Curacao Topside

We took one week to go enjoy some sun and salt water. Curacao is the largest of the ABC islands and and this time of year was the only place we felt we could go to dive and not have much risk of a hurricane disrupting us. It is off the Venezuela coast. We flew from Newark to Miami and then onto Curacao.

Curacao, like Bonaire, is knwon for it's shore diving. And we found the rumors to be very true... the shore diving is hella good.

The view from the hotel

Heading out to West Punt

Sea Aquarium Resident

Curacao, Day Six

DIVE 1: PLAYA KALKI (shore dive from West Punt Kura Hullanda)
Water temp: 82°F
Max Depth: 65'
Visibility: 75'
Bottom time: 55 min
Tank: Aluminum/Air

Raining above

DIVE 2: PLAYA LAGUN (shore dive)
Water temp: 85°F
Max Depth: 62'
Visibility: 100'
Bottom time: 51 min
Tank: Aluminum/Air

Squid

Hey, Turtle!

Curacao, Day Five

DIVE 1: SEA AQUARIUM - HOUSE REEF (shore dive)
Water temp: 83°F
Max Depth: 65'
Visibility: 50'+
Bottom time: 30 min
Tank: Aluminum/Air

Photographer tagged along

Curacao, Day Four

Our only day of boat diving

DIVE 1: DIRECTOR'S BAY
Water temp: 83°F
Max Depth: 87'
Visibility: 50-75'
Bottom time: 36 min
Tank: Aluminum/Nitrox

Choppy as hell on the way out, Rock wall

DIVE 2: TUGBOAT
Water temp: 83°F
Max Depth: 110'
Visibility: 50-75'
Bottom time: 38 min
Tank: Aluminum/Nitrox

Blennies, Parrot fish, Wrasses

On Tugboat

Curacao, Day Three

Sand castle builder at Porto Marie

DIVE 1: PORTO MARIE - RIGHT REEF (shore dive)
Water temp: 83°F
Max Depth: 83'
Visibility: 75'
Bottom time: 43 min
Tank: Aluminum/Air

Frogfish

DIVE 2: PORTO MARIE - LEFT WALL (shore dive)
Water temp: 83°F
Max Depth: 58'
Visibility: 75'
Bottom time: 45 min
Tank: Aluminum/Air

Purple flounder, Frogfish

Simple life

DIVE 3: HABITAT HOUSE REEF (shore dive)
Water temp: 83°F
Max Depth: 52'
Visibility: 75'+
Bottom time: 56 min
Tank: Aluminum/Air

Huge green moray, lobsters, a crab

Curacao, Day Two

DIVE 1: SEA AQUARIUM - HOUSE REEF (shore dive)
Water temp: 84°F
Max Depth: 51'
Visibility: 50'
Bottom time: 54 min
Tank: Aluminum/Air

Dense coral! Sea fans, Brain coral, Elk coral, Red-lipped blenny, Squid, Trumpet fish, Flounder, Bluehead wrasse


DIVE 2: SEA AQUARIUM - HOUSE REEF (shore dive)
Water temp: 84°F
Max Depth: 37'
Visibility: 50'
Bottom time: 39 min
Tank: Aluminum/Air

Tiny trunkfish, Spider, Sand diver

Curacao, Day One

The Hilton had a dive shop right next to the beach. And within just couple hours of being in Curacao we were in the water.

DIVE 1: HILTON - HOUSE REEF (shore dive)
Water temp: 84°F
Max Depth: 74'
Visibility: 75'
Bottom time: 46 min
Tank: Aluminum/Air