.
Although the name is snake bay, snakes are not found here, moray eels can be found though. From the tiny gold spotted to the 7 foot green moray.
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The Blue Wall
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Level: |
Novice to advanced |
Recommended depth: |
60 to 80 feet / 18 to 24 meters |
Mooring Depth: |
N.A. |
Type of dive: |
boat |
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On the other side of the blue bay, there is Curacao's best-kept secret. This wall is not frequently visited, because of the fact that it is very weather permitting. Drift along the overgrown wall. Large brain and maze coral formations combined with large sea fans and yellow pencil coral colonies cover the reef here. Small barracudas come close to have their picture taken. Look for moray eels and spotted snake eels.
Pray for good weather.
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Blue Bay
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Level: |
Novice |
Recommended depth: |
60 to 80 feet / 18 to 24 meters |
Mooring Depth: |
15 feet |
Type of dive: |
Boat and shore |
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Next to the golf course, two different hobbies are combined. The one loses his golf balls and the other retrieves them. This steep wall is covered with hard and soft corals of all kinds. When diving around the corner, because of the current, you see large amount of fish. Large schools of jacks, big French and gray angelfish, blue tangs and Creole wrasses, will accompany you. Keep following the reef and you'll notice that at the 18th hole the concentration of the golfers will drop a bit. Collect the golf balls and make it in our "Hall of fame". BUT WATCH YOUR DEPTH!
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Piscadera Playa Largu
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Level: |
Novice |
Recommended depth: |
60 to 80 feet / 18 to 24 meters |
Mooring Depth: |
15 feet |
Type of dive: |
Boat / Drift |
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Playa largu in the local language means long beach that is why we drift along the wall here. Large amount of French grunts, white grunts and schoolmaster are to be found here. Turtles are commonly seen on this dive, same as spotted morays and barracudas.
Large gorgonians will tell us which way the current goes.
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Caribbean Sea Sports House Reef @ the Marriott
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Level: |
non-certified to advanced |
Recommended depth: |
15 to 80 feet |
N.A. |
Type of dive: |
Shore |
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After your 2-tank morning dive, still not tired of diving? Well, right in front of the hotel and dive-shop, there is your opportunity to enjoy the reef once more.
Starting from shore, after a 12 steps beach walk, decent in the bay, and head towards the drop off. On your way out, look out where you put your hands, there are peacock flounders dwelling. Out on the reef there is a wide variety of coral, pillar, brain and yellow pencil coral. In the stag horn coral on your way out, are a couple of very territorial damselfishes. Follow the reef looking out for our pet sea horses, Chris and Katherine.
On your way back, do not worry to much about navigating, our sign at 35 feet will tell you when to leave our front yard. And still not enough of diving, join us on our night dive here. Or explore at night yourself, we have 24 hour diving a day you know!!!!!
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Superior Producer
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Level: |
Advanced |
Recommended depth: |
80 to 110 feet |
Mooring Depth: |
N.A. |
Type of dive: |
Boat |
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NThe unfortunate ship Superior Producer drove out of the harbor in September 1977, for it to never return back and stayed on Curacao. She rests upright in 100 feet of water and became a very healthy coral reef. The dive begins with a direct descent to 80 feet, where we start the tour. Big barracuda's and big French angels, have their habitat on the wreck.
Swimming along the backside of the steering hut you'll see that the ladders are overgrown with cup coral, protected by white grunts and schoolmasters. The cargo space is open and easy to dive through. Lots to discover, but so little time, so ask about our discover nitrox dive, and stretch your dive time to explore the wreck even better.
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Saba
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Level: |
Novice to advanced |
Recommended depth: |
60 to 80 feet / 18 to 24 meters |
Mooring Depth: |
15 feet |
Type of dive: |
Boat |
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No, we are not driving all the way to another Island, but we moor the boat over the little wreck, called Saba. This little tugboat became a coral reef over the years and is an excellent way to spend you safety stop. Before visiting the wreck, you will first find yourself swimming along the 45" angle reef. Overgrown with lots of soft corals. To be found here are common sea fans and larger formation of pillar coral. Spotted moray eels and chained moray eels will grin at you. Turtles are seen here, same as spotted eagle rays.
Occasionally even manta rays are spotted.
