Curacao shore diving

[BoltSnap]

Porto Marie:
Awesome diving. I'd go there very early in the morning on weekends before the sunbathers come in to dive and go out of the water with the beach full of sunbathers, topless, enjoying the nice sunshine. Added bounce is when the KLM flight attendants come in to sunbathe, topless of course. I don't know what with the white folks and frying themselves in the sun but it is fun to watch before they turn into extra crispy. I enjoy having a meal and a drink there. And yes, the food and drink are great too there.

 

[BoltSnap]

Rif Sint Marie, it was better at night than during the day. We were staying in Coral Estates so that made the night dive logistically easy.

It used to be "Habitat Curacao" many years ago, did they start a new resort there in place of Habitat Curacao now? Excellent reef system with very convenient dive and hotel operation there.

 

[tarponchik]

Stay in the West and dive in the West, anywhere in between Watamula and Largu. Port Marie used to be a great dive but last time we did it in 2017 the corals were covered with brown slime and there wasn't much to see except too many divers. The reefs at Habitat Curacao were in such poor state already in 2010 it's not even worth trying. Lagoon, Jeremi, Kalki, Mansalina and Grandi were all in good condition, and the 2 dive sites by AlWest were also good. Also, the Mushroom Forrest/Cave drift dive from Santa Cruz is very interesting, but this is done from the boat.

 

[AU digger]

Thanks for all the info. I had checked online for shore diving, but it was a little vague so I thought I would ask here.

 

[tkaelin]

If all your shore diving has been around the aquarium you really need to head out west. The further the better.

 

[arew+4]

2017 must have been a bad year,