This was the very first shore dive we made in Curaçao and it made quite an impression. Overall, many of the shore dives have very easy entries with lots of life in the shallow just a few feet from shore and they only get better on the reefs.
Playa Caracasbaai is almost like three reefs in one with the main reef right in front of the beach, a second reef under the rocky cliffs on the west end and a fairly long finger stretching into the bay on the east end. We also saw quite a bit at night as well…so plan on making a number of dives here to get the full experience!
Notable sightings for us included a viper moray, spotted eagle ray, mosaic sand dollar and cornetfish.
We want to encourage more shore diving, so this video provides some guidance where the site is, how to dive it and what you may see there. If you want to skip to or review specific topics, the section timings are as follows.
0:29 Site Background/Description
2:12 Site Logistics
4:47 Dive Profile
7:16 Sea Life
9:14 Night Diving
Please add a comment and let us know what you saw there.