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Sandy's Plateau
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Level: |
Novice |
Recommended depth: |
60 to 80 feet / 18 to 24 meters |
Mooring Depth: |
15 feet |
Type of dive: |
Boat |
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Another divesite in the under water park. Sandy's is a gentle wall dive, where the soft coral is waving. Large giant split pore sea rods move gently in the surge. While hovering along the wall, you'll see large schools of blue tangs mixed with doctor fish and surgeon fish. Small barracuda's are hovering there and come close to check you out. Keep that camera ready.
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Diver's Leap
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Level: |
Novice |
Recommended depth: |
60 to 80 feet / 18 to 24 meters |
Mooring Depth: |
15 feet |
Type of dive: |
Boat |
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Jump and descent and here you are in a soft coral heaven. But not only soft coral cover the reef here, also large stag horn coral and elk horn coral are to be seen here. Look closely, because turtles are frequently seen here. Take slow here, in the sea fans and soft corals are the small critters. Flamingos are found at the surface, but the flamingo tongues are underwater. Take a close look at the little yellow sponges, this might not be a sponge, but a frogfish.
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Kabas di Baranka (Beacon Point)
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Level: |
Novice to advanced |
Recommended depth: |
60 to 80 feet / 18 to 24 meters |
Mooring Depth: |
15 feet |
Type of dive: |
Boat |
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Close to the corner of the Caracas bay, is where you will find this dive site. Swim along the wall to find larger groups of yellow goatfish, together with French grunts. Under the hard coral formations, there are a lot of soldier fish and squirrelfish. Please do not try to get the puffers to inflate, there are a lot of them here and they are pretty enough as they are. The larger puffers here, actually are not puffers. Do not hurt their feelings by calling them puffers, they are porcipine fish.
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Tugboat
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Level: |
Novice to advanced |
Recommended depth: |
60 to 80 feet / 18 to 24 meters |
Mooring Depth: |
20 feet |
Type of dive: |
Boat and shore |
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Seen in all the brochures and dive magazine, is this little wreck. This is a good spot for diving and snorkeling. The dive is along a vertical wall, where morays of all colors look at you. Large amount of common sea fans and devil's whip decorate the wall. Larger hawksbill turtles are commonly seen here. Your safety stop will not be boring at all. Not hanging on a line, but swimming with large parrotfish and yellow tail snappers. Do not be afraid of the encounter, they tend to come close.
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Directors Bay
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Level: |
Novice to advanced |
Recommended depth: |
60 to 80 feet / 18 to 24 meters |
Mooring Depth: |
15 feet |
Type of dive: |
Boat and shore |
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The boat is tightened to the old frame of shark nets. Just below the surface your dive starts along the steep wall. Like most dives in the Underwater Park, the wall is covered with soft coral. When you are on your way back, visit the old frames, which are down there. Here is your chance to finally see the seahorses you been looking for. Right under the boat you can find long snout seahorses and even frogfish can be found here. Take it slow, or else you'll swim by nature's beauty without even noticing it.
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Small Wall
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Level: |
Novice to advanced |
Recommended depth: |
60 to 80 feet / 18 to 24 meters |
Mooring Depth: |
15 feet |
Type of dive: |
Boat |
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We are heading in an eastern direction, to the Underwater Park. The underwater park stretches out from the Sea quarium to the east point of the island. Just in front of the inlet of the Spanish water we'll find small wall.
The drop-off starts a 24 feet and drops down to 80 feet, where it bottom out. Look closely in the overhangs, to find critters hiding from you. Schools of soldier fish and squirrelfish are there for you to find. The coral you will find is a wide variety of hard and soft coral, but differently than the middle part of the island, larger part of the formations are formed by gorgonians, like common sea fans and devils sea whip. For the hard corals, right under the boat are large stag horn and Elkhorn coral colonies.
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Curacao Underwater Park
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Level: |
Novice to advanced |
Recommended depth: |
N.A. |
Mooring Depth: |
N.A. |
Type of dive: |
N.A. |
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We are heading in an eastern direction, to the Underwater Park. The underwater park stretches out from the Sea quarium to the east point of the island. Just in front of the inlet of the Spanish water we'll find small wall.
The drop-off starts a 24 feet and drops down to 80 feet, where it bottom out. Look closely in the overhangs, to find critters hiding from you. Schools of soldier fish and squirrelfish are there for you to find. The coral you will find is a wide variety of hard and soft coral, but differently than the middle part of the island, larger part of the formations are formed by gorgonians, like common sea fans and devils sea whip. For the hard corals, right under the boat are large stag horn and Elkhorn coral colonies.
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