The island attracts with diverse and varied coral reefs, many of which can be easily reached from the shore. The reef is very lively, the water temperature is always around 27-29 ° C, the water is crystal clear.
Diving on the island is very easy and especially suitable for beginners. There are many diving schools that offer diving courses, escorted diving, and equipment rental or purchase. But you can also get bottles and dive on most of the beaches on your own.
More demanding dives are also possible, e.g. drift dives, boat dives or deep dives.
A dive site map is created here with dive sites for normal dives and boat dives and dive shops. The level of difficulty is indicated in each case and the facilities on site, such as Restaurants, toilets, showers and dive shops. The author has visited all mentioned dive sites himself. The map is constantly being updated, and any hints are welcome. No guarantee for correctness and completeness.
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Ocean Encounters, the on-site dive and snorkeling operator at LionsDive Beach Resort, is a renowned SSI and PADI Dive Center. It is located at the marina of our resort, with a magnificent house reef just a fin kicks from the adjacent beach at Hemingway Beach Bar and Restaurant. The dive […]
The Lions Beach Shipwreck is more precisely 2 tugboat wrecks that lie next to each other at a depth of approx. 50 meters. The ships sank on top of the reef edge and then slid down the slope. The trench that was created can still be clearly seen. At the […]
At Bocca Junni there is a parking lot, you can enter the small harbor basin directly and then to the left (east) explore the reef edge. In the upper area at approx. 5 meters, rails from old lorries are laid. Very nice reef with lots of fish.
The Double Reef got its name because after the land side reef edge there is a deep sandy gorge about 30 meters wide, after which a reef rises again. This outer reef is particularly interesting. This reef is between 15 and 25 meters deep and there are always turtles resting. […]
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At the Marie Pampoen spot there are cars, trucks and construction cranes at a depth of 10-50 meters. An attempt was made to create an artificial reef. You can park in the parking lot by the Seaside Terrace Restaurant. There is a toilet in the restaurant and there is also […]
San Juan – Playa Largu is a beautiful, very secluded spot with a slightly steep reef edge. It is best to park as far to the right as possible (do not drive too far, the ground will be sandy) and dive there. Playa Largu can be reached via Landhaus San […]
In the remote bay of Playa Daiboi there is a beautiful beach and a diving school (Divers Republic). Toilets and showers and a small snack are available. The bay is protected so that there are fewer waves and less current. It is a little further to the reef edge. Both […]
Divers Republic is a full service SSI dive shop.
Directors Bay is a dive site with a steep reef edge and lots of soft corals. You can park on the street and then walk straight to the beach. There are a few seats with sun protection. Otherwise there is no infrastructure. A couple of posts are out of the […]
Probably one of the best spots in Curacao. Unbelievable number of soft and hard corals, chance of turtles. The diving depth is in the range between 10 and 15 meters. There can be a current. Theoretically one could take an adventurous path from land, but it is worth doing a […]
We were there by boat … nice dive site. The Blue Room Cave is close by, also accessible from the shore.
Go West Diving is a full service PADI dive shop.
The two spots “Porto Marie” (not to be confused with the Porto Marie in the next bay) and “Habitat” are located in the Coral Estate on Rif St. Marie. This can be reached via the village of Willibrordus. Then indicate at the barrier that you want to go to the […]
The Coral Divers diving school is located in the Coral Estate Resort right next to the Karakter Restaurant. It belongs to a chain (also represented in Blue Bay) and trains according to PADI. Very strong in the field of education and training for professionals.
