Curacao snorkeling - fun and relax for you and your family
One of the nicest dive spots on Curacao, Playa Kalki, also called Alice in Wonderland, is a perfect spot for a day at the beach with divers, snorkelers and sunlovers. The name "Kalki" refers to the limestone in the surrounding cliffs. This small cove is situated in Westpunt below Kadushi Cliffs Resort. This is one of the top 10 dive spots on the island, so you will often meet up with other divers underwater or at the beach. Sand and coral rubble cover the bottom at the entry. Look for green moray eels, lobsters, and mushroom shaped star coral formations, as well as a wide array of colorful reef fish. Below 30 mtrs (100 ft) are large areas of sheet or plate coral. Unique and diverse, Porto Marie (The Valley) site is one of the most popular sites on the island for good reason -- two parallel reefs with a "valley" between are home to a wide variety of reef life. Often you will see fish here that are rare at other sites on the island, such as pairs of cornetfish, and nurse sharks. At the buoy the depth is about 9 m (30 ft) sloping to the nearby first reef, which is at 15 m (50 ft). Swimming straight out will take you over the first reef, then to a sandy bottom, and finally to the second reef starting at about 18 m (60 ft). The Valley is home to lots of colorful reef life: angelfish, parrotfish, groupers, brown chromis, yellowtail snapper triggerfish trumpetfish, cornetfish, sea turtles, lobsters and sting rays. Coral coverage is abundant and healthy. Tugboat is very popular, and is a diverse area with good snorkeling, great photo ops and lots of diving choices -- wall, wreck, deep. Located on the protected southeast side of Caracasbay, the Tugboat site is accessible only by boat. The wreck rests at 5 m (17 ft) after sinking 25 years ago. It is covered with coral and well preserved. Although tempting, please do not rest or stand on it. A steep wall is located nearby (southeast), about a three minute swim away, which drops to about 30 m (100 ft). The wall is lush with hard and soft corals along the top near the shallow ledge. Wave a ction is minimal, although at times there is a slight swell. There is usually no current at the tugboat itself, but as you head around the corner along the wall you may encounter a current that may become quite strong. Monitor its direction carefully, it can change rapidly at the point. At the tugboat look for morays, trumpetfish, angelfish and tube coral. Along the wall, look for morays, scorpionfish and lobsters in the numerous crevices and shallow caverns.
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