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The Curacao Dive Sites

C uracao diving is pretty much hassle free. Most dive sites are     ble from shore. While some of the beaches may be rocky, there are
      either a short swim or boat ride from shore. No hour long     enough to choose from that you should be able to find some that

boat rides here. While Curacao doesn’t attract as many divers as suit your preference. For many of the shore dives, it is a 50-100

its sister island, Bonaire, it offers similar diving. There are good wall yard swim to reach the reef curacao diving. If you are doing boat

dives and wreck dives. With over 100 dive sites and more than 40 dives on Curacao rather than shore dives, the rides are typically

permanent moorings, there are plenty of sites to choose from and short (less than 20 minutes). Since you are so close to shore, many

keep you busy. The island is surrounded by a coral reef, making times you can go to land for your surface interval.

Curacao diving an easy excursion. About 40 dive sites are accessi-
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