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Dive Review of Various/Rental House in
Curaçao

Various/Rental House: "Enjoyable Shore Diving in Curacao", Feb, 2022,

by Gary & Robin Schiendelman, PA, US (Sr. Contributor Sr. Contributor 27 reports with 43 Helpful votes). Report 11869 has 1 Helpful vote.

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B Divers Cas Abou Beach B Divers Cas Abou Beach Go West Playa Kalki Go West Playa Kalki Go West Playa Kalki
Coral Divers Coral Estate Beach Coral Divers Coral Estate Beac Coral Divers Coral Estate Beac Porti Mari Sports Porto Mari Beach
Porto Mari Beach Porto Mari Beach

Ratings and Overall Comments 1 (worst) - 5 (best):

Accommodations For Subscribers Only Food N/A
Service and Attitude For Subscribers Only Environmental Sensitivity For Subscribers Only
Dive Operation For Subscribers Only Shore Diving For Subscribers Only
Snorkeling N/A
Value for $$ For Subscribers Only
Beginners 5 stars
Advanced For Subscribers Only
Comments We generally don’t do shore diving unless it’s from a resort with an easy entry/exit that requires little to no schlepping of gear. When we heard of all the shore diving available in Curacao, we thought it would be like Bonaire and we weren’t really interested. However, once we discovered that Curacao has beaches with on site dive shops, we decided to investigate and it turned out to be a great decision.

In addition to boat diving with Go West (reviewed separately), we dove from four different beaches, each with their own dive shop. The commonalities were:

-easy and secure parking with the ability to drop off your gear right at the shop
-all were only a few steps from the beach with easy entries
-rental of tanks and weights on site, plus a full line of rental gear if you need it
-rinse tanks, showers and toilets
-benches for gearing up with shade and no sand
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Reporter and Travel

Dive Experience Over 1000 dives
Where else diving Indonesia, PNG, Solomon Isl, Red Sea, Maldives, South Africa, Mozambique, Cocos Isl, Galapagos, Socorro, Palau, Var Caribbean locations, New Jersey, Florida, No Carolina, Philippines
Closest Airport Getting There Newark direct to Curacao on United

Dive Conditions

Weather sunny Seas calm
Water Temp 77-78°F / 25-26°C Wetsuit Thickness
Water Visibility 60-100 Ft/ 18-30 M

Dive Policy

Dive own profile yes
Enforced diving restrictions None
Liveaboard? no Nitrox Available? yes

What I Saw

Sharks None Mantas None
Dolphins None Whale Sharks None
Turtles > 2 Whales None
Corals 4 stars Tropical Fish For Subscribers Only
Small Critters For Subscribers Only Large Fish For Subscribers Only
Large Pelagics For Subscribers Only

Underwater Photography 1 (worst) - 5 (best):

Subject Matter For Subscribers Only Boat Facilities N/A
Overall rating for UWP's For Subscribers Only Shore Facilities For Subscribers Only
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